Yana Kaplan

Born in 1984 in Siberia.
Member of the creative union of artists of Russia.
I came up with my collage method after long technical searches and experiments, as well as thanks to my extensive travel experience, in which I was deeply immersed in the culture of other countries. It was this variety of languages, customs, habits and stories that allowed me to see the heterogeneity and diversity of the world - and it was exactly the collage that became the fullest reflection of this plentifulness of impressions.
For me, one of the most powerful sources of inspiration is the city, its energy and perpetual motion. My works take the form of a study of urban environment: we notice typical urban textures and images in them, we feel the dynamics of the city and its organic complexity. It is important to note that the city acts as a space of both collective and individual experience - this allows each viewer to “recognize” my works, being like a part of a typical city wall, covered with posters and numerous layers of paint.
Conveying this versatility and semantic layering is done with the help of my special technique, which has become the result of constant experiments and continues to become more complicated, combining academic knowledge a...

1993 - the art school. (5 years)

2001 - Tomsk State University, at the Department of Culturology, the direction “Fine arts”. (5 years)

2005 - the professional courses “Computer graphics and web-design” in Tomsk State University of Management and Radio Electronics. (2 years)

In 2007 - participate in the project "Museum night" (Ekaterinburg)
In 2011 - personal exhibition in the Exhibition Hall "Moscow" (Moscow)
- participate in the group exhibition in the gallery "Art-com" (Vienna, Austia)
- participate in the art project "Golden Hands of Russia", in the Gallery on Red Square (Moscow);
- participate in the project "Metamorphoses of Time" in the Gallery "Na Kashirke". IV fair "Moscow Artesaniya", Exhibition Hall of the Moscow State Art Gallery "New Manege" (Moscow)
In 2016 - participate in the city's art event "Museum night " of the Exhibition Hall "Na Kashirke" (Moscow)
In 2016 - participate (sale) in a closed charity auction (Zurich, Switzerland)
In 2016 - exposition in the Jewish Museum (New York, USA)
In 2017 - personal exhibition in the concept place "L'appartement" (Moscow)
- exposition in the Jewish Museum (New York, USA)
In 2017 - participate in the group exhibition in the concept place "Primitive + design" (Tel Aviv, Israel)
In 2018 - participate in the Fifth inter-regional academic exhibition «Against the stream»