Chancery Art Gallery - EXHIBITIONS

Batiks from Valeria’s collection
will be also shown in the gallery
during solo exhibition of her paintings

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As a professional artist, Valeria MRAVYAN exhibited in Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Arts (Japan), Frankfurt Messe (Germany), Chagall House (Israel), Krimsky Most Gallery (Russia), Monserrat Gallery (NY, USA), Los Gatos Museum of Art (CA, USA), to name a few out of Canada galleries.

Some critics find her paintings to have a delicate touch of classical Russian constructivism; Some emphasize a flavour of interesting multi-cultural “symbiosis”; Some point to her expressive freedom of sharing how she feels…

Perhaps all this appears fairly true. However, there still seems to be a bit of an intrigue around Valeria’s paintings. One gripping detail could be probably exposed in this context:

When you see more of Valeria’s oils, an odd idea emerges: She does not actually “paint on canvas” – she “paints the canvas.” Consequently, it awakes a temptation not only to look at them, but to touch them, to be dressed in them – canvas converts into silk, wool, batiste… Unsurprisingly though, bearing in mind that all her life as an artist she… dyes the textile.

A daughter of Moscow intellectuals (father – a writer and artist; mother – a literature translator), Valeria spent her childhood among the books, fine art museums, classical music, and the adults’ disputes of timeless issues – good and evil, beautiful and ugly, wise and dull, etc. At age 19, Valeria earned her first professional artist’s diploma from the Industrial Arts College; at 26 she got a master’s degree in applied arts from the Moscow State Textile Institute. Since then, Valeria happened to change cities and countries before she settled in Toronto (Canada), but through all the years she was doing what she does the best – turning a plain fabric into the Art.

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This will be Valeria’s first show in Muskoka. For this exhibition – “Dreamland” – Chancery Art Gallery has selected mostly paintings with “fairytale“ associations, congruent to the spirit of the Holiday Season. Some of her watercolors, tapestry and batik works will be also presented.

artist's website

Valeria MRAVYAN from Batik Collection Batik, silk various sizes $400 - $700
Valeria MRAVYAN My Dream Oil on canvass 36”x48” $4000
Valeria MRAVYAN Lonely Rain Oil on canvas 36” x 24” $2500
Valeria MRAVYAN Urban Light Oil on canvas 36” x 30” $2700
Valeria MRAVYAN Blooming Flowers Oil on canvas 30” x 40” $3700
Valeria MRAVYAN Town on the Hill Oil on canvas 36” x 36” $3000
Valeria MRAVYAN Brownland Oil on canvas 30” x 36” $2700
Valeria MRAVYAN Wind Oil on canvas 36” x 48” $4000
Valeria MRAVYAN Lost in Urban Sunshine Oil on canvas 24” x 24” $1400
Valeria MRAVYAN Old City Oil on canvas 16” x 8” $250
Valeria MRAVYAN Abbey Road Oil on canvas 10” x 8” $250
Valeria MRAVYAN My Dream City Oil on canvas 36” x 36” $3000
Valeria MRAVYAN Time Away Oil on canvas 36” x 30” $2700
Valeria MRAVYAN Fall City Melody Oil on canvas 36” x 30” $2700
Valeria MRAVYAN Warm Sound Oil on canvas 36” x 36” $3000

To find which works of this artist
are available today in the gallery
check Catalogue