Vladimir Paperny

Biography

Vladimir Paperny graduated from Stroganov Art School in Moscow and completed postgraduate studies at the Central Research Institute for Theory and History of Architecture. His PhD thesis Architecture in the age of Stalin: Culture Two was published in Russian (Moscow, 1996, 2006) and in English (Cambridge University Press, 2003). He received his PhD in Cultural Studies from the Russian State University for the Humanities only 20 years later.

Since moving to the US in 1981, Dr. Paperny was visiting professor at USC, UCLA, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Bristol University, UK. He also worked as Art Director (Orange Coast Magazine, The Workbook), Director of Marketing and Advertising (Integrated Ceilings, a subsidiary of US Gypsum). He now works at his studio in Los Angeles, alternating between design, writing, video production and research. His articles, essays and columns appear in such publications as Snob, Architectural Digest, Project Russia, Speech and many others. His collections of essays Mos Angleles and Mos Angeles-2 were published by NLO in 2004 and 2009.

Photo: Alan Vouba