About Ted Shender

Ted Shender is originally from Russia, where he began his creative career as a commercial artist after studying film at Sergei Eisenstein Film Institute in Moscow during the eighties. He continued his work in film, advertising and theatre in Europe and later in the United States. Shender discovered his unique voice as an artist in the nineties and left the entertainment industry to pursue his own path. The art he creates today is strongly influenced by principles found in Western and Eastern philosophies, such as balance, the presence of center, expressions of the 'inner world' and the power of symbols.

Shender currently lives with his family in the Pacific Northwest.