Olga Retunskaya

Olga (Olha) Retunska, 39 years old, was born and raised in Kerch, Crimea. I studied at the Lyceum of Arts, then received secondary vocational education in the specialty "Artist of design works", and later graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts with a degree in "Industrial designer and teacher". During her student years, I fell in love with the watercolor technique. "The artist is ripe in the skin of a designer" - this is how I describe my career. At first, watercolor painting was modestly present in my life as a pleasant entertainment hobby after my main work: designing furniture, interior and graphic products. Over time, watercolor took one of the most important places in my life and work. For the last couple of years, I have been exclusively engaged in painting and teaching.

Most of my works are portraits. There are especially many portraits of children. I consider a portrait to be the simplest, most honest, and for me also the most pleasant way to express to a person my sincere interest in him, admiration and love. But the plots of my watercolor art are not limited to portraits alone. Landscapes, flowers, and daylife sketches occupy an important place in my works.
I love communication with viewers and co...

I studied at the Lyceum of Arts, then received secondary vocational education in the specialty "Artist of design works", and later graduated from the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts with a degree in "Industrial designer and teacher".

2022
• May 2022 BIAC 2022 Watercolor Biennale, Coquelles, France (4 paintings) . 3rd prize!

2021
• October 2021 Second International Art Festival "World of High Watercolor", Moscow (2 paintings)
June 2021 Personal exhibition, State Art Gallery, Kerch. (44 paintings)

2020
• 2020, Third Biennale "Modern Watercolor" Alushta, Crimea.
(Winner of the Biennial Watercolor Painting Contest with the painting "Maya. Sunny Day")
• 2020 online exhibition "Autumn 2020" The Japan International Watercolor Institute https://iwf.iacn.jp/autumn-2020-call-for-entries/
• 2020 Group exhibition “Re-interpretion. International Watercolor Exhibition » IWS Xian Art Museum, China.
• 2020, First place and a prize of 1500 euros from the company "Winsor and Newton Russia" for the competition "Draw in 24 hours"

2019
• 2019, First International Art Festival "World of High Watercolor", Moscow.
• 2019, Group Exhibition “Color becomes Art. Tlaloc 2019, Watercolor Museum, Tlaloc, Mexico
(award in the category "figurative" with the painting "Lily and Pushinka")
• 2019, Group Exhibition "1st international watercolor grand masters exhibition" from IWS SARE GALLERY MOSCOW, Moscow.
• 2019, group exhibition "Dance of Flowers" Association of Artists of...