Artist Statement

Luci Mistratov

Luci was born Lyudmila Mistratova in Kaliningrad, Russia. She holds a PH.D in Art Education from Kaliningrad State University. She has illustrated many books of fiction and science, and has taught art classes and won awards in numerous national and international exhibitions in Europe and the United States.  Presently, she is a Scholar-in-Residence for the College of Arts and Science at the University of Louisville.

Luci woks in many mediums including tooled leather, beadwork, oil painting, watercolor, silk painting, and acrylic.  A lot of her inspiration comes for European masters such as Gustav Klimt and many Russian masters. She is a member of the Kentucky Watercolor Society and participates in many local art competitions winning many awards.