SNEZHANA
PADERINA
3D animated cinematics and fashion films in Unreal Engine, through SNEZHANA.NYC CG Studio.
Unreal Authorized Instructor since 2026, authorized by Epic Games. Cinematics, MetaHuman characters, digital fashion.
learn.snezhana.nyc: courses and mentorship in Unreal Engine cinematics, MetaHuman characters and digital fashion.
Internationally. The work follows the most ambitious projects, wherever they are.
I am an art director and a pioneer in fashion technology. I studied cybersecurity and information technology before fashion design and creative entrepreneurship at Parsons School of Design. I was among the first designers to use 3D printing for everyday clothes and runway looks.
I made a collection for gamers with NVIDIA GeForce for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, and I built FabLab at RASKROI in St. Petersburg, a workshop for 3D scanning, modeling and printing with an internship program on Parsons methods.
I took part in a project by Parsons and Intel. My work was presented at Manus x Machina at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and in the Harvard University show. Women of Wearables named me in their Top 100 Women in Fashion Tech.
I art directed a VR film and a VR experience.AR and VR add a dimension, a layer of interactivity with the viewer, and that is what I want to keep experimenting with.
Today I direct 3D animated cinematics and fashion films in Unreal Engine, teach as an Unreal Authorized Instructor, authorized by Epic Games, and run SNEZHANA.NYC CG Studio.
IN PUBLIC
- Reshape, Wearable Technology Competition, 1st place, with the GS3 team (Barcelona)
- "Design Next," Central Artists House, 1st place in Fashion Design (Moscow)
- Fashion Futurum Accelerator, Russian Fashion Council and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, 1st place
- Winner in the "Fashion designer" nomination of "Best in Profession" (St. Petersburg)
- Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week FW18/19, "Digital Folding of the World" (Moscow)
- NVIDIA x SNEZHANA.NYC at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week SS19, "RAY" (Moscow)
- The Collective x Designow Fashion Show (New York)
- Identities Fashion Show by Harvard University (Boston)
- Futurum SPB by Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and Lenpoligraphmash (Saint Petersburg)
- Fusion Fashion Show (New York)
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Finalist in The Met’s Costume Institute Fashion Design Competition in conjunction with "Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology."
- SXSW "Design and Function" exhibition, Parsons School of Design
- "Design Next," Central Artists House (Moscow)
- Designow Fashion Show art exhibition, Soho gallery (New York)
- Speaker at Forum RUSH, international tech forum (Saint Petersburg)
- Speaker at Science Fest, 2018 (Saint Petersburg)
- Speaker at the Center for Entrepreneurship Development and Support (Saint Petersburg)
- Panelist at "Innovative Textiles," Techtextil Russia, by Messe Frankfurt (Moscow)
- Expert in "Mentors Academy" by Skolkovo Foundation, Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the Kruzhok movement, 2019 (Saint Petersburg)
- 2012Cybersecurity and information technology studies
- 2013Among the first designers using 3D printing for everyday clothes and runway looks
- 2014Parsons School of Design, fashion design and creative entrepreneurship
- 2015Project by Parsons and Intel
- 2016Finalist, The Met’s Costume Institute Fashion Design Competition, in conjunction with Manus x Machina
- 2017Reshape, Barcelona, 1st place with the GS3 team
- FW18/19Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, "Digital Folding of the World"
- 2018Speaker, Science Fest, Saint Petersburg
- SS19Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, "RAY," with NVIDIA GeForce
- 2019Expert, Mentors Academy, Skolkovo Foundation
- 2020"Galaxy Dress" fashion film
- 2021FabLab at RASKROI, St. Petersburg, built and run
- 2021Moved into Unreal Engine: real-time rendering, cinematics, MetaHuman characters
- 2023Founded SNEZHANA.NYC CG Studio
- 2026Unreal Authorized Instructor, authorized by Epic Games