Olga Matyash

Hello!
I am an artist, I love to paint life and travel.
I have been drawing since childhood, I have been doing art all my life.
My work has been influenced by the ancient art of China and Japan. On the basis of oriental painting on silk, I came up with my own technique: painting with ink and watercolors on primed silk. My favorite artists are Qi Baishi, Hokusai, Utamaro, Hiroshige.
I am inspired by the work of artists of the early Italian Renaissance, impressionists, German expressionists, art deco, contemporary art.
I love to paint while traveling.
Held 2 solo exhibitions, participated in 50 collective exhibitions, in international festivals of book illustration. My works are in private collections and in educational books on painting and drawing. For over 30 years I have illustrated books for various publishers. I draw tapestry sketches for the production of tapestry fabrics.
Currently, I am interested in drawing a person's worldview, my peak experiences associated with sudden feelings of strong happiness, fullness of existence, awareness of "absolute truth" or the unity of all things. Eternal themes of creation and destruction, harmony and disharmony, I strive to express my experiences and feelings through the image. I fi...

1980 - 1984 - Art school at the department of theatrical decoration in the city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan
1984 - 1990 - Theatrical Art Institute at the department of book graphics and illustration in the city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Since 1990 - a member of the Youth Union of Artists of Uzbekistan
Since 2004, a member of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan

1989 to 2005 annually participated in city and republican exhibitions of the city of Tashkent
2004 - participation in the festival of children's books in Bologna
2006 - personal exhibition at the Cultural Center of Bulgaria, Moscow
2017 - Exhibition of Nudes "Sketches from nature" in the Creative Workshop ROST, Moscow
2019 - Exhibition of the Dobrotorg Charity Auction
2019 - victory in the competition for the best postcard for the ice show "CRYSTAL" CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, Moscow
2019 - participation in the exhibition "Merry carousel" and performance in the Gallery "Here on Taganka" A. Bartenev, Moscow
2020 - exhibition "CUBA LIBER" in the LEGA Gallery, Moscow
2020 - exhibition "Small stories of a big city" in the Chertanovo Gallery, Moscow
2020 - exhibition "15 minutes" Minifest "Eternal Aesthetics" on Basmannaya, Moscow