Olga Gouskova

I have been a professional contemporary fine artist and painter since 1998.
I was born in Moscow, Russia. But I spent my childhood and youth in Belarus between Vileyka and Minsk.
"¨In 1996 I immigrated to Belgium. I live, love and work in Bruges."¨
I create in a variety of media and techniques - often mix drawing with painting. In my female portraits you can clearly recognize the representation of a person. Yet, this is not the main motive of the painting. The portrait merely serves as reason to make the painting. It is the imagery concept. My paintings greatly appeal to the beholders. Conscientiously and with a great sense for beauty I portray my models. The resulting portrait is not an exact copy of reality, but instead a visual impression of it. By including things like a flower or a butterfly or putting a lace on the model's eyes I try to add an unusual or artificial character to my portraits. I learn about myself depicting images from my imagination. I don't expect to find answers, rather look for questions. The choice of colors stimulates energy, emotions and appetite for life. My work reflects my own story - a theatre where one is an actor and a viewer at the same time. It is possible to find there everything: beauty and ...

1985-1992 Byelorussian Art lyceum, Minsk, Belarus
1992-1996 Byelorussian Academy of Arts, Design department, Minsk, Belarus

13/05/11 - 19/06/11 "The Light Fantastic", NovaBelgica Art Gallery, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
13/05/11 - 15/05/11 Accessible Art Fair Brussels, Belgium
16/04/11 - 8/05/11 NovaBelgica Art Gallery, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
25/02/11 - 28/02/11 AAF Brussels, Belgium
12/02/11 - 14/02/11 EXPO ART FAIR, Tielt, Belgium
29/01/11 - 27/02/11 "Be My Valentine", NovaBelgica Art Gallery, Sint-Truiden, Belgium

28/10/10 - 31/10/10 AAF Amsterdam, Netherlands
08/09/10 - 12/09/2010 Open Art Fair, Utrecht, Netherlands
24/07/10 - 06/08/10 Site Oud Sint-Jan, Bruges, Belgium

13/03/09 - 19/04/09 Espace BONHOMME, Liege, Belgium
25/02/09 - 1/03/09 Kunst- & Antieksalon Primavera 2009, Rotterdam, Netherlands
01/02/09 - 28/02/09 Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff, CA, USA

21/07/08 - 31/09/08 Gallery Artchoc, Hasselt, Belgium
01/03/08 - 11/04/ 08 Gallery Lynda Beck, Antwerpen, Belgium

16/11/07-18/11/07 expo Art-event 2007, Antwerp Expo, Belgium
31/10/07-13/11/07 ART IN MIND, The Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
16/07/07-31/07/07 Hal Dienst voor Cultuur, Bruges, Belgium
02/06/07-16/09/07 't Hof te Puttens, Lede, Belgium
03/04/07-26/05/07 Down to Art, Ghent, Belgium
30/04/07-01/04/07 KUNST-in-Ahoy 2007, Rotterdam, Netherlands
02/03/07 -31...