Stanislav Shmelev

Dr Stanislav Shmelev is an award winning British photographer (Honorary Colour Master, 2011; Premier Selection of Le Plus Grand Concours Photo du Monde, PHOTO Magazine, France, 2010; 3rd prize in Environmental Photography, British Council, 2005), painter, environmentalist and art historian.

Educated in art history and drawing and holding a PhD in Ecological Economics (2003), Stanislav combines his interest in fine art and sustainability and expresses his admiration for the natural world through oil paintings and photographs, printed on aluminium plates.

Passionate about green economy, nature protection and sensitive ecosystems, Stanislav creates evocative environmental landscapes inspired by his travels in Brazil, Colombia, Malaysia, UK, France and the countries of the Mediterranean.

Formerly a member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas, Senior Researcher at the Oxford University, and Visiting Professor at Universities of Geneva, Paris and Versailles, National Universities of Colombia and Kazakhstan, Stanislav devotes all his energy to the promotion of sustainability ideas both through the language of art and of science.

Stanislav has been a Member of the St Ives Arts Club and exhibited at United Nations (UNFCCC COP23, Bonn), Royal College of Art (London), Oxford University, STITCH ‘Art for the Earth’ auction in London (with Marc Quinn and Vivienne Westwood) , STITCH & OCEANA show at PHILLIPS (London), Global Landscapes Forum (Lima, Peru), Prince Galitzine Library (St Petersburg), British Council (St Petersburg), Brighton Photo Biennial 2014 (Brighton), Brighton Photo Fringe 2014 (Brighton), Swiss Cottage Gallery (London), O3 Gallery (Oxford), OVADA Gallery (Oxford), Studio 44AD (Bath), FOTONOVIEMBRE de Tenerife International Photography Festival (Spain), United Nations (Vienna, Austria), The Other Art Fair (Saatchi Art, Bristol).

His images were used on book covers and published in magazines and newspapers like Resurgence, Guardian, Oxford Times, his solo shows “Colour and Light at Play” of May-August 2011 at Summertown Wine Café, Oxford and “Environmental Improvisations” at Said Business School of Oxford University were positively reviewed by Oxford Times. Stanislav is an author of a book ‘Ecological Economics: Sustainability in Practice’, Springer, 2012. His image ‘Complex Systems. Dorset’ is published by National Geographic in an edited volume.

Education

• Global Executive MBA HEC Paris (2019 — 2021)
• Global Executive MBA New York University (2019 — 2021)
• Global Executive MBA TRIUM Global Executive MBA (2019 — 2021)
• Global Executive MBA The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2019 — 2021)
• Master of Arts - MA Falmouth University (2017 — 2019)
• LEAD Europe Fellow (2007) Lead - Inspiring leaders for a sustainable world (2007 — 2007)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Saint Petersburg State University (2000 — 2003)
• Summer School Central European University (2000 — 2000)
• Msc Saint Petersburg State University (1994 — 2000)

Companies

• Visiting Professor Sciences Po (2022)
• Project Management Consultant UNDP (2021)
• Executive Director EnvironmentEurope (2019)
• Director ENVIRONMENT EUROPE LIMITED (2004)
• Keynote Speaker Erasmus School of Economics (2021 — 2021)
• MSc Thesis Supervisor United Nations University (2020 — 2021)
• Keynote Speaker University of Strasbourg (2021 — 2021)
• Consultant UNDP (2021 — 2021)
• Professor Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (2020 — 2021)