Panfilov Anatoly Stepanovich a member of the Union of Designers of Russia, lives in Yekaterinburg. The experience of his creative work in the jewelry art begins in 1969. He received training in jewelry art from well-known Ural jewelry artists: Ustyantsev Leonid Fedorovich, Khramtsov Vladislav and Vetrov Vladimir Fedorovich.
Freedom of creative self-expression, the highest craftsmanship, mobility and receptivity to new ideas allow Anatoly Stepanovich to create not only elegant compositions of jewelry art, but also to emphasize an extraordinary and versatile creative individuality in his products. Jewelry created by the artist and made from start to finish by hand, have emphasized individual aesthetic qualities, an extraordinary creative and technical solution and testify to the high qualification of the author not only as a master jeweler, but also as a talented artist-designer.
Anatoly Stepanovich works only with natural stones of impeccable quality and decorative properties. If you look at his work, you can see how different they are in execution. These are both strict laconic forms and elegantly decorative ornaments.
Anatoly Panfilov presented his best jewelry at the Museum of Stone-Cutting Art. He opened an exhibition dedicated to his own golden wedding (2014). There are about 80 works created in recent years. In each piece of jewelry, Anatoly Panfilov expressed not so much love for the stone as love for his wife. According to the jeweler, she is the main jewel in his life. That is why he devoted all his jewels to Valentina Petrovna.
The works of Anatoly Stepanovich are well known both in the Urals and in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
On his account, the Faberge Prize in 2012, victories at the exhibitions “Ural-Yuvelir” (in the nomination “For the best jewelry with ornamental stones.”