Artist Statement:
Tania is our guest artist from Canada who has international shows. As seen in her list of exhibitions, she frequently exhibits in Canada.
“My paintings are my identity and life; that is the reason, why my art may vary in so many ways.
I am a big fan of Lewis Carroll and his “Alice” books.
Usually I work on large series of paintings. One of them is -“Through the Looking Glass” series. The main idea of these paintings is the theme of “game”- chess, allegory between chess and life.
The theme of dream and life in dreaming world of Wonderland and Looking Glass attracts me in Lewis Carroll’s Alice books and I try to depict that in my paintings.
I think Alice had a special gift to see wonder in common life around her, a quality often found in artists and creators. She could also distinguish what is important and what is not, which made her the best friend of Lewis Carroll
When I am busy with my art works, I am immersed in them, not in reality.
I can’t repeat my paintings because I cannot live my life twice; as an artist and a human being I am constantly changing.”
EXHIBITIONS
- 2016- Alice 150 Years and Counting, Special Collection at the University of Maryland, Hornbake Library , MD, USA
- 2013-Group Exhibition of small works, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2013–Alice IN the Looking Glass: Illustrations and Artists Books 1865-2012, University of Rochester; Rare Books and Special Collections , Jan 21-August 16, 2013
- 2013–Group exhibition, 5 Artists Choice, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2013–Solo exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2012 -2013– “ANGELS”, The Younger Gallery, The Arts Council of Kern’s, 1430 Truxtun Avenue # 105, Bakersfield,CA,USA
- 2012–Group Exhibition “Finale”, Praxis Gallery ,Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2012-2013,Alice in Sunderland, Law Office Art Gallery,85 River Street, Sunderland, ON
- 2012 Tea Party Group Show -Exhibition of Children’s Book Illustrations at Bezpala Brown Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, August 4-23
- 2012-The Noyes Museum of Art of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA, Alice :Into the Looking Glass , February 3-May20, 2012,
- 2011-North York Visual Artists—Studio tour and sale, September 24&25, October 1&2, North York, ON, Canada
- 2011-Praxis Gallery, Group Exhibition, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2011– QWAC -Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2011-Dundas Valley school of Art, 41 Annual Art Auction
- 2011-“Monsters”- Fond of artist Michael Chemiakin Exhibition, St. Petersburg, Russia
- 2010- Solo exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2010- “ Down the Rabbit Hole”, January 29, 2010 – March 25, 2010, Art inspired by Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland”, The Younger Gallery, The Arts Council of Kern’s, 1430 Truxtun Avenue # 105, Bakersfield,CA,USA.Painting wan Honorable Mention aword
- 2009-2010- Art Affordable, 13th Annual Group Exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2009 – Mistletoe Magic (Silent Auction), John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2009 –Dreams : The Love Show,918 Bathurst, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2009-QWAC -Queen West Art Crawl, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2009 -Cabbage Town Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2009- Lewis Carroll Through the Eyes of Artists, State Library of Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russia
- 2008-2009-Uncle Ronnie’s PopUp Holiday ART Shop, Methinks Project 165, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2008- Gallery Hittite (T.Ianovskaia&S.Sedlak), Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2008-Mistletoe Magic (Silent Auction),John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2008-“The Recession Proof Festive season Art Exhibition & Party”, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts,Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2007-Mistletoe Magic (Silent Auction), John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2007-Art Affordable, 12th Annual Group Exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2007-Toronto Artists Inspiration, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada, Honorable Mention
- 2007-Two by Two, Toronto Free Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2006 – Sketchy Business, a Space Gallery, Toronto, ON. Canada
- 2006–Moscow Here and Now, Tverskaia Street Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 2006- Summer Heat, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2006- Landscape, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2006 – May 17-28 -Works Around Paper, Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2006- Valentine’s Show, Gallery Hittite, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2005 – Christmas Exhibition, Gallery Hittite & Noveks Art Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2005 – Art Affordable, 10th Annual Group Exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2005 – XXXMAS, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2005 – Love again, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2005 – Brook banks, Toronto Public Library, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2005 -Triple X, XXX VAO, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2004 – Gol & Nielsen Niagara Falls Artist Host Program, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2004 – “Distress”, The Artist House, (catalogue), Jerusalem, Israel.
- 2002 – “Children’s Fears”, curator Narine Zolian,Zverevskiy Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia
- 2001- 2005 – Klim Art Gallery. Toronto, ON, Canada – http://www.klimart.com/gallery/artist.asp?ArtistID=44
- (Under the maiden name – Lukianov)
- 2000 -2001 – “The Christmas Story”, Newman Center, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- 2000 -2001 – “Christmas exhibition”, Illuminary Art Gallery. Toronto, ON, Canada.
- 2000 – “Russian Artists in Canada”, Gallery 7, (catalogue), Toronto, Canada.
- 1999 – Group show, Fanak Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
- 1999 – Annex Patio Art Show, Toronto, Canada
- 1998-1999 – Group show, Trevor Allan Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- 1996-1997 – Gallery David, Jerusalem, Israel.
- 1995 – present- Gallerie Natalie Boldyreff, Paris, Art Russe (catalogue). Auctions in Nancy, Amine, Manton, France
- 1997 – “Kuznetsky Most”, diploma for painting ‘Interior’, Artist House , Moscow, Russia.
- 1995 – House of Friendship, (Dom Druzhbi Narodov),”Modern Russian and Armenian Artists”, Moscow, Russia
- 1994 – Group “Variant”(catalogue), Moscow, Russia.
- 1991- Central House of Artist, Two Artists Show, Exhibition with Maria Vladimirova, Moscow, Russia.
Feel free to visit her website at: taniaart.net