Lora Pavlova

ARTIST STATEMENT
I was born, live, and work in Belarus.
My journey as an artist began at the age of 38. I predominantly create abstract works, using oil on canvas, hardboard, or in installations. Each of my pieces serves as a therapeutic practice in dealing with the environment. I feel the need to paint and I work intuitively. Despite the occasional sombre tone of my works, I strive to find a balance between shattered hopes and spiritual renewal.

BIOGRAPHY
Lora Pavlova was born in 1979 in Belarus. In 2001, she graduated in Merchandising from the Belarusian State University of Economics. From 2009 to 2018, Lora worked on her own clothes design brand - Valenki Lora Pavlova. She started her career as an artist at the age of 38. In 2018, she began to paint abstract oil paintings and started to actively exhibit in Belarus and abroad. In 2021, her solo exhibition.

"Conjugation" was held in the State Art Gallery Palace of Arts in Minsk. In 2022 Lora started to receive visitors in her workshop and gallery "Gallery Lepey" in a Belarusian village and to organise her own and other artists’ exhibitions there.

COLLECTIONS
The artist's works are in private collections in the USA, Germany, England, Scotland, Austria, Japan, Finland, Greece, UA...

1996-2001 Bachelor of Merchandising, Belarusian State University of Economics, Minsk, Belarus
2000-2001 Economist, Belarusian State University of Economics, Minsk, Belarus
2012 Designer, Institute of Modern Knowledge, Minsk, Belarus
2022 Art Curator, Curator's Training Course for Artists N.Khmail
2021 Artist, Training Course for Artists Depth N.Khmail
2018-2019 Painter, Richard May Folk Art Studio

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Once Upon a Time, There Were, Lora Pavlova Gallery Lepey, Charosava, Belarus 2023
Inception, Lora Pavlova Gallery Lepey, Charosava, Belarus
2021
Conjugation, Palace of Arts, Hall 2, Minsk, Belarus
2019
Queens Birthday Party, Dipservice Hall Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
Abstract Art, Belarus Fashion week Gallery, Minsk, Belarus

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Self-Portrait, Gallery Vershy, Minsk, Belarus
2022
Chagall. La Bible, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Minsk, Belarus
Interactive Exhibition The Skill of Happiness, National Center for Contemporary Arts Minsk, Belarus
Depth, an Exhibition of Contemporary Belarusian Authors, Avenue Events Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
An Experience that Cannot be Conveyed, Studio ANLO, Grodno, Belarus
Sukra, Lo-Fi Social Club, Minsk, Belarus
Love, Gallery Vershy, Minsk, Belarus
2021
The Art of Choosing a Profession, Gallery Vershy, Minsk, Belarus
I Tryenale Concept, Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus
International Exhibition What Is Atrt, Gallery Boomer, London, United Kingdom International Festival Art Minsk 2021, Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus
While No One Sees, Night of Museums, Palace of Arts, Hall 2, Minsk, Belarus International Exhibition I am Monet. I'm Shishkin. I'm Malevich, Minsk,...