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| Nina Mikhailenko |
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Born in 1946 in Leningrad(St. Petersburg)
Immigrated to US in 1974.
A member of Oil Painters of America, Nina also works in watercolors, pastels, charcoal and ink, often on location. As a plein-air artist, she has traveled the world to capture the atmosphere of her subjects, and in turn her award-winning paintings have been shown all over the United States and Europe.
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| 关于此艺术家 |
Stylistically, her work has roots in a late-19th century Russian art movement called "Peredvishniki". Literally, the Peredvishniki were itinerants or wanderers, who rebelled against the formal restrictions of the tsarist Imperial Academy of Arts and opted to show their work in new venues. They painted populist themes in an accessible style: peasants, religious celebrations, and Russian landscapes.
Nina Mikhailenko upholds this tradition of creating art that is both serious and accessible. Not surprisingly, her most successful works are commissions, which allow her to match a theme with its environment. Her murals of life on Pampas, bullfights, chefs, cigar smokers, jazz musicians, and well-fed people having fun adorn the walls of upscale steakhouses, for example, and carry no hidden moral agenda.
Her human figures, particularly, embody a depth of character and memory, in close and crowded settings energized by vigorous color, texture and motion. Nina herself is a small, delicate woman, yet some of her canvasses are enormous. They seem to reflect a heroic impulse: energetic, bright, always stretched to the limit of a realistic style.
Nina masters great quantities of energy, creating art that is densely composed, painstakingly wrought, bold and detailed.
In sum, she is an exceptional artist whose work is vibrant yet comforting, monumental yet in perfect scale with its surroundings. |
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St. Petersburg at night
2006 oil on canvas 40 1/2x30 1/2 |
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Night is my favorite time to paint. Its mystery provokes the imagination.
There is no sharp details of the daylight and I let my fantasy play the
tricks. This painting was done on my last trip to St. Petersburg on the
river Karpovka. |
Fairytale Bruge
2005 oil on canvas 35 1/2x30 1/2 |
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One word "Fairytale" describes Bruge for me. I loved the city by night and
wished I could spend more time there. |
Arirang
2006 oil on canvas 91 1/2x152 1/2 |
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My intention was to convey the vibrant energy of this Hibachi Steak House in the New York area. |
Elegance
1997 oil on canvas 91 1/2x152 1/2 |
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I tried to capture the exquisite elegance of the finest Steak House in Seattle - El Gaucho. |
Jaz Bum
2000 oil on canvas 61x61 |
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This painting was created for the CD cover of Daniel Davison. The proportion of the hand is exaggerated to stress the power of the piano player. |
Home Stretch
2004 oil oon canvas 76x61 |
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The ecstasy of horse racing, the adrenaline of the final moment at the finish, those are the elements, that attracted me to this subject. |
Bolshoy Drama Theatre, St. Pet
2006 oil on canvas 51x61 |
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On my last visit to St. Petersbug in August 2006 I went to BDT to see a new performance of "Hamlet" by the visiting Moscow theatre. On the way out the beauty of the theatre, excited crowd and clear night inspired me to do this painting. |
John
2007 oil on canvas 183x92 |
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I was looking to doing this portrait for the past eight years, since I first saw John in a hat carrying the walking stick. He is a fun fellow and reminds me the 1930th. |
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| 教育程度与个人自传 |
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts – V. Mukhina Art Institute, Leningrad, USSR (5 years)
Art School, Leningrad, USSR (3 years)
Private Study
Ronald W. Lucas Art School, Seattle, Wash. (3 years)
Workshops with Sergei Bongart, Seattle, Wash. (4 years)
Workshop with David Laffel, Seattle, Wash.
One-Woman Shows
2006 Kronos, Vashon Island, Washington
2001 Rainier Club, Seattle, Washington
2000 GoGallery, Portland, Oregon
1998 D’Adamo & Hill Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1996 Galerie Natalie Boldyreff, Paris, France
1996 Gallery One, Ellensburg, Washington
1995 Wood’n You Gallery, Kirkland, Washington
1994 Stillwater Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1993 Wood’n You Gallery, Kirkland, Washington
1991 Art & Architecture Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1990 Sylvester Ruud Petrie & Cruzen, Columbia Center, Seattle, Washington
1990 Unitarian Church of Tacoma, Washington
1987 Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
1985 Jewish Community Center, Mercer Island, Washington
1978 Jewish Community Center, Mercer Island, Washington
1977 Friends Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1977 Seattle First National Bank Building, Seattle, Washington |
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