Alexandra Barbalat Date of birth      1981 Birth-place         Ukraine, Vinnytsia Education: 1992-1997 – Vinnytsia Art School; 1997-2002 – Kyiv Technical School of Art and Manufacture, specialization: artist and master of artistic metal processing; 2002-2007 – Kyiv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts named by M. Bojchuk, specialization: artist and master of decorative and applied arts, jeweler, enamel artist. Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Officer of the Order of Michael Perkhin (honorary award Carl Faberge Memorial Fund for outstanding achievements in the development of  jewelery in Ukraine) Winner of  many national and international competitions of jewelry design. Barbalat  art  works  regularly take part in the specialized art exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad, are kept in state and private collections of many countries. Since 2018  Postgradulate Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University Research topik: "Integration of Bizantium-Kievan-Rus Goldsmithery in Modern Ukrainian Jewelry"