Contemplation Painting

Artist Diana Malivani is represented by internationally reputable art galleries. Her works regularly appear in prestigious exhibitions and compete in art contests in several countries, are published in international art journals, offered for sale on leading online art marketplaces, listed by auction houses, and held in the collections of both national museums and private collectors throughout the world. Diana Malivani was born in 1976, in the USSR. She is a Doctor of Medicine by her training and profession (M.D., Ph.D). After many years spent in France, Diana now lives with her family in Cyprus. Artistic career Diana Malivani’s artistic oeuvre is characterised by a variety of thematic areas: flowers and still life, gardens and landscapes, animal and birds paintings, marines and abstract paintings, portraits and genre scenes, religious and Indian themes. The dominant themes of the artist's works include flowers, gardens and landscapes, created in the author's own style, combining impressionism and realism. Malivani’s abstract compositions are grouped into several art projects: ’Seeing Music’, ’Seeing the Invisible’ etc. Almost all Malivani’s works are made in the technique of oil on canvas, mainly with a palette knife. The works, part of the art project ’The Blue Butterfly’s Dream’ (semi-abstract surrealistic compositions and woman portraiture) are characterized by a mixed technique: oil painting on fluid acrylic background and gold leaf collage. Malivani’s artworks are held in the collections of some National Art Museums in the Russian Federation (in the cities of Sochi, Belgorod, Saransk and Novokuznetsk). Awards & Prizes Malivani is part of the List of the Best Contemporary Russian Artists by ARTEEX, art marketplace and information platform in Russia. Her landscape painting ’Les jardins de Giverny’ was awarded with the First Prize in the Category ’Painting - Realism’ at The Global Art Awards at Shanghai International Art Fair 2020. Her semi-abstract painting ’Pearl Fisher’ was awarded with the Second Prize at London Art Biennale 2019, and two figurative paintings - ’Sparrows’ and ’Dance of Pink Flamingoes’ - became Finalists of The International Artist Grand Prize Competition 2020 in Taiwan.