Lucy Besson

I am a multidisciplinary artist and photographer.
I was born and raised in Russia, in the city of Novokuznetsk (Siberia).
In 1990 my curiosity about life in the west and my interest in European art and culture brought me from Siberia to the Netherlands. Exploring life in Holland and wanted to learn more about western mentality I began to portray people I met. My abstract textile work, which had been my specialism in Russia, was replaced by figurative Fine Art work but also photography and video. Nowadays I make portraits on commission and also working with digital media.

1976 - 1980 - Regional Art Academy of Kemerovo/Russia, department: painting/drawing (teacher training)
1980 - 1982 -Teacher at the School of Visual Arts, Novokuznetsk, Russia
1982 - 1987 - Stroganov Academy of Industrial Art and Design, Moscow / Russia, Department: Interior; specialization: textile design
Diploma project: stage curtain for Jury Gagarin's Military Aviation Academy in Moscow - Diploma obtained with honors
1987 - 1988 - Works as a designer of decorative fabrics in the silk factory, Krasnoyarsk / Russia
1988-1990 - Works as an interior designer and designer of monumental textile forms.
1990 - Invited to London with her autonomous textile work
1991 - present - Lives and works in the Netherlands

Exhibitions

2023 -Art(Un)Fair Milan, Gallerie Monat
2022 - International Miniprint Cadaques 2022
2022-Lessedra World Art Print Annual — Mini Print 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria
2020 -Nijmegen, gallery De Natris, "Timescapes" (solo)
2019 - The Castle Museum Wijchen, premiere of the documentary "Surrounded by art", (duo)
2019 - Group exhibition Krayenhoff barracks, Nijmegen
2019 - "East meets East in the Canisius College", Nijmegen(group exhibition)
2018 - Modern Art Museum in Novokuznetsk/ Russia. Portraits Exhibition -solo
2028 - II International Triennial of Contemporary Graphic Arts in Novosibirsk, Russia. 2nd prize in the experimental graphics category.
2018 - "Drawing duos" group exhibition, Krayenhoff barracks, Nijmegen
2018 - Lessedra World Art Print Annual — Mini Print 2018, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 - "Drawing duos" group exhibition, Krayenhoff barracks,
2017 - Nijmegen 16th Lessedra World Art Print Annual — Mini Print Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 - New Amsterdam/NL, Gallery van Strien (duo)
2017 - The Valkhof Museum Nijmegen, project Kunstcafé, short presentation photo work
2016 - Nijmegen, Stevenskerk, Summer Exhibition 2016 Meaningful Illusion, (group exhibition)
2016 - New Dutch Photography Talent 2016 GUP Magazine, Amsterdam/NL (group exh...