Juliana Kolesova

FAIRY TALES MIX WITH RENAISSANCE WHEN ARTIST JULIANA KOLESOVA DIVES INTO HER TWOFOLD PORTRAITS OF MYSTICISM.

— MARIE BERTELSEN
ARTICULATE MAGAZINE, 2019
Denmark

One of the first things you notice about Juliana Kolesova’s art is it being twofold: The artwork can be divided into a mystical fairy tale world, as well as into Renaissance style portrait painting. Juliana’s artwork mainly consists of acrylic and oil painting or digital painting. Having a background in Fine Art, Illustration, and World History of Art and costumes has shaped Kolesova’s art - this is shown in both the art style and choice of objects. Juliana suggests reintroducing semantic and content art, and upon further looking, the art is rather contemporary.

Kolesova’s art can neither be explained as pre-thought, nor as being impulsive. When creating art, Kolesova has a specific starting point. It can be an emotion, something historical or cultural, which inspires Kolesova. This leads to a specific image in which the art can work as metaphor. She has a specific thought that goes into her artwork but acknowledges that interpretation is not tied to one person or meaning but rather is experienced individually. Therefore Kolesova is against ascribing a single g...

Moscow School of Applied Arts

1313 Gallery
Solo exhibition
Toronto, February 2020

Revolution Gallery
Art show
Buffalo, USA, November 2019.

TOAF
Toronto, July 12-14, 2019.

The Shadowood Collective
Art exhibition
London, ON, February 2018.

Elain Fleck Gallery
Curator’s Choice Winners Show
Toronto, January 2018.

Elain Fleck Gallery
Art Catalogue Exhibition
Toronto, December 2017.

Elain Fleck Gallery
Curator’s Choice Winners Show
Toronto, January 2017.

SIGGRAPH
International expo
Worked as a live artist at BenQ stand
Los Angeles, August 2017.

DOUBLE VISION 2016 Fine Art Portraiture
Todmorden Mills’ Papermill Gallery
Toronto, March 8-20, 2016.


THE ARTIST PROJECT 2014
Contemporary Art Fair
Exhibition Place,
Toronto, February 2014.

DOUBLE VISION 2012 Fine Art Portraiture
CAPIC
Toronto Image Works
Toronto, April , 2012.

XPOSE ‘09
Winners of XPOSE,
CAPIC National Photography & Illustration Award, 2009.
Artscape Wychwood Barns Gallery
Toronto, May 2009.

DOUBLE VISION 2009 Fine Art Portraiture
CAPIC
Toronto Image Works
Toronto, December, 2009.

DOUBLE VISION 2008 portrait exhibition
CAPIC
Toronto Image Works
Toronto, December, 2008.




Petit Théatre Solo Exhibition
ARTA Gallery
T...