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Ekaterina Abramova is an artist, specializing in painting and graphic arts in mixed as well as traditional techniques using oil, acrylic, watercolor, markers. Although being a multifaceted artist, her style could be described as going in two major directions: the 21st century Post-Expressionism, and Spiritual Ornamental paintings drawn on symbolic folk art of various peoples, most notably on Russian and Indian mythology. Born in 1979 in Moscow, she graduated from an art school with honors and continued her studies at Vasnetsov College of Fine Arts, Moscow. In 2007 she received her MFA from the Repin State Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia. Among of her numerous Awards are: Gold Medal “250th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Arts,” Gold Medal “National Endowment for the Arts” of the International Charity Fund “Philanthropists of the Century”, citation from the Russian Academy of Fine Arts for the participation in the exhibition dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the Academy. She was nominated for the State Presidential Scholarship in the Arts. She is a member of the Union of Russian Artists, Art Fund International, Creative Union of Professional Artists, Art Indulge Foundation. In 2014, she was awarded an International Artist Residency in Hyderabad, India, organized by the State Fine Art Gallery and Kalanirvana Foundation, to represent Russia among 20 other artists from all over the world, as well as in Goa Chitra Museum, Goa, India. And in 2015, she has been awarded a 3-month International Artist Residency, curated by Eileen Kaminsky Foundation at Mana Contemporary Art Complex in Jersey City, NJ. She will paint 10 pictures of her new series Placenta starting September 2015. Among her most recent exhibitions are: Art Cocktail Exhibition at D.E.V.E. Gallery, Bruges, Belgium, 2013; Exhibition Artistry at Artery Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, USA, 2014; Exhibition ArtExpo New York, New York City, USA, 2014; Exhibition On The Right Way, Central Artist’s House, Moscow, 2014; Woman’s Academy, Moscow, 2014; Exhibition Art Through Light II at the State Gallery of Fine Art, Hyderabad, India, September 2014; Exhibition Innovation of Color, Westside Park Art Gallery, New York City, USA, October 2014; Exhibition Golden Age, Russian Cultural Centre, Berlin, Germany, November 2014; Art India Festival, Mumbai, India, November 2014; as well as Kolkata Art Biennale, Kolkata, India, April 2015; Exhibition ArtExpo New York, New York City, USA, 2015; Exhibition “Expressions” at Gateway Arts Center, New York City, USA; Exhibition “Take Your Breath Away” at the Victoria Space, Art Factory, Paterson , NJ, USA. She has had numerous personal exhibitions of her art all over Europe, India, China, and USA. Her works are in private collections in UK, France, Germany, Russia, Belgium, Finland, Italy, Switzerland, China, India, and USA. Group exhibitions: City Gallery. Sergiev-Posad, 1996 Club Des Arts Gallery. Moscow, 1997 Gallery expositions Aktsia, Central House of Artists. Moscow, 1997 Albatros Exposition. Moscow, 1998–2000 Vakhtangov. Moscow, 1999 Bagira. Moscow, 1999–2000 Creative Union “NUR,” Central House of Artists. Moscow, 2001 Art Club, Central House of Artists. Moscow, 2002 Royal Academy of Arts. Stockholm, 2004 Cultural Center. Arras, France, 2004 Series of Exhibitions of Contemporary Russian Artists. Italy, 2005 Award Winner at International Youth Forum Exhibition. Moscow, 2006 Moscow and Moscovites, Union of Russian Artists’ Exhibition Center. Moscow, 2006 Award Winner at the Exhibition Philanthropists of the ?entury, Tretyakov State Gallery. Moscow, 2007 Relics of Moscow Region, Moscow Region Gallery. 2007 Awakening, Heritage State Exhibition Museum. Moscow, 2007 Tretyakov State Gallery. Moscow, 2007 Exhibition Academic School, dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts, Maliy Manezh. Moscow, 2007 Bis Gallery, Manezh. Moscow, 2007 Orthodox Cultural Center. Moscow, 2008 Art-Club Gallery, Central House of Artists. Moscow, 2008 Society “Face”, Exhibition Family and Creativity, Central House of Artists. Moscow, 2008 International Exhibition Eros 2009. Moscow, 2009 Arts Festival Traditions and the Present, Manezh. Moscow, 2009 International Exhibition Eros 2010. Moscow, 2010 Art-Yar Gallery. Moscow, 2010 A Journey Beyond the Three Seas, Roerich Museum. Moscow, 2011 Visual Art Gallery. London, 2012 Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre. Delhi, India, 2012 State Gallery of Fine Arts. Hyderabad, India, 2012 Liber Arte Foundation. Hungary, 2012 Exhibition Art@Rasia at D.E.V.E. Gallery. Moscow, 2013 Art Bienale. Moscow, 2013 Art Cocktail Exhibition at D.E.V.E. Gallery. Bruges, Belgium, 2013 Exhibition Artistry at Artery Fine Art Gallery. Chicago, USA, 2014 Exhibition Art Expo NY. New York City, USA, 2014 Exhibition Personal & Universal, Merseles Studio. Jersey City, NJ, USA, 2014 Tumen International Arts Festival. Tumen, China, 2014 Exhibition On The Right Way. Central Artist’s House. Moscow, 2014 Exhibition Innovaton of Color. West Park Art Gallery. New York, USA, 2014 Exhibition Golden Age, Russian Cultural Centre. Berlin, Germany, 2014 Art India Festival. Nehru Centre. Mumbai, India, 2014 Kolkata Art Bienale. Birla Academy. Kolkata, India, 2015 Exhibition ArtExpo New York, New York City, USA, 2015 Exhibition Take Your Breath Away at the Victoria Space, Art Factory, Paterson , NJ, USA, 2015 Personal exhibitions: House of People’s Friendship. Moscow, 1998 Embassy of Finland. Moscow, 2000 German-Russian House. Moscow, 2000 Embassy of Germany. Moscow, 1999–2001 Arte Vita Gallery. Moscow, 2001 Art-Business Gallery. St. Petersburg, 2003 Bezh Gallery. Moscow, 2005 Elena Art Gallery. Central House of Artists, Moscow, 2006 German House. Moscow, 2006 Landrasampt. Konstantz, Germany, 2007 Burg Hohenklingen. Switzerland, 2008 Russian Embassy. Bern, Switzerland, 2008 German House. Moscow, 2008 Art Fund International. Moscow, 2008 Cultural Center Rossinka. Moscow, 2009 Open Air Gallery. Goa, India, 2009 ?ilting Art Gallery. Pune, India, 2010 Fusion Art Gallery. Moscow, 2011 Embassy of India. Moscow, 2011 Russian Center of Science and Culture. Delhi, India 2012 Galaxy. New York, 2013 Nefta Gallery. Voronezh, Russia, 2013 Woman’s Academy, Moscow, 2014 Contacts: Tel.: 201-238-0087 / 201-484-0174 Email: artabramova@gmail.com Skype: artikatya www.artabramova.com