Valentina Kisseleva

Valentina Kisseleva was born near Moscow (Russia). She entered the Institute of Fine Art in Ivanovo, the faculty of painting (1967- 1971). It is painting that is the most comfortable way for the artist to speak with the viewers and to talk to herself. By her artworks she tries to tell us about important vital things, about her emotions, moreover she gives the viewer philosophical questions for considering. From Valentina’s point of view, the most important goal of her art is the representation of interconnection of the simple and difficult, which surrounds us in our ordinary life. Valentina is aimed to give the maximum simple images which embody difficult philosophical themes.
Her artistic style was formed due to the studying of the art graphics design in Belarus Art Academy in Minsk (1972 - 1977), the academic style of painting in the Academy of Arts and the coloring and forms of icons. The compilation of the different artistic schools and Valentina’s comprehension of art have formed the recognizable author’s style. The school of graphic design led her to a peculiar secession-symbolic amalgam in painting, where graphics appealing to symbols, expressive deformation, stylization of figurative forms and autonomous color function pl...

1972-1977 State University of Arts. Belarus. Master Degree in Graphic Design.
1967-1971 Institute of Fine Art. Bachelor Degree in Fine Art. Russia
1966-1967 Art College of Literature. Associate's Degree in Art. Leningrad, Russia
1964-1966 University of Art. Certificate in Art Drawing. Moscow
1997-1999 Houston CCS. Certificate in Desktop Publishing. (Computer’s Graphic programs)
2008-2009 Texas Educator Certificate. All-level Art (Grades PK-12)

Solo or Limited Person Shows
2014 CaviArt Gallery, Houston, TX, Snow Magic
2014 CaviArt Gallery, Houston, TX, Romantic Posters of Brezhnev’s Era
2014 CaviArt Gallery, Houston, TX, Midsummer Dream. Houston, TX
2013 Central Public Library. In the Power of Perceptions. Houston, TX
2011 International Graphic Exhibition. Art-Line. Minsk, Belarus
2008 International Trade Center. Solo Exhibition. Houston, TX
2001 International Center for Art. Solo Exhibition. Venezuela, El Tigre
2000 The Jung Center Gallery. After Concepts. Solo Exhibition. Houston, TX
1999 International American Center. Advanced Digital Imaging and Graphics. Kuwait
1998 Contemporary Art Museum. Slide Show. Houston, TX
1998 Museum of History and Arts. Solo Exhibition. Russia
1998 Annual Russian-American Art Festival. NASA
1997 Machorro Gallery. Solo Exhibition. Houston, TX
1997 Gullen Center. Art Myth. Houston, TX
1997 Museum of History and Arts. Computer Graphics. Russia
1997 Space Explorer’s Day. Art Festival. NASA
1996 Machorro Gallery. Art with an Accent. Houston, TX
1995 Deutser Gallery. Solo Exhibition. Houston, TX
1994 Museum of History and Arts. Portrait. Solo Exhibition. Russia
1994 San Antonio Public Lib...