"The most important thing that I got from PRO ARTE are friends and future members of the North-7 art group, as well as new skills and knowledge — first and foremost, a critical approach to everything, my own work included. It's been 6 years since my graduation, but we are still engaged in ongoing collaborations and collective projects with my PRO ARTE friends, who have already become famous, venerable artists."

Alexander Tsikarishvili is a graduate of the 2013 School for the Young Artists programme. Leader of the Sever-7 group. Graduated from the Secondary Art School at the Repin Academy of Arts and the St. Petersburg Roerich Art College, Department of Industrial Graphics and Advertising. Artist, sculptor, curator. Took part in exhibitions in Russia, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, as well as the MANIFESTA 10 parallel programme and the 14th festival Contemporary Art in a Traditional Museum (St. Petersburg).