Svetlana Malakhova

«Art is the exclusion of unnecessary.» Picasso
When I excluded all unnecessary the only human and flesh remained. My primary conception and focus of my art is body and flesh. The only human can depict human - this is our privelege - this is the one, that drives me.

"Pehaps,I am the only one artist in Russia who studied anatomy in morgue, such as Leonardo De Vinci, just because I need to know all about human to depict human for human." Svetlana Malakhova.

Artist Svetlana Malakhova created a lot of painting and graphic in human theme. Her artwork in collection in Russia,USA,Europe, Japan and Chine.
She says about it:
My great inspiration are people and the whole humanity in all forms and aspects in any interaction, either in an environment or between themseIves.
My concept is -The only human can depict human. This our privilege. My idea to develop it in a best way of depiction of humanity.
A member of Union of painters of Russian Federation
Live and work in Moscow.
I graduated of the Moscow state art industrial Academy behalf of the Stroganov. Studied in SAINT - PETERSBURG STATE ACADEMIC INSTITUTE OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE NAMED AFTER I.E.REPIN during 2 years. My teachers were Uriy Kalita and Nikolay B...

Moscow Art and Industrial Academy named after Stroganov
Saint Petersburg Academy of art named after Repin
Florence Academy of Art
New York Academy of Art

The artwork of Svetlana Malakhova ("Russian tea.Oil on canvas.2011.) is in the Drezden museum of Russian-German culture).
My artwork in collections all over the world, but mostly in USA and Saint Peteresburg (Russia).
I am taking part in exhibition from 2009.

Press realise
The bright, electric expressionist oil paintings of Russian artist Svetlana Malakhova are defined by the energy and the color that permeate each image. Inspired by the ordinary and extraordinary people and places she has encountered, Malakhova combines figurative subjects from the human and natural world with abstract elements. She uses fresh brushstrokes and an impressionistic approach to create paintings brimming with new ideas and unique insights into the deeper beauties contained in our everyday world.
Malakhova's paintings are composed of many layers, creating a sense of depth and imbuing great meaning into the overall effect. Compositions contain tension but are framed by an overall sense of balance, infusing another level of significance into each piece. What results are paintings that dance with energy and life, yet which give the viewer a deeper understanding of all the world has to offer. As Malakhova explains, "I try to create work that conveys ...