ANJA

BIOGRAPHY

Vvedenskaia Anja (Vvedenskaia Anna Olegovna) born 16 October 1962, Lvov, Galicie (ex USSR). Nationality: Dutch Education: 1. Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia; Degree in history, lecturer on history 2. Academy Fine Arts Maastricht, NL; monumental artist, art historian 3. Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Belgium; Post-academic program of research in practice and theory of arts Latest exhibitions (selection): Theatre of the City of Maastricht, NL 1996 Theatre of the City of Antwerp, Belgium 1996 Gallery Trace, Maastricht, NL 1997 LINEART International Art Fair 20 th c., Gent, Belgium 1997 Theatre of the City of Antwerp, Belgium 1997 Theatre of the City of Tilburg, NL 1998 Drive-away Show SAAB, Heerlen, NL 1998 LINEART International Art Fair 20 th c., Gent Belgium 1998 Grand Salon de Cannes, France 2000 Gallery Qvadrige, Nice, France 2000 Centre Culturelle Belgique-Chine, Bruxelles, Belgium 2000 Salon d’Automne, Paris, France 2000 Salon des Artistes Français, Paris 2000 Grand Prix des Distinctions Français & Etrangeres, Saint-Raphaël France 2000 Grand Concours International, Saint Raphael, France 2000 Salon GEBO-art , Draveil, France 2001 Les Victoires 2001, Saint-Tropez, France (Prix d’Honneur) 2001 Art Contemporain, Orangerie du Sénat, Paris, France 2001 XX-eme Salon d’Automne Internationale de Lunéville, France 2001 Exhibitions to come: Galerie Appelschuur, Nuth (NL) 2002 Société Nationale des Beaux-arts, Caroussel du Louvre,Paris 2002 International Awards : 1. Grande Médaille d’Or, 1-er Prix, Salon de Cannes, France 2000 2. A.E.Galllia Prix – Femme Artiste (woman artist special price) – Salon des Artistes Français 2000 Fédération Nationale de la Culture Francaise: 1. Toile d ‘Or – Golden Canvas 2000 2. Grand Prix Talent Prometteur 2001 3. Grand Prix de la Révélation 2001 4. Victoire d’Honneur – Saint-Tropez 2001 5. Associated academician of Verbano, Academy 'Greci-Marino' of Arts, Letters and Science'  Italy, 2002. Important activities: 1. Teaching art history - ( Maastricht University, Center for European Studies. (since 1993) Including lecturing on The Netherlandish art for professors of American Universities 2.Consulting on art programs for RL TV Bruxelles, Belgium 3.Workshops on modern art, including Japanese Foundation, Kyoto, Japan Important publications: International Encyclopedia of Modern & Contemporary Art 2001-2002 (Italy) Russian Contemporary Artists 2000 (Jubilee Edition), ScunRus Publishing House Magazines: Univers des Arts, N 5, Novembre 2000, Paris Côte Arts, N 6, Mai 2000 Le Guide de l’Art contemporain 2000, Provence, Alpes-Cote d’Azur, Corse Arts Croises N 16, 2000, France What the critics have said: (Free translations from the French) "…Abstractions in transparent very refined colors evoke hidden subjective and sensual images…’ – - Christian Germak, art critic Arts Gazette Interntional N 240, 2.10.2001 ‘…Excellent movement, subtle and elegant harmonies – well-structured realization – the works in the Grand Prix are the best … the very personal style remains; a delicate manner, femininity and poetry in every sense!' - Dominique Chapelle, graduate of the Ecole du Louvre, art critic, expert in modern art, President of the Fédération Nationale de la Culture Française – European Art Group, Saint-Raphaël, France, March 2001 ‘… From Anja Vvedenskaya come these superb canvases … with the help of varied techniques, of combinations of lines and surfaces, a choice of colors in the tradition of abstract expressionism, the painter tries to bring out the essence: that other dimension in which is reflected a mystic, enigmatic vision which ties the visitor to his own image.' - ‘Nice-Matin’, Sunday, 6 August 2000, France ‘ … ’lyric-abstractions', which are not concerned with daily life. They are … a purely aesthetic search, an art of silence in which the spontaneity of what flows from the canvas is the result of a mental preparation.' - ‘ Arts Croisés’, Nº 16 Septembre/Octobre 2000, France ‘… A.Vvedenskaya is one of the major actors in Europe’ – - ‘Côte d’Art’, Nº 6 March 2000, France