Photo by Dmitry Martynov
Vera Belyavskaya is a Russian-American expressionist painter and photographer. Born in 1985 in Moscow, Russia, she currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Vera studied painting at Sergey Andriaka's Moscow Watercolour School. After graduating in 2010 and moving with her husband to the United States, she pursued a career in photography, which changed her perspective on art and helped her come back to painting in 2018.
The artist's works are inspired by naive art and children's drawings combined with the expressive use of color and energetic mark-making. Vera has always been interested in the raw feeling of unfinished paintings, fast sketches, and schematic brush strokes. She likes simple shapes and palettes that evoke joy in the viewer. She explores everyday objects and outdoor scenes, transforming them into bright-color still lives and imaginary landscapes.
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Education:
2020 Larry Poons Studio, The Art Students League of New York, New York, USA
2015 Editorial Photography & Photo Production, International Center of Photography, New York, USA
2008-2010 Advertising Photography & Image Editing (Certified program), Moscow School "Photography Academy", Moscow, Russia
2005-2009 Completed 35 credits towards a MA in psychology, Natalia Nesterova's Moscow Academy of Education, Moscow, Russia
2002-2005, 2008-2010 Watercolour Painting Certifird Program, Sergey Andriaka's Moscow Watercolour School, Moscow, Russia
Exhibitions:
2022
Pine & Palm (group exhibition), Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, USA
2021
71st Anniversary Member Exhibit (group exhibition), Gallery 6, Broward County Main Library, Fort Lauderdale, USA
For the Bird (group exhibition), Broward Art Guild, Fort Lauderdale, USA
2020
All Color (online group exhibition), Contemporary Art Gallery Online
2015
Signature (group exhibition), Melrose Ballroom, New York, USA
2014
Current (group exhibition), Brooklyn Night Bazaar, New York, USA
4th Annual Plein Air Competition at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (group exhibition), The Oyster Bay Historical Society's Angela Koenig Center, Oyster Bay, USA
2010
Student graduation exhibition, Sergey Andriaka's Moscow Watercolour School, Moscow, Russia
2005
Rainbow on the Petals (student solo exhibition), Bogorodskoe Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2004
Watercolor Flower Still Lives (student solo exhibition), Bogorodskoe Gallery, Moscow, Russia