Lucia Olenova

I was born in 1992 in Bratislava. Even as a small child I spent a lot of time drawing. I owned dozens of coloring pages of forest animals, which I constantly redrew so that I could paint them again. For me, painting meant a refuge where I could be myself from a young age.
I grew up in a part of the city that is in the immediate vicinity of the area with the highest level of protection. The Sandberg, a sand hill with a lot of fossils, protected plant species and former caves that were once part of a prehistoric sea, is a feature of this landscape area. All these elements have influenced me and they still appear in my work today.
I graduated in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. During my studies, I completed two study stays abroad. A half-year stay in 2017-2018 at Newcastle University in England, and a year-long stay at the Academie Royale des Beaux Art in Brussels in 2018-2019. These stays greatly influenced the direction of my work. After my return, in 2019 I was awarded first place in the prestigious Painting of the Year competition of the VUB Foundation with the work The Immense Depth, which was created during my studies on an Erasmus+ stay at the Academie Royale des Beaux-arts in Brussels.
The piece The Imme...

I graduated in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava. During my studies, I completed two study stays abroad. A half-year stay in 2017-2018 at Newcastle University in England, and a year-long stay at the Academie Royale des Beaux Art in Brussels in 2018-2019. These stays greatly influenced the direction of my work. After my return, in 2019 I was awarded first place in the prestigious Painting of the Year competition of the VUB Foundation with the work The Immense Depth, which was created during my studies on an Erasmus+ stay at the Academie Royale des Beaux-arts in Brussels.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2022

Duality of Landscape (Dualita priestoru), Gallery Julo Binder, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

2021

Rediscovered Landscape (Znovunájdená krajina), DOT. Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2019

Corpus Anima, Atelier XIII Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Bluebells season, Kabinet Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2018

Infinity Blue, Flat Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2021

Arbase Selection , DOT. Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Soga Art Auction House – Bátor tábor Slovakia, Charity Auction, Mlynica, Bratislava, Slovakia
Dont Heat IT, DOT Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2020

Femme Florale, DOT Contemporary Art Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia

2019

If You Continue Like This I Will Make You Disapear, Gallery Médium, Bratislava, Slovakia
Painting of year 2019 Prize, Gallery Nedbalka, Bratislava, Slovakia

AWARDS
2021

Shortlisted, Tatra Bank Fondation Award, Category of Young Talents

2019

Painting of the year, VUB Foundation, 2019, 1st place Malba 2019

RESIDENCIES
2021

Banská Stanica Contemporary, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia