Elvira Pyrkova

I am an artist, costume designer and portraitist living in the United Kingdom. I studied at the Moscow Academic Art Lyceum of the Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute (МАХЛ РАХ бывш. МСХШ); the Gerasimov All-Russia State University of Cinematography (ВГИК). I lived ten years in Mexico and exhibited regularly; mine was the only entry by a foreign artist in the book 'Huella entre Milenios' which highlighted the work of modern Mexican artists of the turn of the century. In the United Kingdom I was a finalist for the Garrick-Milne Prize; the painting short-listed for this award was exhibited and sold at Christie's London: a portrait of the famous Russian actor Innokenti Smoktunovsky. My work was twice short-listed for the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists' Prize. Elvira Pyrkova's paintings are part of private collections in France, Russia, Mexico, Canada, the United States and Great Britain, as are commissioned portraits of select collectors, including a small collection purchased by the Mario Moreno Reyes ‘Cantinflas’ Foundation. Likewise, my recent body of work revolving around equine sports is proving popular exhibited in galleries in the top racetracks and polo fields of the UK, UAE and elsewhere. En 2016, my costume design drafts for Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew' were exhibited at the famed 'Manezh' Art Centre in Moscow, Russia, as part of the exhibition 'Hello Italy'. That same year, my paintings were admired in 'L' Art Russe a Honfleur'; in 2017 'Russian Contemporary Art', Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, also in France. My painting 'Ladies Day at Ascot' was auctioned in Bonhams Russian Art Sale.

МСХШ им.Томского при МГХИ им.В.И.Сурикова
VGIK Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2019 Opera Concert, Reception and Silent Auction / Mexican Embassy - London, United Kingdom
2016 ‘Allure’ Rossotrudnichestvo, Kensington, London
2015 'The Eternal Feminine', Rossotrudnichestvo Kensington, London
2014 RUSSIAN MINDSCAPES, Rossotrudnichestvo Kensington, London
2013 'Summer Remembered' Nati Gallery, London
2012 Aberford Interiors Gallery, Aberford, West Yorkshire
2011 Leeds Slavic Bazaar, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2005 Birmingham and Midlands Institute, Birmingham, West Midlands.
2000 HISTORIAS Y SUEÑOS El Centro Asturiano de México, A. C. Arquímides #4 Polanco México, D. F.
2000 RETROSPECTIVA "ELVIRA PYRKOVA" Escuela Superior de Comercio y Administración Instituto Politécnico Nacional Periférico Sur 4863 México, D. F.
2000 JARDIN DE LOS RECUERDOS PERDIDOS Fit-Biz Executive and Business Center Insurgentes Sur 1605 8o Piso México, D. F.
1998 PINTURA Y DIBUJO; OBRA ESCOGIDA Fit-Biz Executive and Business Center Insurgentes Sur 1605 8o Piso México, D. F.
1997 850 AÑOS DE MOSCU Plaza Loreto Rio Magdalena 46, San Angel México, D. F.
1997 MOTIVOS DE RUSIA Casino del Valle, Colonia del Valle Monterrey, N. L.
1996 SEGUNDA RETROSPECTIVA Galería Torre del Reloj, Polanco México, D. F.
1996 PRIMERA RETROSPECTIVA Universidad del Valle de México Campus San Rafael México, D. F.

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2018 The Blue Rider Gallery / The Blue Rider Gallery - York, United Kingdom
2017 Newmarket Qipco Guineas Festival / Newmarket Racecourse - Newmarket, United Kingdom
2017 ART FOR A LITTLE BRAVE HEART / Kensington - London, United Kingdom
May 2017 Symposium of Russian Contemporary Art, Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, France
November 2016 Russian Art in Honfleur, Honfleur, Normandy, France
2016 The London Exhibition – The Power & the Passion / Chelsea Waterfront - London, United Kingdom
2016 NSIF Cartier Queens Cup Polo Day Guards / Windsor Racecourse - Windsor, United Kingdom
2016 Silks & Satin / Dunthwaite House, Setmurthy, Cockermouth - Cumbria, United Kingdom
2015 Cheltenham Meeting / Cheltenham Racecourse - Cheltenham, United Kingdom
January 2012 Chinese New Year Celebrations, Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, West Yorkshire
July 2012 The Great Sheffield Art Show
2012 20/21 International Art Fair, London
2011 Art Deco Fair, Allwoodley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2011 Manchester Buy Art Fair
July 2011 The Great Sheffield Art Show
July 2010 Windsor Contemporary Art Fair
June 2010 Russian and Oriental Art Fair, Park Lane Hotel, London
November 2010 Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh, Scotland.
November-December 2010 REVELATIONS, Zellig Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands
October 2008-2012 St Gemma’s Hospice Art Exhibition, Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
July 2005 The Art of Love, OXO Tower, London, United Kingdom.
September 2003 Garrick-Milne Prize Shortlisted Works Exhibition, Christie’s, London, United Kingdom
2002-2005 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Prize Shortlisted Works Exhibition, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
September 1999 CRUZADA DEL ARTE POR EL CANCER DE MAMA Modern Art Café, Mundo E Tlalnepantla, Estado de México
April 1999 JORNADAS DE RUSIA EN LA CAMARA DE DIPUTADOS Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro México, D. F.
March 1999 JORNADAS CULTURALES RUSAS C. E. L. E. UNAM, México, D. F.
July 1998 SEMANA CULTURAL RUSA Museo Iconográfico del Quijote Guanajuato, Gto.
March 1998 COLOR DEL SENTIMIENTO Modern Art Café, Plaza Loreto México, D. F.
April 1997 ARTE ENCUENTRO ANUAL Auditorio San Pedro San Pedro, Garza García, N.L.
March 1997 SALON DE LA ACUARELA Villa Amadeus, Salón Viena San Pedro, Garza García, N. L.