Galya Popova

Freelance Artist.
www.galyapopova.ru

Galya Popova was born in 1978 in Moscow, Russia. She graduated from Moscow Academic Art School “In memory of 1905″ in 1998. In 2005 Galya finished Costume Design at Moscow State University of Service. Since 2004 she works as illustrator with several publishing houses, cooperating with Theatre of Dance of Natalia Shirokova. As the costume artist Galya designed performances «Departure of the puppeteer», «Doors wide open», «Nimpheya». Galya was nominated for the National Premium in Art Modern BLACK SQUARE in Moscow, had more than 30 group and solo exhbitions in Russia, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany... Her works are collected worldwide. Currently she lives and works in Bonn, Germany.

About

  • Background

    1998
    Graduated from Moscow Academic Art School "In memory of 1905".
    2005
    Graduated from Moscow State University of Service (faculty "Costume design") in .
    Since 2004 work as the artist - illustrator with several publishing houses
    2005-2008
    Cooperation with Theatre of Dance of Natalia Shirokova. As the costume artist designed performances "Departure of the puppeteer", "Doors wide open", "Nimpheya"
    Since 2007 Freelance artist.

  • Exhibitions

    2010
    'Arte Laguna Art Prize' International Exhibition, Venice Arsenale, Venice, Italy
    2010
    'Best of 2010' International Exhibition, Marziart Gallery, Hamburg, Germany,
    2009
    Fall Brush Exhibition, Pen and Brush Gallery, New York, USA
    2009
    'MFA Now' Award Winner's Exhibition, Praxis Art Gallery, Miami, USA
    2008
    The First Biennale RBSA Open Portrait Award, Birmingham, UK

Paintings