I'm British citizen born and live in Russia. Studied as an animated movie artist. Now I'm an artist and an art teacher on freelance. I'm also very interested in music, both listening and making. I play guitar, sing and write songs.

Here you can see my artworks www.instagram.com/kirillziman/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

At first I came to CS in 2018 when I wanted to visit Berlin. Back then I had a very good experience.

Now I'm traveling with my wife Uliana, who is an animated movie director, teacher of animation, drawing and english. We would like to visit a few cities and we would be happy to meet with local people to see the place from locals perspective and not from tourist point of view.

Interests

• cats
• dogs
• singing
• cooking
• reading
• painting
• drawing
• music
• animation
• philosophy
• art
• cinema
• vegetarian cuisine

Music, Movies, and Books

Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Victor Jara, St. Vincent, King Crimson, Tom Ze, Paul McCartney, Kate NV

MCU, every Clint Eastwood movie, every Ethan and Joel Coen movie, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock

Grapes of Wrath, War and Peace, To Kill a Mockingbird, East of Eden, Treasure Island, Osip Mandelshtam's poetry, The Secret History

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Uliana made an animation film in a tent camp

Kirill – baked bread on a farm in a French Alps in 19th century oven.

Teach, Learn, Share

Uliana would like to practice French.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Kirill – I can teach drawing, singing, bread making and I can make your portrait or drawing of your garden if you like
Uliana – I can tell you about animation, art history, cinema history.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Maldives, Montenegro, Poland, Slovakia, Sri Lanka

Countries I’ve Lived In

Russian Federation