HI! I’M OLGA, A NYC-BASED ARTIST! SAY HELLO!

My parents always lived an artistic life and when they had me, they had no doubts I would be an artist. By looking at them I had no doubts as well. They put me in an old suitcase, which became my first bed and my first art studio; there I found my first pencils. My parents moved from one place to another and I drew, drew, drew. That was a happy time. I used to draw on any surface I could possibly find – on paper, walls, and asphalt, everywhere. As a child I loved reading books with paintings of great artists and anatomy books. My mother used to help me finish my first drawings and my father used to explain to me what composition means and how to make a drawing complete. When I turned four, I began to call my activity “work”. Most important, I knew what art was. Now this world gives me information, and all that I see and feel – I put on paper.

AWARDS

2012   THE WINNER OF THE 2012 LIBRARY FELLOWS COMPETITION, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS, WASHINGTON, D.C, USA

2010   150 EXHIBITION SELECTIONS OF CURATE NYC’S EMERGING ARTISTS EXHIBITION AT THE RUSH ARTS GALLERY IN CHELSEA, NEW YORK CITY, USA

2007   MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ART, VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA

2006   GOVERNOR OF PRIMORSKY REGION AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ART, VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA 

2006   ADMINISTRATION OF PRIMORSKY REGION, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ART , VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA    

2005   FIRST PLACE IN PASTEL/GRAPHICS CATEGORY AND PRESIDENT AWARD. NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION 2005, PLANO, TX, USA 

2003-2004   ADMINISTRATION OF V.K. ARSENYEV PRIMORSKY REGION MUSEUM AWARD FOR CONCEPTUAL IDEA OF EASTERN DIARY PROJECT IN THE THIRD VLADIVOSTOK BIENNALE OF VISUAL ARTS, VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA

2004   GRANT FROM JAPAN FOUNDATION FOR ART EDUCATORS OF RUSSIAN FAR EAST FOR TRAINING PROGRAM “INVITING ART AND EDUCATION SPECIALISTS OF RUSSIAN FAR EAST” ORGANIZED BY JAPANESE FUND IN TOKYO AND KYOTO, JAPAN

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012   Sojourn, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2010   From the Edge of Vladivostok, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2007   Japanese pen and ink drawing on paper, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2006   Pen and ink drawings, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2004   ART/X/TOYAMA & Art-project – Eastern Diary – 3, Gallery B, Toyama, Japan

2003   Art-project – Oriental Diary – 2, International Exhibition Center of Arseniev State Museum of Primorsky Region, Vladivostok, Russia, Governor´s Award (catalog)

2003   Art-project – Eastern Diary, The Third Vladivostok Biennale Of Visual Arts, International Exhibition Center of Arseniev State Museum of Primorsky Region, Vladivostok, Russia

2001   Three Artists Exhibition, “Artetage” Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia (catalogue)

1991   Russian Art, Toronto, Canada

1979   The Nenazhivin Sisters, Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia

1977   Drawings of Sisters Nenazhivins, Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia (catalogue)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019   Dialogues of Imagination, Tenri Gallery, New York  City, USA

2017   Echoes of the Blast, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA

2014   Something Borrowed, Something New: Contemporary Interpretations, Bushwick Art Walk, Brooklyn, USA

2013   International Art Show / Visual Variety, 25 CPW GALLERY, New York, NY, USA

2013   The Spring Show / Shared Observations, The Museum of Russian Art (MoRA), Jersey City, NJ, USA

2012   The Woman: A Study, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2012   Artists of Primorye for the SUMMIT of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia (catalog)

2010   150 Exhibition Selections of Curate NYC’s Emerging Artists Exhibition at the Rush Arts Gallery In Chelsea, a juried exhibition, NYC, USA

2010   150th Anniversary of Vladivostok, Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia, “Artetage” Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia (catalog)

2009   The 6th Vladivostok Biennale of Visual Arts, Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia (catalog)

2009   As Seen in Black and White, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2009   Russian Contemporary Art: The Artists of Vladivostok, Museum of Modern Art, Busan, Korea (catalog)

2008   10th Regional Art Exhibition, a regional juried exhibition, Art Gallery of A. Fedotov, Khabarovsk, Russia (Juror: Honored Artists of Russian Federation) (catalog)

2008   Anniversary exhibition, Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia

2008   70 years of Primorsky Organization of Union of Artists of Russia, “Artetage” Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia (catalog)

2007   Exhibition of the Competition of Graphic Works Devoted to Andrey Kamalov’s Memory, Primorye State Art Gallery, Vladivostok, Russia (catalog)

2007   The Bridge Art Fair, The Trafalgar Hotel, London, UK,  (curated by Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY, USA)

2007   Russian America / From Mark Chagall to Henry Khudyakov /  Russian-American art Project, National Art Gallery of Primorsky Region, Vladivostok, Russia (catalog)

2005   PAA 2005 / National Juried Exhibition, Plano TX, USA Awards received: First place in Pastel / Graphics Category and President Award (catalog)

2005   Dynasties, Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia, Vladivostok,  Russia

2004   The Journey, International Exhibition Center of Arseniev State Museum of Primorsky Region, Vladivostok, Russia

2003   Reality or Truth / International art-project, Pushkin Theater,  Vladivostok, Russia

2003   9th Regional Art Exhibition – Far East, a regional juried exhibition, Gallery of The Artist Union of Russia, Khabarovsk,  Russia (Juror: Honored Artists of  Russian Federation) (catalog)

2003   65th Anniversary of Primorye, Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia

2002   Generation of 80th, Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia (catalog)

2001   Autumn Exhibition, Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia

2000   Art-Face, “Artetage” Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia

1999   Primorye Regional Exhibition, “Artetage” Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia

1998   60th Anniversary of Primorye, Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia, Vladivostok, Russia

1997   Young artists Of Primorye, “Artetage” Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia

1997   Teacher and Students, Arseniev State Museum of Primorsky Region, Vladivostok, Russia

1995   138th Anniversary of Vladivostok, Gallery of The Union of Artists of Russia,Vladivostok, Russia

1995   II Regional Exhibition of Young Artists of the Russian Far East / Territory of Hope, Youth Committee of Administration of Primorsky region & “Artetage” Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia (catalog)

1994   Primorye Regional Art Exhibition, “Artetage” Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia