SVETLANA KURMAZ

Svetlana Kurmaz is a professional visual artist. Having graduated from the Faculty of Art of Krasnodar State University (Russia), she has been professionally engaged in painting since 1988.

She participated in more than 100 exhibitions and art fairs all over the world (Russia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, UK & USA).

She works in two fields of art: representative and abstract. Her professional skills include great ability and achievements in both academical drawing and oil painting.

Svetlana Kurmaz has her own recognizable style based on an extension of a big art tradition of european expressionism. 

Svetlana's characters are full of grace and poetry, her nudes are innocent, her Ladies are elegant and beautiful, her trees and flowers are strange…  and so they exist in their fragile wold of harmony and dream.

Aesthetic and philosophical directions of her creative method can be designated as Figurative Metaphysical Subjectivism and Abstract Metaphysical Symbolism, where a deep color is combined with an image-icon-symbol, vibrating between objective and subjective worlds.

Since 2005 Svetlana has been involved in the abstract painting project S.K.A.S., in collaboration with Alexander Sokht.

 

 

 

 

Exhibition History

 

The main personal exhibitions and International Art Fairs of the last years:

2018 IMAGINARY GARDEN ,  one man show in the XPgallery, Prague, CZ

2017 LADIES IN LUCKY CIRCUMSTANCES , one man show in the XPgallery, Prague, CZ

2016    ART IS collective exhibition in Casa  Mediterranea , San Vito dei Normanni,     ITALY

          L’AVIATRICE  , one man show at the XPgallery, Prague, CZ

2015 PRESENTATION OF A NEW ARTIST SVETLANA KURMAZ, in Galerie ART & EMOTION, Lausanne - SUISSE

2014 ONE MAN SHOW in the Tornby Galleri, Bindslev, Denmark 

         LADIES SMALL TALKING  in the XPgallery, Prague, Czech Republic

         COLLECTIVE SHOW in the Gallerie Kellermann, Dusseldorf, Germany

 

2013 FIRST BIENNALE of Contemporary Fine Art in Dresden, Germany

         CHAGALL and HIS HEIRS, collective show in the Gallerie Kellermann, Dusseldorf, Germany

         ZWANZIG JAHRE SPAETER, a show together with Alexander Sokht, Arget, Munchen, Germany

         INTERNATIONAL SHOW  in the ARTmosphera gallery, Monfalcone, Italy

         MOVEABLE FEAST , Personal show in the XPGallery, Prague, Czech Republic

        INTERART , international art fair in Greifswald, Germany

 

2012   «COMPLICATED SIMPLE», Personal show in the MOLBERT gallery, St.Petersburg, Russia

            «LADIES IN BLOOM», One-man show, XPgallery. Prague, CZ

 

2011   AAF International Art Fair. London, UK

           AAF International Art Fair. Milan, Italy

           «Get Ready for a Colorful Summer time!», XPgallery. Prague, CZ

           Exhibition in the IROK Galerie. Horst, Holland

           Exhibition in the CORTE REAL Gallery. Portugal

 

2010    ARTE FIERA. Bergamo, Italy

            AAF  International Art Fair. Brussels, Belgium

            OPEN ART FAIR. Utrecht, Holland

2009    "LINEART", international Art Fair. Gent, Belgium

            "Edinburgh Art Fair 2009". Edinburgh, UK

            "Newcastle Gateshead Art Fair 2009". Newcastle, UK

            "Glasgow Art Fair'09". Glasgow, UK

            "Maitres figuratifs du XXIe siecle", "b-Art Galerie". Geneve, Switzerland

            "One-man Show", "b-Art Galerie". Geneve, Switzerland

2008    “Europ’ART”, Geneva, Switzerland

            “Faces”,XPgallery, Prague, CZ

            «Affordable Art Fair» , Paris, France

            « Affordable Art Fair», New York, USA

            LINEART, International Art Fair, Gent, Belgium

 

2007    “Rouge”,One-Man Snow , XPgallery, Prague, CZ

            “Art Ireland”, Main Hall. Dublin, Ireland

            “Edindurgh Art Fair”, Edinburgh. Scotland, UK

           "ELLES", Le theme de la feminite, Schortgen Galerie. Luxembourg

 

2006   ” S.K.A.S.”(One-Man Show with Alexander Sokht) Praxis im Koln Triangle. Cologne, Germany

 

 

 

2005    “Operation Smile” Charity Auction of Russian Art with the support of CHRISTIE’S. Moscow, Russia

            “Painting” One-Man Show, XPgallery. Prague, CZ

 

2004    “Art-Moscow”. International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia

            "Operation Smile"Benefit Auction of Russian Art. Moscow, Russia

 

2003    “Art Manege”. International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia

            One-Man Show in Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia

            Peter Batkin & Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg Charity Auction of Contemporary Russian art .  Moscow, Russia

            

2002   "Operation Smile" Charity Auction of Russian Art, Malyi Manege. Moscow, Russia

            One-Man Show in “Hay Hill” Gallery. London, UK.

