Belasla Yuliya

Biography

Yulia Belasla was born in 1987 in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia. When she was still a child, her parents moved to the city of Kemerovo, in Western Siberia, where she grew up.
Since 2017, she has been living in Moscow, Russia.
Since childhood, she attended private painting and drawing lessons. She graduated from an Art school with honors. And graduated from Kemerovo State University of Culture and Arts with a degree in graphic design.
Between 2013 and 2017, she ran a frame shop where she worked as a decorator in Kemerovo, and passionately taught painting to adults and children. Today, her time is completely devoted to the creation of Artworks, as well as giving Art workshops.

Artist’s Statement

In my practice, I work with painting, exploring themes of love, human relationships, Slavic traditions and physicality of the information world. I work in traditional techniques, using oil, acrylic, watercolor, and golden foil. The inner volume of the paintings is achieved only by the contrast of cold and warm color palettes. Otherwise, I avoid feeling the depth of space, turning the composition to ornamental correspondence or icon painting practice. The symbolic structure of objects and characters and the addition of decorative elements to the space is a reference to ancient cultural codes and sign systems. The two main genres of my works are subject painting and portraits.
I combine mythology, legends and assemble them into an anthropomorphic image. It is read through signs sewn into the perceptions of each person. In my opinion, emotions are the brightest color of the universe, a universal language understood by everyone. I have always been interested in how people are emotionally connected to each other. The interaction of these connections forms my approach to developing themes within paintings.

Artworks are in private collections in the USA, Canada, France, Italy, Finland and Russia.

Awards and achievements:

-2 place in the I International Online Competition of Performing and Fine Arts "Artistic Talents" (Moscow, 2020)
-2 place in the International Ethnic Festival-competition ETHNO ART FEST (Russia-Great Britain, 2017-2018)
-1 place in the Competition "Art Poetry" (2018)
-3 place in the special nomination "For the originality of revealing the theme of national holidays" in the International Ethnographic Festival-Competition "ETHNO ART FEST" (Russia-Great Britain, 2016)
- 3rd place in the exhibition-competition "Modern City in the mirror of design" in the nomination "Calendar" (Kemerovo, 2011)
– Silver diploma in the nomination "Graphic symbols" for the development of the festival's logo. The international festival-competition of creative industries of the modern polis "With love for the city". Exhibition-competition "Modern City in the mirror of design", graffiti festival (2009)

Solo exhibitions:

2024 - personal exhibition of the CSI MIRACLE, Kursk, Russia.
2021 – solo exhibition, Artplay territory, Design Center, Moscow, Russia.
2017 – personal exhibition "Sunny Dreams", TSHR Exhibition Hall, Dolgoprudny, Russia.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2023 – MORA Museum (Museum of International Art) "Woman: Balancing Our World", Artseeker Gallery, New Jersey City, USA
2023 – Gallery of Artists Chertanovo "Razzimovka", Moscow
2023 – A3 Gallery "Art Fair 3.0 Exhibition", Moscow
2023 –m Artseeker Gallery "NATURE WITHOUT RECOGNITION", Manhattan, New York, USA
2023 – Artseeker Gallery "JUST SUMMER ON MY MIND" , Miami, USA
2023 – Contemplate Gallery "Contemplate CAVINA", CAVINA space, St. Petersburg
2023 – Rossi's Club "HAWAII" space, St. Petersburg
2023 – Local History Museum "Artists of Kuzbass", Prokopyevsk
2023 – Art Cafe Gallery OPPOSITE Vesna, Moscow
2023 – The project “Flash Mob of one frame” “Facets of love”, The 30th Anniversary Multi-thematic exhibition Paperclip, Crocus Expo, Moscow
2022 – Art Box Gallery “New Year's Art Fair", Moscow
2022 – Legislative Assembly of the Kemerovo region. "Artists of Kuzbass", Kemerovo
2022 – Contemplation Gallery ”Contemplate", St. Petersburg
2022 – Gallery Here on Taganka "Wow!", Moscow
2021 – Figurative virtual art Exhibition, Berlin
2021 – virtual art exhibition "Rebirth", London
2021 – virtual art exhibition "Art for Interior Designers", Dubai
2020 – participation in the Luxembourg Art Prize 2020, Luxembourg
2020 – Virtual art exhibition "Cultural Diversity", Dubai.