Maxim Leonidovich Voznesenskiy (Russian: Максим Леонидович Вознесенский) is an artist jeweller, art collector, creator of art projects, and promoter of Russian art. Early life Maxim Leonidovich Voznesenskiy was born in 1965 in the village Alol, Pskov Oblast, into an artistic family and his interest in jewellery design stemmed from a young age. His mother Svetlana Popova is a painter and having overcome the difficulties of being deaf and dumb she has made her way in the world of art. His father, Leonid Semyonovich Voznesenskiy is a doctor, biologist and a pharmacist. Maxim's great-grandfather on his mother’s side was a Bishop in the Russian Orthodox Church. Voznesenskiy graduated in Design at the Moscow Arts and Crafts School in 1983, specialising in jewellery. Between 1983-85 he completed his Military Service in the Soviet Army. He then studied at the Moscow Institute of Architecture for three years. In 1991 he graduated from the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Moscow State Pedagogical University. Personal life In 1986 Voznesenskiy married the artist Natalia Intezarova in Moscow. Natalia graduated from the Surikov Moscow Art Institute in 1992 after studying under Tahir Salahov, academic and vice president of the Russian Academy of Arts. Natalia's father was the artist Arkady Intezarov who died in 1979. From this marriage their daughter was born. In 1995 they divorced. Voznesenskiy married for a second time in 2000 to the artist jeweller Irina Dorofeeva. In 2006 she died after a serious illness. In 2012 Natalia and Maxim once again married each other in London. Career In 1992 Voznesenskiy became a member of the Artists Union of the USSR in Moscow. In 1998 Maxim Voznesenskiy together with Irina Dorofeyeva founded House of Jewellery "Jewellery Theatre". After her death Voznesenskiy went on to open a private boutique "Jewellery Theatre" as its owner and creative director, in Moscow on Kutuzovsky Prospect, and later in 2010 on Kuznetsky Most. Speaking to the New York Times, Voznesenskiy explained: We are doing all we can to revive the traditions of Russian jewelry art and return it to the level it was at before the revolution ... Today, Jewellery Theatre is less a commercial enterprise than it is a cultural and educational organization. He then moved to London to open the Maxim Voznesensky boutique on Old Bond Street together with his financial partner. Late in 2013 Maxim left the partnership and the boutique was renamed "Jewellery Theatre". In