Galya Popova

Artist, born in 1978, Moscow

Background
• Graduated from Moscow Academic Art School »In memory of 1905« (Theatre-decorative faculty) in 1998.
• Graduated from Moscow State University of Service (faculty »Costume design«) in 2005.

Since 2004 – work as the artist – designer of book covers and illustrator in Moscow publishing houses (Sova, Vagrius, AST, Olga Morozova)
2005–2008 – cooperation with Theatre of Dance of Natalia Shirokova. As the costume artist designed performances »Departure of the puppeteer«, »Doors wide open«, »Nimpheya«
2012 – cooperation as artist with EKSMO Publishing House (Moscow). The series of books by Marianna Gontcharova was published. With paintings by Galya Popova.
2012 – the edition of »School for fools« by Sasha Sokolov with Galya Popova’s illustrations was published in OGI Publishing House (Moscow)

Exhibitions
2004 – nominant for the National Premium in Art Modern BLACK SQUARE, Participant of Exhibition ART-MOSCOW Workshop, (the project »Experiment«, (Moscow, Central House of Artist)
2005 – participant in the Art Exhibition HIPE Project (ART-Play Gallery, Moscow)
2005 – participant in the Modern Art Festival »Stoi kto Idet!« (Modern Art Center Mars, Moscow)
2007 – nominant for the National Premium in Art Modern BLACK SQUARE, Participant of Exhibition ART-MOSCOW Workshop
2007 – participant in the Art Project »New Angelarium« (Moscow Muzeum of Modern Art)
2007 – participant in the Art Exhibition »ArtNow …« (ART-Play Gallery, Moscow)
2008 – personal exhibition of painting in »Paradise« Gallery (Moscow)
2008 – participant in the Art Exhibition »Word is the first« (Gallery »SamBruk«, Moscow)
2009 – participant in the festival of illustration »FreeWiFi« (Moscow Muzeum of Modern Art)
2010 – personal exhibition of illustrations for novel by Sasha Sokolov »The school for fools« (Zverev Center of Modern Art, Moscow)
2010 – exhibition of painting in group Open Door (»M’ars« gallery of Modern Art, Moscow)
2010 – »Soul things« exhibition of painting Galina Popova&Roman Antonov(gallery »Quadrupede«, Roma, Italy)
2011 – participant in the Art Exhibition »Khudgraf« (Malyi Manezh, Moscow)
2011 – personal exhibition of painting in »Paradise« Gallery (Moscow)
2011 – participant in the group exhibition of Russian painters (Gallery »Teatro dei Dioscuri«, Rome, Italy)
2011 – participant in the Art Project »Today/Tomorrow« (Moscow Muzeum of Modern Art)
2011 – personal exhibition of painting together with Rusudan Gobejishvili »Lost Secrets« in »ArtMix« Gallery (Moscow)
2012 – exhibition of painting in »IROK« gallery (Netherlands)
2012 – exhibition of painting in Tornby Gallery (Denmark)

Member of the international art fund.
The artworks are in private collections in Russia, USA, Serbia, England, Italy, Ukraine, Denmark, Netherlands, Chech Republic, Monako.