Nina Galitskaia

Nina Galitskaia (Saint Petersburg, Montreal, New York), is a Russian-born, contemporary painter and sculptor.Nina Galitskaia (sometimes written as Galitskaya) has attained an artistic acumen unparalleled in the creative world of painting and sculpture. Her still life works resonate with somber passion: her paintings, some delicately pastel yet powerful by virtue of an almost three dimensional palette knife and brush technique, while others are post modernism-sleek contemporary compositions with a flat translucent vibrancy. Nina’s artworks is intellectual art rich with a harmony of colors and symbolism. She is an author of an unprecedented sculpture “Moloch of Totalitarianism”, which was the first sculpture to commemorate the victims of repressions in Soviet Union. In 1996 the sculpture was bought by the government of Saint- Petersburg and installed in Levashovo Memorial Cemetery. Nina Galitskaia received Masters of Fine Arts from the prestigious Fine Art and Theater School in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. She is actively involved in the art world of Russia–she is a member of the Artists Union of Russia and the International Academy of Humanities. Nina has participated in numerous exhibitions in Russia and abroad, and her works belong to public and private collections in Russia, Europe and North America. Her artworks are featured in the catalogues of the International Art Fairs of the 20th Century. She is a laureate of Special Prize of Artists' Union of Russia –1988. In 1996, she was awarded a Grand-Prix of International Art Festival organized by The Hermitage Museum & Ministry of Art and Culture of Russia. Nina Galitskaia's works stand-alone among the highest echelon of achievement. She is recognized worldwide and ranks in the who’s who of Russian Personalities Magazine (2002 issue)

She lives and works in Montreal, Canada. her recent work are exhibited in Grant Gallery, New York.

External links

* [http://www.galitskaia.com Official site]
* [http://www.artinfo.ru/artbank/scripts/english/collage_base.idc?author_id=1279 information on the artist]
* [http://www.artsandopinion.com/2006_v5_n5/schrufer-gambaroff.htm Arts and Opinion Article on the artist]