            “Open Ateliers” in Iternational Kunstatelierhause Mengerzeile. Berlin, Germany

 

2001   One-Man Show in “Graf von Westphalen Bappert & Modest”. Berlin, Germany

           “Konst in Virsbo”. International Exhibition of Contemporary Art. Virsbo, Sweden

           “10 Let”. Contemporary Moscow’s Art in Municipal Gallery “A-3″. Moscow, Russia

 

2000   “20 Parallels”. Moscow’s Contemporary Art Museum & Sweden Embassy. Moscow, Russia

            “Euroart 2000″. International Art Fair. Barcelona, Spain

             One-Man Show in Russian Cultural Centre. Luxembourg

              “Line of Mountains”(with A.Sokht) Programme “Artist in Residence”. La Belle Auriole, France

             “Area of Happiness” in Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia

 

1999    “Art-Moscow”. International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia

             “Art Manege”. International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia

             One-Man Show “Island of Apples”(with A.Sokht) in “A-3″ Gallery . Moscow, Russia

 

1998    One-Man Show “Secret is a Red Flower” in “Vostochnaya” Gallery. Moscow, Russia

           “Art Manege” Inernational Art Fair. Moscow, Russia

            One-Man Show “Contrast”(with A.Sokht) in Huberhoff. Munich, Germany

 

1997    “Russian Collection in Palais des Nations”. Geneva, Switzerland

             One-Man Show “Two Good Ones”(with A.Sokht) in Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia

 

1996   One-Man Show “Ad Hominem”(with A.Sokht) in Russian State Art Library. Moscow, Russia

           “Art Manege”. International Art Fair. Moscow, Russia

           "Galerie Russe du Centre". Geneva, Switzerland

 

1995   One-Man Show “Red Trees" in “M’Ars” Gallery. Moscow, Russia

           "Golden Brush" in Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia

            "Bilders Eines Briefe" in Huberhoff. Munich, Germany

 

 1994 "Russian Collection. End of 20th Century” in “M’Ars” Gallery. Moscow, Russia

            One-Man Show “Ludi” (with A.Sokht) in International Youth Center G.la Pirra. Florence, Italy

             One-Man  Show in Gallery L'immagine. Florence, Italy

            "Moscow's Artists" Emmanuel College. Cambrige, UK

 

1993   "Incontro"(with Elide Cabassi, Italy), Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia

            Laureate of contest exhibition"Libera L'idea", Gallery L'immagine. Florence, Italy

 

1992    “37 Pictures” in “M’Ars” Gallery. Moscow, Russia

           “48 Pictures” in Central House of Artists. Moscow, Russia

 

Galleries

The artworks of Svetlana Kurmaz has been presented by the following galleries:

 

* “XPgallery”. Permanent exhibition. Prague, Czech Republic.

* “Le Siants"Gallery. Barcelona, Spain

* “M’Ars” Gallery & Museum. Moscow, Russia.

* “Vostochnaya” Gallery. Moscow, Russia.

* “Art Service Center” in New Tretiakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia.

* “Galerie Schortgen”. Luxembourg

* “Hay Hill” Gallery. London, UK

* CORTE-REAL Galeria. Portugal

* B-Art gallery. Vevey, Switzerland

* MOLBERT Gallery. St. Petersburg, Russia

* GALLERIE KELLERMANN , Dusseldorf, Germany 

 

Collections

 

The artworks of Svetlana Kurmaz are presented in the following collections:

 

* Kovalenko Art Museum. Krasnodar, Russia.

* Exhibition Hall of Contemporary Art. Krasnodar, Russia.

* Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation. Moscow, Russia.

* Contemporary Art Museum of “M’Ars” Gallery. Moscow, Russia.

* “Art Chronika” Cultural Life Magazine. Moscow, Russia.

* “Vostochnaya” Gallery. Moscow, Russia.

* Publishing Hause “Krasny Matros”. St. Petersburg, Russia

* “Hay Hill” Gallery. London, UK.

* International Youth Centre G.la Pirra. Florence, Italy.

* DTO Company. Munich, Germany.

* Graf von Westphalen Bappert & Modest Company. Berlin, Germany.

* General Motors Company. Moscow, Russia.

* "Price Waterhouse Coopers" Company. Moscow, Russia.

* St.Barnabas Church. London, UK

* Private collections in Russia, Germany, Italy, USA, Australia, Switzerland, Israel, Canada, UK, France, Spain, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Belgium, Sweden, Croatia, Austria, Norway, Ireland, Denmark, Holland, Mexico, New Zeland, Greece, Monaco, China, Japan .

 

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