Maria Yandulova

Maria Yandulova is an Italo-Russian artist born in Lisakovsk (Kazakhstan) in 1986, based in Dubai. Her passion for drawing started in early childhood, matured with excellent accomplishments in the local Fine Art School which she attended for 9 years as a secondary school.
While attending the Architecture Faculty of SUSU in Chelyabinsk (Russia), where she graduated in 2009 with “distinction” degree, she never stopped drawing. Having solid basics in classical art and being skilled in many different techniques she continues to experiment and develop her own painting style, focusing mainly on live portraits, surrealist-oriented landscapes, and cityscapes.
After living and working in 8 different countries she settled with her family in UAE where, besides her activity as an Architect, she paints mostly portraits and cityscapes under commission.
Her paintings are featured in private collections in Italy, Russia, Kazakhstan, Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates.
Maria’s latest series of works are inspired by her life in the Middle East and the city of Dubai in particular. The oil paint is applied by using a palette knife technique directly over the canvas creating a multiply layering colour effect with strong contrasts and vivid colours.

Awards and Exhibitions:

• 2019 - Milan Design Week 2019 - Fuorisalone, GynGarby Experience, personal exhibition
• 2009 - 1st prize - International competition of architecture graduation projects, Saratov, Russia 2009 - 1st prize - graphic painting - "Ural Art Week", Chelyabinsk, Russia
• 2009 - 1st prize - "Russian Art Week", photography competition, Moscow, Russia 1995 - 1st prize - art exhibition, Lisakovsk, Kazakhstan