Anna Boginskaia

My name is Anya. I’m watercolor artist born among the shortest mountains in the world called Urals and now waking up to a seaview in Dubai, UAE.

Realizing my difficulty in expressing my thoughts and feelings in words forced me to focus on the importance of connecting with my real self.

At the university I got an engineering degree at the insistence of my family, but I always dreamed of painting and felt realizing myself in a different way. Therefore, when I first found myself with a brush in hand, I was already unstoppable.

My specialty is watercolor because I love the combo of graphics and fluidity this medium enables me to capture at the same time. It’s like a reflection of my nature, strong character with a combination of love to be in the flow. I like to dive into work with rituals - make hot tea, put on a colorful bandanna, turn on quiet music for meditation, stretch well .. and start, letting the mood and emotions spill onto the paper. I love that when I work the space around me freezes, there is only paper, brush, and as they say, watercolor god.

Since moving to Armenia most of my paintings are inspired by Nature. In it I feel strength and freedom, I find peace, and I learn flexibility and softness. Nature accepts you ...

I’m self-taught artist and don't have any art-related education. I took classes at art school for adults, participated in several training programs for drawing and painting, took dozens of online and offline art courses, workshops of famous watercolor artists. And the most important thing - I practice almost every day.

2024 Soiree, Gallery of House of Scientists, Novosibirsk
2023 Christmas Artfair, Igityan National Art Center, Yerevan, Armenia
2023 Solo Exhibition "Yerevan Effect", Yerevan, Armenia
2023 Honorable Mention Award by Association of Artists "Watercolorists of Siberia", Novosibirsk
2023 Afordable Art Fair, ArtEmbassy, Yerevan, Armenia
2023 Fabriano in Aquarello, Fabriano, Italy
2023 Watercolor Exhibition, ArtEmbassy, Yerevan, Armenia
2022 Talent Prize in «Open #5», Artshow International Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Talent Prize in «Flower #5», Artshow International Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Runner-up Prize Award in «Landscape #4», Artshow International Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Honorable Mention Award in «Flower #4», Artshow International Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Winner of Art competition «All women artist theme», Contemporary art gallery online
2021 Contest winner of The International Pyrenees Watercolour Contest & Exhibition France
2021 New life, Gallery InCentre, Yekaterinburg
2021 Exhibition by Fine Art Association & Vietnam Watercolour Gallery «Fall 2021»