Yulia Belasla

Yulia Belasla was born in 1987 in the city of Barnaul, Altaiskiy Kray, Russia. When she was still a baby her parents moved to the city of Kemerovo, in Siberia, where she had grown up. Since 2017 she has been living in Moscow, Russia.

Since her childhood, Yulia was attracted to painting. Private lessons, various courses, and art school only warmed up her interest. Finally, Yulia Belasla has graduated from the Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts, as a graphic designer. She had studied there both classical painting and drawing, as well as the form’s stylization.

2013-2017 she had a frame shop where she worked as a decorative artist in Kemerovo, offered picture frames and a passionate taught of adults and children to painting.
In 2017 she closed her a frame shop. Today, her time is entirely dedicated to producing art and she gives art master classes.

Artist’s Statement

In my practice, I work with painting, exploring themes: love, human relationships, Slavic traditions
and information technology. I work in traditional media, using oil, acrylic, watercolor, and golden potali.
The inner volume of the paintings is achieved only on the contrast of cold and warm color palettes.
Otherwise, I avoid feeling the d...

2021 - Online course "60 days with an art dealer" with Marina Alvitr art critic, curator. Moscow.

2021 - Online course "Strategies in Contemporary Art", Moscow, Russia.

2019 - Online Art Marketing course "Outside the Studio" Moscow, Russia.

2014 Diploma in School of Airbrushing 'Bright', Kemerovo Western Siberia.

2005-11 Diploma in State University of Culture and Art from Kemerovo, majoring in graphic design.

2005 Diploma in Children's School of Art (with distinction), Kemerovo Western Siberia (4 years full time).

1995-2000 Private painting and drawing lessons from the teacher artist Olga Kiseleva, who is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia.

Art Awards:

- 2022 - the painting "Spirits Day" was included in the collection of the Center for Contemporary Art “Radiance", Apatity.

- 2021 - in the list of winners of the All-Russian competition "Art to the North", the competition Omelchenko Gallery, the Center for Contemporary Art "Radiance", Andrey Malakhov, Yuri Omelchenko "ART Patrol to the North", Moscow-Apatity was organized.

- 2021 - the painting was selected as an "Honorable Mention" at the online Art exhibition "Summer Time" HelvetArt, Swiss Art Sharing Platform.

2020 - the Second prize in the I-st International online competition of performing and visual arts "Art talents", Moscow, Russia.

2017-2018 - Second prize at the International "Ethnic Festival ETHNIC ART FEST ", Russia - the United Kingdom, London.

2018 - Fist prize competition "Art poetry ", Moscow, Russia.

2016 - Third prize in a special nomination "For the originality of the disclosure of the theme of national holidays" in the International ethnographic festival-competition "ETHNO ART FEST". Russia-UK. London.

2011 - Third prize in The exhibition-Contest "Modern city in the mirror of design" in the category "Calendar". The second international festival-Competition of creative industr...