9 Apr - 11 Apr 2019

I know… Merry fairy-tales of mysterious countries

“I actually know and remember some of them”. Works from trips of the last 4 years are

presented at the exhibition; these are picturesque canvases, devoted to studying of the world,

different cultures and a human-being in it. Works from Ghana, Ethiopia, Sochi, Malta. Here

African ocean shore and snow Moscow winter, pain of loss and delight of mutuality are

combined. Bright colors are extended by series of drawings where body is primary. Body as a

part of us but at the same time a separate object. How parts of the body live when they are

beyond their functions.

“I am curious about this world, trees curves, changing seasons, life and death, sex theme and

people. How all this is interacted and responded in us. How events happen, leaving a trace, how

life throws us in different places and situations and we taking into consideration our experience

and intuition, leave it, realize something and run further”.

About series “Two and body”:

“I have always been interested in relationships between people. How we interact with each other,

the way we look and what role the body plays. The body is as a part of us but meanwhile a

separate object. How it looks like in different situations, how parts of the body live when they

are beyond their functions.

One morning lying in bed with partner, I was watching our bodies and felt intimacy. It was so

natural, free, frankly and beautiful. I wanted to turn this moment into drawing, to watch how this

situation is transformed into something different. I took a pencil. I felt interest in transferring

lines, outline “visible” apparent borders and show that there’s something more, sex beyond sex.

It turned out very unexpectedly and I continued the series.”

Was born in Siberia in 1989 At the age of 14 successfully passed exams to the Art lycee of B.V.

Yoganson at the Academy of Arts of architecture class and moved to Saint-Petersburg. After 10

years of study graduated from architecture faculty of Emperial academy of I.I.Repin. Trips to

America, Europe and Asia, impressions from international cultures and meeting with different

people inspire to explore a human-being and world. In 2015 leaves Saint-Petersburg and lives in

different cities and countries where she makes portraits and landscapes. Sochi, Ghana, Ethiopia,

Berlin, Moscow, Malta. After coming back in 2018 to native Saint-Petersburg creates series of

drawings, devoted to body and having collected paintings from journeys makes her first personal

exhibition.

Exhibitions:

-7th Fair of contemporary art, Sevkabel Port, Saint-Petersburg, December 2018

- kzgallery.com, on-line gallery, 2018 on-line

-Golitsin Loft, Saint-Petersburg, February 2018

-Art space Hlebozavod 9, Moscow, January 2018

- House of Habteselassie Tafesse, Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia, October 2016

-2 exhibitions in art-space pro42 (now Quartariata) 2014-2015, Saint-Petersburg

- House-museum of P.P. Chistyakov. Saint-Petersburg, 2011

Work experience as an artist:

-Designer of international brand of Manale accessories (www.manaleinternational.com New-

York)

- Designer of accessories for Habteselassie Tafesse (Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia, 2017)