Yuliya Martynova

Yuliya Martynova

London, United Kingdom

About Yuliya Martynova

Born and raised in Kazakhstan (1980) promising art school graduate age 15 Yuliya was set to study law following collapse of the Soviet Union. She moved to London in 2005 and spent 10 years building her career in energy and wealth management. In 2015 she lost interest in corporate world and became a full time artist. ******* A r t i s t S t a t e m e n t: To sum up the subjects that follow through Yuliya's varied collections and unite those seemingly different styles at core, she emphasises on deeply personal dilemmas: -Weight free existence & escapism -Grace & elegance in a landscape -Infantilism & ingenuity of human kind -Loss of identity & change in life pace -Time borrowing vs quality of time *** Watercolour in particular has been Yuliya's long standing dominant media though she ventures to mix water based materials with oil, graphite, and acrylic on wood, canvas and paper. Yuliya's work contemplates over the subject of departure. Parting with somebody or something, cognitive state of loosing something valuable such as identity, innocence or childhood. In her seascape collection she focuses on escaping the city for the idyllic Blue Bay shores. Yuliya is a frequent participant of London art fairs, regular works with interior designers on luxury residential, cruise liners and hospitality projects and nurture plans to bring more work to the US in the upcoming years.

Education:

1990-1995 Aktau School of Fine Arts
2010-2011 GDL BPP School of Law
2009-2011 LLM Queen Mary University of London,

Events:

- Isolation has been featured in Doctor Strange, the movie, two artworks acquired by Marvel

- Vogue | Stella is now part of the top rated TV drama SCANDAL shown since 2012. Artwork used for Olivia Pope flat decoration from episode 515 onwards.

- Vortex - used for cover of an Academic Monograph 'Temporary Labour Migration in the Global Era ' by London Bloomsbury Publishing House, Apr 2016

- several Blue Bay pieces was acquired by Sorgiovanni Designs for refit of large luxury yacht, Migration Allure on paper commission for prestigious private residence in Belgravia (London) by an establisged firm SHH architects.

- prints of Blue Bays have been signed for Limited Prints with Eaton Fine Art (Austin TX) and Saatchi Limited Hospitality for Hawaii and Florida hotels refurbishments.

- SAGA Cruises - several original Blue Bays are now in making for new ships

- Corporate collections Oliver, Marketing Agency, London (May 2016), Black + White Offices (Feb 2016), Shoreditch, London; Werner Capital LLP (2012-2015), Belgravia, London; Bonas MacFarlane (2013), Battersea, London; Temirbank (2004), Almaty

Exhibitions:

2020
Apr - Infinity Room, Degree Art, White Box Gallery, London
Mar - Saatchi Art, featured: Best Selling Artists of All Times
Mar - The Other Art Fair, London


2019
Oct - RVP Gallery, Group Show, Wilmslow, Manchester
Oct - Affordable Art Fair, Battersea
Oct - Open Studios, Delta House, London (sw17)
Aug - The Auction Collective, Bankside hotel, London
Jul - Henley Regatta & Arts Festival with Art Ellite
Mar - The Other Art Fair, London

2018
Sep - The New Artists Fair, London, UK
May - Art Show, Art Play, Moscow, Russia
Mar-Apr - The Other Art Fair, London, UK
Dec - Rise Art, Islington Cass Art Show

2017:

March - The Other Art Fair, London, UK
April - Catherine Miller Art Gallery, Chelsea, London
May - Open studio w/e, Wimbledon London
Sep - Decorative Art Fair, London, UK
Sep - Samsung Frame launch exhibition curated by Saatchi Art, London Design Week
Oct- The Other Art Fair, London, UK
Dec - Dreamland, Solo, Piccadilly st London
www.martynova.co.uk


2016:
30 Nov - 25 Dec Aubergine Gallery, Wimbledon, London
17 - 20 Nov - 4 paintings at Edinburg Art Fair presented by Galeria De Arte Gaudi, Madrid
31 Oct - 05 Nov - #flyingsolo, solo show, Studio 657 Art Gallery, Fulham, London (pls RSVP via web site, strictly by invitations)
04 Aug - Hoxton Arches Gallery group show with @meettheartistslondon
04 Feb - Whitechapel Gallery, 1st Thursdays with Creative Debuts London
22-25 Jan - Melia White House, Art Room 2016, London
02 Jan - 04 Feb - Hoxton Holborn Hotel Gallery, London with Creative Debuts


2015:

15 - 21 Dec - Maze Art Exhibition, OXO tower, London
09-26 Oct - Wells Art Contemporary, Somerset, UK
20 Aug - 20 Sep - Solo, Matthew's Yard Gallery, Croydon

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