Yuliya Martynova

Yuliya is a contemporary painter known for her dreamy, semi‑abstract visual language and multi‑series practice. After leaving corporate legal career in London over a decade ago, she developed a distinctive approach centred on running several collections in parallel—balancing narrative consistency with technical experimentation across media, surfaces, and scale.

Her work explores themes of weightlessness, aging, and elemental symbolism. Current series include Blue Bay (geometric watercolour mostly smaller size on fine canvas), House of Eden (overarching true abstract series on large scale canvas), La Femme Nuage (brushstroke‑driven cloud female portraits), Connected (urban rhythm works on paper), Blossom (gestural meditations on cyclical growth) and Migration (the oldest running series of runaway paper planes on skyscapes).

Yuliya’s paintings have been featured in major film productions, luxury hotels, exclusive London venues, and international private collections. Recent highlights include a Mayfair Art Week display at Huntsman, Savile Row, and installations at Amelie in Belgravia, largest Disney liner and luxury art cruise ship built by SAGA, many more.

Her skyscapes, sailboats, and abstract narratives invite viewers into a s...

1995 School of Fine Arts, Aktau, KZ
2011 GDL, School of Law, BPP London, UK
2011 LLM, Queen Mary University of London, UK
2003 MBA, Marketing, KIMEP, Almaty, KZ
2001 BA, Litigation, State Law Academy, Almaty, KZ

2027
London Art Fair, Dalloz Contemporary Art Gallery

2026
Henley Art Festival, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
Dalloz Contemporary Group Show, Clamham, London
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London May
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, Tom Cox Gallery, London - Mar
Art residency Final Solo, Bankside London - Feb
Fresh Art Fair, Ad-lib Gallery, London - Jan
London Art Fair, DA Gallery - Jan

2025
Bankside Autograph with Contemporary Collective, Residency Nov - Feb 2026
Manchester Art Fair, Nov 2025
AdLib Gallery, Wimbledon Village, London
Cube Gallery, Marylebone, London, Christmas Show
Henley Art Festival, Jul
Blue Shop Gallery, paper works, edition 7, May
Tom Cox Gallery - permanently represented
Caversham Art Trail, May
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, Mar
Bankside Autograph Mariotte, London Jan-May
D-Gallery, Tampa, Florida (La Femmes)


2024

La Femme Nuage, Rivers & Rowing Museum, Solo, 03 Dec 24 - 04 Feb 25, Henley
Thames Lido, Apr-Nov, Reading, Berkshire
Old Fire Station Art Gallery, Solo, Aug, Henley -on -Thames
Huntsman, 11 Saville Raw, Jul, Mayfair Art Week, London
Henley Arts Trail, Oxfordshire, May 04-06
Tom Cox Gallery, London, Apr-May
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London 06 -10 Mar


2023
The Other Art Fair ...