Cathedral Gallery

Dasha Pancheshnaya

Was born in Moscow, Russia in 1980. Immigrated to the US with her family in 1991.
Holds BFA in Illustration from Fashion Institute of Technology. Her work is inspired by Russian artists of the19th century, the Italian Renaissance and Art Nouveau. Dasha participates in various disciplines of the visual art including graphic design and children's book illustration. She is currently a student of the Prosopon Iconography studio.

Meda Bittermann

Born in Ploiesti, Romania in 1971. Holds Bachelors of Arts in Costume Design, Set Design, Esthetics, Art History & Theater History at the Art Academy “Nicolae Grigorescu” in Bucharest. She is an active member of some prestigious cultural organizations like AAUW, Poezie.ro, UAP. She got her Masters in Arts & Cultural Management at Pratt Institute, New York. Her work has been featured in personal exhibitions in Romania, and in group exhibitions in Romania, Italy and New York. Meda is a founding member of, and serves as Vice-President for ArtKid Foundation, EcoValahia Association, and also founded the Artvertising Foundation. She has received numerous awards, both directly and indirectly, for the work that she has contributed to plays and films. She currently works as a Freelance Art Director for several NYcompanies.

Victoria V. Usova

Born in 1980 in Lviv, Ukraine. Studied art in Ukraine, Italy and US. Primary training was done in oil, but went on to work in watercolor as a more "child-friendly" medium. I work mostly with imaginary subjects, fairy-tales, legends, songs. I incorporate highly stylized images with realistic ones in order to get intricate compositions. I have also studied Iconography for almost 4 years, and it has a great influence on my work.

Dmitri Andreyev

Dmitri Vladislavovich Andreyev was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1964. He studied at the Youth Art School #10 and the Mukhina Institute for Design and Applied Art, and was employed for several years at various artist's cooperatives doing freelance work, primarily in stained glass. Increasingly drawn to the ancient spiritual discipline of iconography, Dmitri was reunited with his father, master iconographer Vladislav Andrejev, in the United States in 1990. In 1991, having decided to commit himself to iconography, he returned to the United States permanently, to begin an intensive apprenticeship under his father. In 1994 Dmitri established the Iconography Studio at the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection in New York City. He has been an instructor with the Prosopon School of Iconology since its blessing in 2000, giving regular lectures and workshops on iconwriting and iconology around the country. While continuing to work on traditional, portable icons, Dmitri has spent much of the last several years on large-scale wall-painting in churches in Alaska, Vermont, Minnesota and New York City. His icons are in numerous churches and private collections here and abroad.




			Dasha Pancheshnaya Was born in Moscow, Russia in 1980. Immigrated to the US with her family in 1991. Holds BFA in Illustration from Fashion Institute of Technology. Her work is inspired by Russian artists of the19th century, the Italian Renaissance and Art Nouveau. Dasha participates in various disciplines of the visual art including graphic design and children's book illustration. She is currently a student of the Prosopon Iconography studio. Meda Bittermann Born in Ploiesti, Romania in 1971. Holds Bachelors of Arts in Costume Design, Set Design, Esthetics, Art History & Theater History at the Art Academy “Nicolae Grigorescu” in Bucharest. She is an active member of some prestigious cultural organizations like AAUW, Poezie.ro, UAP. She got her Masters in Arts & Cultural Management at Pratt Institute, New York. Her work has been featured in personal exhibitions in Romania, and in group exhibitions in Romania, Italy and New York. Meda is a founding member of, and serves as Vice-President for ArtKid Foundation, EcoValahia Association, and also founded the Artvertising Foundation. She has received numerous awards, both directly and indirectly, for the work that she has contributed to plays and films. She currently works as a Freelance Art Director for several NYcompanies. Victoria V. Usova Born in 1980 in Lviv, Ukraine. Studied art in Ukraine, Italy and US. Primary training was done in oil, but went on to work in watercolor as a more "child-friendly" medium. I work mostly with imaginary subjects, fairy-tales, legends, songs. I incorporate highly stylized images with realistic ones in order to get intricate compositions. I have also studied Iconography for almost 4 years, and it has a great influence on my work. Dmitri Andreyev Dmitri Vladislavovich Andreyev was born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1964. He studied at the Youth Art School #10 and the Mukhina Institute for Design and Applied Art, and was employed for several years at various artist's cooperatives doing freelance work, primarily in stained glass. Increasingly drawn to the ancient spiritual discipline of iconography, Dmitri was reunited with his father, master iconographer Vladislav Andrejev, in the United States in 1990. In 1991, having decided to commit himself to iconography, he returned to the United States permanently, to begin an intensive apprenticeship under his father. In 1994 Dmitri established the Iconography Studio at the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection in New York City. He has been an instructor with the Prosopon School of Iconology since its blessing in 2000, giving regular lectures and workshops on iconwriting and iconology around the country. While continuing to work on traditional, portable icons, Dmitri has spent much of the last several years on large-scale wall-painting in churches in Alaska, Vermont, Minnesota and New York City. His icons are in numerous churches and private collections here and abroad.