Victoria Udalova (Moscow) – artist, Art-Office Gallery FEDINI resident
EDUCATION
Victoria started drawing from preschool age.
1980-1984 – studied at the Art school (Volgograd).
1984-1988 – studied at the Saratov Art School (Department of painting).
1988-1990- Worked as a teacher for children in the Art school.
1990-1991- Worked as an artist-designer at the Volgograd ceramic factory.
1991-1997- studied at the Stroganov Art University (Moscow).
1991- II place, prize at the competition of the Moscow Institute named after Strogonov “the Best painting”.
1992- certificate of honor of the exhibition “the First exhibition of students”.
1995- scholar of the program “New names”.
1995- member of the professional and creative Union of graphic artists.
Since 1999 – member of the Moscow Union of artists (MOSH).
CONCEPT
The time of information technologies, computer graphics and conceptual art, where the viewer can only guess what the artist wanted to depict, has formed a stable stereotype that figurative painting is not relevant. An art event, installation, or performance is certainly better liked. But, in the artist’s opinion, in the race for likes and views, many fell into the trap of the moment, what young people call “HYIP”.
At art school, Victoria realized that painting would be the main business of her life, and at the age of 15, she left home to enter the Saratov art school. During study and formation – V. Serov, M. Vrubel, N. Feshin were the inspiration for Victoria.
One of the main Viktoria’s rules of life is “if you allow yourself to think that something is too difficult, then fear will settle in you and this will become impossible for you”. Victoria has always been engaged in difficult tasks that give her an opportunity to grow.
Victoria doesn’t like to come up with new styles and fashion names, she likes the expression of Claude Debussy “I’m trying to find new realities… fools call it impressionism. ” More simply, either you manage to create life on canvas, or you don’t and no beautiful and clever phrases will not save your job…
The artist’s works are a personal attempt to fight the fleeing time. “When I make a sketch, I make the moment freeze on it.”
EXHIBITIONS
20.02.2020-23.02.2020- Art Russia Fair in Gostiny Dvor, Moscow.
10.12.2019-31.01.2020- DContemporary painting Prize 2019, London.
23.11.2019 – 06.12.2019 – Apartment Art Gallery London. Group exhibition of three artists.
30.08.2019-31.08.2019- Amsterdam Art Fair, Amsterdam. The works were awarded by the fair jury.
17.05.2019-26.05.2019 – “New stereotypes”, personal exhibition, Wong Gallery, Moscow.
02.2019- participation in Parallax Art Fair, London.
02.2019- participation in the “Royal Arts Prize” at La Galleria Pall Mall, London.
07.2017- personal exhibition in Caca de Cultura Alfas del Pi, Spain.
06.2017 – exhibition “Mystery of the body” in Fundaccion Frax, Spain.
02.10.2017-17.10.2017- collective exhibition at the Moscow Union of Artists “Spot and line”, Moscow.
04.2016 – gallery “Dacha”, Moscow.
04.04.2016-13.04.2016- participation in the Moscow International Art Show in the Central house of artists (CHA) with graphic works in the style of “Nude”.
2000, 2001- participant of the Art-Manege exhibition, Bolshoy Manege, Moscow.
2000- participation in the exhibition “Millennium of Christianity in Russia” CHA, Moscow.
1999, 2000- participation in the Art Salon of the Central house of artists, Moscow.
1999- participation in the exhibition “The closest art” – Museum of decorative applied art, Moscow.
1999- participation in the exhibition “Moscow-Petersburg” CHA, Moscow.
1997-Diploma work (ceramics) at the Institute of Economic relations named after Gaidar.
1991, 1992, 1995, 1999- participation in youth exhibitions in the Exhibition hall on Kuznetsky Most, Moscow.
Victoria’s works are in private collections and exhibition halls in Russia, Spain, Italy, Indonesia and other countries.