Varvara Kurakina

I am a multimedia artist working with acrylics, watercolors, and sculptures made of wool or paper mache.

My work explores personal mythology, emotional memory, and the quiet influence of ancient symbols in modern life.

Through narrative imagery, I investigate themes of solitude, vulnerability, and the traces we carry within the body and mind.

- 2024 – 2025 Continuing Education in Art History, Op Pop Art Academia (online, Russia)
- 2023 – Repertoire Pattern Design Course, Bärbel Dressler (online)
- 2005–2009 – Stavropol Pedagogical Institute, Russia — Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education
- 1998–2002 – Stavropol Regional School of Design, Russia — Bachelor’s Degree in Design

2025
• Ethereal Visions. Group Exhibition. Séance Art Gallery. June 13 - August 1, 2025.
• "Blue Birthday Bash 2025" Group Show, The Stage Gallery. January 10-30, 2025. Bonn, Germany.

2024:
• "Bonner Frühlingssalon" group exhibition, The Stage Gallery. March 23 - April 20, 2024. Bonn, Germany.

2023:
• Castra 2023 - 5th International Watercolour Festival. August 26 - October 7, 2023. Ajdovščina, Slovenia.

2022:
• Global Art Connection Watercolour Exposition. April - May, 2022. France/Poland.
• Fabriano in Acquarello 2022. May 12-14, 2022. Bologna, Italy.

2021:
• The International Pyrenees Watercolor Contest & Exhibition. May 20-30, 2021. France.
• Tirana International Watercolor Biennale - fourth edition. March, 2021. Tirana, Albania.
• Woman Soul , Galerija Kuca Kralja Petre. March, 2021. Beograd, Serbia.

2020:
• Mini Castra 2020 - 3rd International Watercolor Festival. August 29 - October 3, 2020. Ajdovščina, Slovenia.

2010:
• Fumetto. International Comic Contest. May 2010. Lucerne, Switzerland.
• Flights in dreams and in reality. International exhibition competition. March 2010. Moscow, Russia.

2005:
• Young artists of the North Caucasus. 2005. Pyatigorsk, Russia.