Yaroslava Tichshenko

I was born in Kazakhstan. I have always painted energetically; one could even say – impatiently. Early on, I concluded that when one paints, one should be lively, daring, bold! As a result, my style was destined to become expressionistic. This attitude may be influenced by the hot climate and the Central Asian mentality I grew up with.
I was greatly influenced by my years of life and study in Russia, as well as my travels in Europe. I developed a penchant for simplicity and clarity that helped me to balance the energetic ornateness that I already had. This is how naive still lives appeared in my vocabulary, lyrical odes to the simplicity of form and colour.
Finally, I realized something important about my art - I do not want to define it narrowly, because life always includes some form of duality. . For me, this duality constitutes the very essence of my art: on one hand, I paint with energy, leaning towards an embellished tradition; on the other, I am deliberate and contemplative, looking beyond the surface.
At this stage of my life I live and create my art in Almaty, a beautiful southern city surrounded by mountains, which fills me with energy.

Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, Russia (Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I. E. Repin) 2016
Karaganda College of Humanities, qualification "Artist decorator", Kazakhstan 2009

2021 - The Portrait Society of America's 2nd International Self Portrait Project, "A View of Self"
2021 – The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual exhibition, London
2020 - 20TH international watercolor exhibition in Niigata, Japan
2020 – The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual exhibition, London
2020 – Orken (national art exhibition), national patriotic museum, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
2019 – Annual exhibition of the union of artists of Kazakhstan, Kasteyev State Museum, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2019 – Solo exhibition 1/8 (one eight), Almaty, Kazakhstan
2019 - "Facelook. Portrait Now", Artmeken Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2018 – International exhibition dedicated to the Great Silk Road “Neither silk nor road”, Art Lane Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2018 - Solo exhibition, “Desire for the beautiful», China, Guangdong, Guangzhou
2016 – “Exhibition of Diploma Works”, Academy of Arts, Rafael Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
2015 - "Workshop. Kaluta and students", Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia
2014 - "The best drawings and sketches", Academy of Arts, Italian Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
2013 – “Copy practice” exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia
2011 – “Summer practice” exhibition, A. I. Kuindzhi base, Crimea, Alupka