Polina Kuznetsova
Ukraine
Polina is a Ukrainian artist, who has lived and worked in Kharkiv all her life. After the Russian
invasion began in February 2022, she was evacuated to Tallinn, Estonia. In 6 months Polina
Kuznetsova back to Ukraine.
Polina graduated from the Kharkiv Art School and the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and
Arts. Polina has developed an extensive national and international exhibition history. She was
presented by Victoria Pacific Gallery in the United States, China, and the Philippines.
A distinct individual artistic language characterizes the painting of Polina Kuznetsova. Working
mainly with silhouettes and planes, the artist avoids deep space and explicit volume. She turns to
the genre of portrait, landscape, and still life, but in recent years she has shown an increasing
interest in thematic and conceptual painting. In her works, a specific rigidity and tension of the
artistic language prevail – strong contrasts of light and dark, expressive contour, and sharp
transmission of light and shade. Her work is also characterized by a passion for the angularity of
forms and lines.
Education
Kharkiv Art School (Kharkiv)
Kharkiv State Academy of Design and
Arts (Kharkiv)
Exhibitions
Collective exhibition “Reconciliation with the livivng”, HQ UNESCO, Paris, France, 2022
Collective exhibition “Sonya gallery project”, Sonya gallery, New York, USA, 2022
Solo exhibition “Time”, Truus gallery, Tallinn, Estonia, 2022
Solo exhibition “Time”, Boo’s closet gallery, London, England, 2022
Collective exhibition “Art of Ukraine”, Four Seasons Hotel Denver, USA, 2022
Solo exhibition “Times”, Center for Contemporary Art, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, 2022
Collective exhibition “Muses are not silent”, Lviv, Ukraine, 2022
Solo exhibition “Dreams”, Promodohub, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2021
Solo exhibition “Bio Easter”, Art Center Chocolate House, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2021
Solo exhibition “Dreams”, Art Center Chocolate House, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2020
Solo exhibition “Bio Easter”, Art Center Chocolate House, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2019
Solo exhibition “Clay”, Nurberg House, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2019
Collective exhibition “On the ground”, gallery “AS”, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2019
Collective exhibition “Emoveo”, Gallery 83, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2019
Collective exhibition “Looking West”, Manila, Philippines, 2016
Collective exhibition, “Painters of Repin school”, Qingdao, China, 2014
Collective exhibition “Art Beijing”, China, 2013
Collective exhibition “Art Canton”, China, 2013
Shenzhen Art Fair, China, 2013