Exhibition "Fictional Tales" by Hope Ilyina

The exhibition "Fictional Tales" by Nadezhda Ilyina Nadezhda Ilyina is a well-known Petersburg artist who creates magical worlds and characters on his canvases that carry love, kindness and wisdom. But, although the heroes of the pictures clearly form fairy associations, these are not illustrations for fairy tales or legends already written, but independent characters. These are the surrounding people and situations in the life of each of us: both the first love and the first flower presented… Do you - remember your first kiss? And childhood friendship with a cat?

These lovely moments remind you of the most secret and are able to fill your home with warmth, comfort and Love.

Breath

Warm autumn

Hope was born in St. Petersburg in a family of artists.

Since 2006, while still studying at the university, the author’s fantasy style begins to emerge, which determined the artistic originality of the artist’s painting.

Nadezhda calls herself an Art Chef: Just as a cook adds spices to his dishes to give them a bright and unforgettable taste, so the artist adds emotions to his paintings.

Looking at the dainty prepared by the Art Chef on canvas, everyone catches a unique aroma from the shades of childhood emotions, familiar to him alone.

Nadezhda works in an unusual author’s painting technique: all paintings are painted with oil paints, but without the use of white. First, the main layer of paint is applied to the entire canvas, then with the help of a rag excess is removed where necessary, the details are specified.

In 2007 she graduated from the N. K. Roerich Art School, Russia, St. Petersburg.

In 2013 she graduated from the Artistic Industrial Academy named after Stieglitz, Russia, St. Petersburg.

Since 2013 - Member of the international society Society for Art of Imagination

She took part in various exhibitions in Russia, Europe and the USA, her works are in private collections in Russia, Canada, USA, Italy, Holland, Spain, and many personal exhibitions in Russia.

2015 - A large personal exhibition in the very heart of St. Petersburg, in one of the most important museums - in the Museum of the Peter and Paul Fortress, a number of reports and interviews for the St. Petersburg television channel, the Rosbalt news agency, the newspaper St. Petersburg Vedomosti and other media

Since 2015, one of the artist’s paintings has been kept in the Museum of the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Participation in a charity auction of the Step Towards fund, the painting was sold for 500,000 rubles in favor of children with cancer, May 2016