Tatjana Gurbo

Tatjana Gurbo
We live in a very sophisticated and multifaceted world. It includes a countless number of diverse and apparently incompatible things. In other words, the world is filled with interactions, and I attempt to reflect these interactions in my works. I would define the underlying principle of my painting as complementarity
I distinctly pursue two complementary styles. The first one is surrealism where a certain influence of Salvador Dali is apparent. However, unlike Dali, my paintings depicture both classical and surrealistic images. In my mind, they are interwoven and inseparable giving rise to associations either with the Chinese philosophy, or with the Western dualistic ideas.
Images of women, shells or geometric figures painted in the purely classical fashion co-exist with surrealistic or occasionally with abstractionist lines, spots and complex colour compositions. The space in my paintings is never empty: it is filled with drops, balloons, other objects, in one word, with life. Unlike the modern artistic trend, the different elements of the world, present in my paintings, are not opposed to nature.
One of the main genres of my painting is still life where I also maintain the principle of complementarity. Completel...

1974 – 1978: Teachers' Training Art School (Buturlinovka, Voronezh region, Russia);
1978 – 1979: Drawing courses of the Latvian Academy of Arts;
2000 – 2001: Art history courses of the Latvian Academy of Arts;
1992 – 1995: University of Latvia, group under the guidance of Prof. S.Vronskiy - astrology, bioenergetics;
1983 - 1985: Ceramics Studio "Saulite", Riga;
1985 - 1987: Leather-Processing Studio "Plastika", Riga.

My paintings were presented at more than 80 exhibitions in different countries – Latvia, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine and USA.

Some of the exhibitions:

• IV International exhibition competition of contemporary art, 2016, Minsk, Belarus – 3rd place;
• Russian Art week. III International exhibition competition of Modern contemporary arts, November 20 – 26, 2017, Moscow, Russia;
• Art Shopping (du Salon Art Shopping au Carrousel du Louvre), October 20 – 22, 2017, Paris, France;
• St. Petersburg Art Week. IX International exhibition & competition of contemporary arts, June 26 – July 02, 2017, St. Petersburg, Russia – 1st place;
• Talent of Russia. International competition of contemporary art, April 18 – 21, 2019, Moscow, Russia – 2nd place.

Personal exhibitions:

• 2001 – Exhibition "Innuendo", Daugavpils, Latvia;
• 2009 – House of the Blackheads, Riga, Latvia;
• 2019 – Mentzendorff House, Riga. Latvia;

My works are kept in private collections in Latvia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Spain, USA and Poland.