Nina Tokhtaman Valetova

When you begin speaking about a new art phenomena, it makes sense to start from what is known so that you can outline an artist's originality within some trend and terms and thus determine and evaluate the artist's true novelty and singularity. Which modern world art direction could Nina Valetova's painting be referred to, considering that her art stands out distinctly from the common local criteria? Perhaps it is surrealism? It is reasonable if thinking of it to a wide extent: surrealism is not entirely Dali's and Magritte's image-aimed technique which is mistakenly supposed to be the only standard of surrealism. Apart from that, one should not forget that surrealism was conceived not merely as a painting style but the way to achieve an altered and expanded state of consciousness and the way to alter the reality itself. Our artist is seemingly quite far from Freud-Marx' materialism of the former surrealism in general, but she accepts its alchemy-esoteric and psychedelic features regardless of her awareness. After all, in her works she does not obviously reconcile herself to a common everyday reality which is allegedly imposed to be the only one possible and that everyone perceives "˜as is' whereas she is eager to go beyond the...

BGPI, Arts and Graphics Faculty, Specialist Degree

Selected Exhibitions
2010-2011 "From history to contemporary", jma Gallery / N Gallery / Euro-Asian Art and Culture Organization, Wien (Vienna), Austria
2009 Fashion District Art Show, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2009 "Metamorphosis", Agora Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2009 "Zolotoj Venec" ("Golden Tiara"), Chuvash State Art Museum, Cheboksary, Russia
2006 World Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
2001 "ArtManege 2001", Manege, Moskva (Moscow), Russia
2001 "Zolotaja Kist' 2001" ("Golden Brush 2001"), New Manege, Moskva (Moscow), Russia
1997 Anyway Cafe, New York, NY, U.S.A.
1995 Adkins Hoover Gallery, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
1995 Arthaus Gallery, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
1993 Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
1990-1991 Boulevard Galerie, Kopnhavn (Copenhagen), Denmark
1983 Republican Young Artists' Exhibition, Ufa, Russia