Katya Ivanovna Medvedeva (Russian: Екатери́на Ива́новна Медве́дева Ekaterina Ivanovna Medvedeva; born 1937) is a Russian naïve painter.

Katya Medvedeva, a Russian naïve painter

Biography edit

Yekaterina (Katya) Medvedeva was born January 10, 1937, in the village Golubino of Novooskolsky District in Belgorod Oblast into a peasant family. Her parents died of starvation in 1947, when she was nine years old, and she was brought up in the Shusha's orphanage of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region Azerbaijan SSR.

In her life, she worked at many different jobs, including: a waitress, postwoman, weaver, teacher, costume designer.

In 1976 (aged 39), by chance, she observed a painting class in an arts studio and decided to paint herself, with prolific output. Her paintings were soon recognised by art critics and she began to have exhibitions. Her works are now in public and private collections.

Exhibitions edit

Moscow, Kislovodsk, Belgorod, St. Petersburg, Cheboksary, Aged Ladoga, New Oskol, Stary Oskol, Ivangorod (all - Russia). Paris, Nice (France). Darmstadt, Berlin, Mainz (Germany). Chicago, New York City (USA). Copenhagen (Denmark), Stockholm (Sweden), Helsinki (Finland), Prague (Czech Republic).

Artistic album edit

  • 2005 My soul - Painting: Album Catalog[21] Publ. Red Square, ISBN 9785900743769 (Russian Federation Ministry of Culture, The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts), Moscow (Russia).

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  1. ^ (in Russian) http://www.museum.ru/gmii/exh.asp?last=93
  2. ^ "Потеря наивности". Газета.Ru.
  3. ^ "Центр Современного Искусства МАРС". marsgallery.ru.
  4. ^ "Центр Современного Искусства МАРС". marsgallery.ru.
  5. ^ ""Сомнения красоты. Т.А. Маврина. Катя Медведева.Живопись. Графика "" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  6. ^ "«Наивные» картины покоряют мир. Актуальные события в современном искусстве, литературе, театре и академической музыке" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  7. ^ "Family.ru|Выставки|Творцы идеального мира" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  8. ^ "Татьяна Маврина и Катя Медведева - так или наоборот?". www.museum.ru.
  9. ^ "The State A.S. Pushkin Museum". www.russianmuseums.info.
  10. ^ "The Russian Museum". Archived from the original on 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  11. ^ "Russian Art Gallery - contemporary fine art for sale online". www.russianartgallery.com.
  12. ^ "Катя Медведева. Живопись, графика. К 30-летию творческой деятельности" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2006-05-30. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  13. ^ "Index".
  14. ^ "Вологодский музей". www.vologdamuseum.ru.
  15. ^ "asgallery.ru domain has expired". asgallery.ru.
  16. ^ "KATYA MEDVEDEVA / Till 6th November 2008". Archived from the original on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  17. ^ (in German) http://www.art49.com/__C1256F0A0039B07C.nsf/0/959FC5C8199082F8C12574DA0040D70E?Open&Highlight=0,katya*,^^in^^ Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ "12 ХОРОШИХ РАБОТ - 17 Июля 2009 - ГУК МВЗ ГАЛЕРЕЯ А3" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  19. ^ "Благотворительный Арт-проект "12 ХОРОШИХ РАБОТ" – выставка "Торжество Добра" в МВЗ "Галерея А3"". b2blogger.com. August 3, 2009.
  20. ^ "Выставка "Торжество добра" в рамках благотворительного художественного проекта "12 хороших работ"". www.press-release.ru.
  21. ^ (in Russian) http://www.mdk-arbat.ru/bookcard_all4.aspx?Book_id=503509[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ "Музей русского лубка и наивного искусства". www.museum.ru.