About me
Born in 1975 in Nizhnekamsk, Russia. I turned to painting after 20 years of working as an accountant. Honestly, I have been painting for as long as I can remember. Although, after I realized that painting could not only be a way to spend time but also be a remedy from my inner struggles, I decided to completely alternate my life and do painting full-time.
I like to use different materials to paint: oil, charcoal and pastel. However, watercolors have a special place in my heart. I love them for the drive, the unpredictability and the necessity to plan out your actions in the process of painting. You never know what awaits you in the end. And if you get a proper result – you feel an amazing euphoria! The array of methods you can use with watercolors allows you depict different parts of reality: from the tender shades of dawn and the bright colors of flowers to the rigidness of rocks and the fragileness of glass.
Currently, I am working in the sphere of realism. In my works, I try to catch an image and then feel its rhythm.
Argentine tango, literature, music, the nature of my homeland, people’s faces, memories – these are the things that inspire me. A fierce desire to paint it the way I feel it – drives me forward to improve my technique by studying great artists.
Painting keeps me breathing. Painting makes me feel alive. Painting is what I get from life and then give it back.
Exhibitions:
2023, March – International art exhibition "I am a woman. I am the center of the world" Moscow
2022, December – 3rd Christmas Watercolor Festival, Novosibirsk, Russia
2021, October – 5th Russian Watercolor artists exhibition at IWS SARE Gallery Moscow
2021, February – 3rd Russian Watercolor artists exhibition at IWS SARE Gallery Moscow
2020, March – winner in the “Special Award” nomination of the International Watercolor Exhibition tour IWET “Our Wonderful World”
2020, February – final of the second season of the International Watercolor Contest "Step by Step"
2019, November – International Watercolor Society Exhibition in Kosovo
2019, June – 3rd International Watercolor Festival and Exhibition in Tbilisi, Georgia
2019, May – Personal exhibition in Tyumen, Russia -a series of works "Tango"