Olga David

I was born in the Altai Mountains in Russia.
As a child, Egon Schiele was very impressed. My inspiration is man, his dynamism, liveliness and intimacy. I am a very positive person and this is reflected in the warm and friendly color scheme of my pictures. The diploma in panel painting and architecture studies has had an impact on my work today.

People and animals are the significant themes in my paintings. I work with oil paint, acrylic on canvas, pastels and mixed media. I layer thin washes with thicker impasto, combine pencils, monotypes and gold leaf. The paintings are mostly figurative , sometimes abstract and metamorphic. The characteristic soft-focus style is used to capture the subjects on canvas.

The focus of my artistic work is on people, the basic shape of the human body, emotions. Thanks to their many years of experience, I found my own style to combine the classic painting school with modern aesthetics. Lately my style has changed a lot, from the beginning it was a classic school, now I would call my style figurative expressionism. The main motive is the person with his emotions, in formal painting I love bright, open, juicy colors.

The focus is almost exclusively on people, mostly on female nudes. The mere c...

Art School n.a. Kiselev A.A., Tuapse, Russia
Academy of Arts and Architecture, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
2003-present Freelance painter, painting

- Membership in the Federal Union of Artists, Germany
- Membership in the Association of Russian Artists
- Membership in the Southern Palatinate Artists Guild, Germany
- Member of the Baden Art Association, Germany
- Winner of the international competition ART. EXCELLENCE. AWARDS
- Honorary Member of International Academy of Contemporary Arts (IACA)

Exhibitions (selection):

2021
Goldmedaille des Art Excellence Awards, Moskau, Russland
PAIR- Realists on the Upper Rhine, Bad Säckingen, Villa Berberich. Germany
St. Andrew church Valletta, Malta,

2020
BBK Karlsruhe
Russian Center for Science and Culture, Buenos Aires, Argentina
PAIR, Rheinhausen
Lions Benefit Art Days
Galerie Neuf, Nancy, France
Art Gallery, Bad Dürkheim

2019
Art auction, Karlsruhe Palace
House of the Guest, Bad Bergzabern
Art Plus Shanghai, Shanghai World Expo Center
Künstlerhaus Karlsruhe
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe

2018
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Stricoff Gallery in Chelsea, New York
Art showcase, Mannheim
Lap hall, Bad-Bergzabern
Art Shopping Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
Old steam bath, Baden-Baden

2017
Art Museum Sochi, Russia
Historic Center Atelier, Neustadt

2016
Arte-Binningen, Basel Switzerland
Artist Gallery, Stuttgart
Gallery Comebeck, Homburg
"Visual synapses", Munich
GA Orangery, Schwetzingen Castle
"Artig" Art Prize, Kempten
"Art in the tent" Furniture Martin, Kaiserslautern
Art-Innsbruck, Germany
39th Art Prize of the Cultural Foundation of the Sparkasse Karlsruhe

2015
Arts fair in Musée les Mineurs, France
GA Kunstraum, Heidelberg, Ge...