Three lines Painting

Evgenia Rechkalova is a contemporary artist, born 1980 in St.Petersburg, Russia. She creates mostly abstract and landscape acrylic paintings. Evgenia has been taking art classes since age of 6. She attended drawing classes in St. Petersburg Academy of Art while getting her master degree in art history in St Petersburg State University. Evgenia specialized in Russian avangard and her final study was devoted to compositions of Wassily Kandinsky. After her graduation in 2004 Evgenia worked for many years as PR representative and was ensconced in a life of sales and marketing. She moved to Moscow in 2010 after being accepted in Higher Courses of Directors and Screenwriters (VKSR), Russian leading cinema school. Evgenia wrote scripts for several short and full screen movies. She cooperated with leading advertising agencies as a copywriter and screenwriter. Being engaged again in visual art, she started to paint more and experiment with new media. Evgenia relocated to Columbus, Ohio in 2014. She continued her art education and attended workshops and art classes in Columbus Cultural Arts Center and McConnell Arts Center. In 2016, she gave up a regular pay cheque to pursue her love of painting full time. She now works at her studio in Millworks art space and partcipate in local shows. Evgenia is currently studying graphic design in CSCC and explores possibilities of digital painting and art.