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LUBA STERLIKOVA
Russian
born, Luba Sterlikova currently resides in the US and is known to the artistic community as LUBA. Both Russian and American influences can be detected in her work, as the Eastern vivid colors blend symbiotically
with more Western shapes and structure. Her work is often compared to that of American
icon Georgia O’Keefe, but Luba’s passionate approach is undeniably her own. Keshav Malik, Indian art critic, called Luba’s work ’a juicy genre, as rich as Keats, the poet’s
fruity poems.’ The artist’s interest goes beyond stylizing natural forms.
Rather, Luba explores shape and color to evoke in each composition an expression that is both provocative and poignant. Characterized
as intense and exotic, Luba’s floral compositions strike a balance between the bold
and the graceful; they are simultaneously intense and delicate. Luba’s work has been
referred to as provocative and sexually charged, although she prefers to call it romantic. Her now famous floral impressionism series, is complimented by still life images of fruit and vegetables
such as plums, apricots, eggplant and squash, produced in the same stylized manner as the sybaritic botanical subjects. In
a controversial incident, she was asked to remove some of her sensually-themed works from a major corporation for fear of
sexual harassment lawsuits. The episode only served to render Luba’s work more collectible and much in demand. She uses oil pastel, a medium not widely explored by the artists, charcoal and oil. Luba is active on the Washington, DC art scene, and for many years has been involved with International
Artist Support Group (IASG) and WPA/Corcoran, Washington,DC,USA. She has been exhibited internationally,
including USA, China, France, India, United Kingdom, Spain, Egypt and Russia. Since 2004, Sterlikova is associate academician of Academia Internazionale
"GRECI-MARINO", Italy. The same year she became a member of International Federation of Artists & National Artist's
Union of Russia. Ms. Sterlikova is a member of L’Association Pour la Promotion des Artistes et des Createurs, Paris,
France and Oil Pastel Society, USA, and Moscow Artist Union, Russia. Luba is a founding member of the Inspired by Russia art
project. Luba’s
works are in private collections in UK, USA, France, Germany, China, Russia.
EXHIBITS
Participated in more than 80 solo and group shows.
Major exhibits include:
2010 -January 22-29, 'Moscow Posters' collective exhibit, Moscow Artist Union Exhibit Hall, Moscow, Russia
2009 -November 16 - 27 , 2009 - , 'Inspired by Russia art project. '100 Years of the Russian Seasons', Museum of Emigration, Moscow,
Russia. An Art Exhibit of Russian artists from Canada, Finland, France, Russia, USA. 2009 - October 1 - November 1 ,
2009 - 'Feminine Essence', solo show, Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC, www.foundrygallery.org 2009 - September 18
- October 4, 2009 - Inspired by Russia art project, Russian Cultural centre, Paris, France. An Art Exhibit of Russian artists
from Canada, Finland, France, Russia, USA. 2009 - 'Posters: Artist & Time', collective show of Russian posters,
1917-2009, The State Tretyakov gallery, , Moscow, Russia, catalogue 2009 - Russian Art Fair, London, UK, catalogue 2008 -
Art Manezh, Manezh Exhibiting Hall, Moscow, Russia 2008 - Inspired by Russia, Embassy of Russia, Washington, DC 2008 - Las Vegas
Art expo, USA 2008 - New York Art expo, USA 2008 - Moscow Artist Union Exhibition Hall, Moscow, Russia 2008 - Foundry
gallery, Washington, DC, USA 2007 - Florence Art Biennale, Florence, Italy 2006,2004,2002 - Russian Cultural Center, Washington
DC 2006- Nature’s Palette, Agora Gallery, New York 2005 – Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh, UK 2005 –
Manchester Art Fair, Manchester, UK 2005 – ‘Sensual Images’, Gallery West-Eleven, London, UK 2005 – l'Association A2PAC
show, St Martin, Paris, France 2005 – ‘100 World Artists’, The Pyramid Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, catalogue. 2005 –
‘Form & Colour’, Gallery West-Eleven, London, UK 2004 – ‘100 oeuvres d'artistes expriment le Bonheur’,
St Martin, Paris, France, catalogue 2004 - Women Artists Show: Art From the Other Side of the Pacific, Shanghai, China 2004 –
Vision Gallery, Washington, DC 2004 – ‘Shape & Color’, APEX Gallery, Washington, DC 2004,2001 - Shanghai International
Art Fair, Shanghai, China 2004 –‘International Women Artists’, The Grand Theater Gallery, Shanghai, China, catalogue 2004 –
“Women in the Arts’, Latin American Art Museum, Miami, FL, catalogue 2004, 2003 – ‘ Unseen
Eros on Potomac IV’, Washington, DC 2004,2003 - ‘MOCA Darlings’, Museum of Modern and Contemporary
Art, Washington, DC 2003 – ‘IASG for the 300th Anniversary of St.Petersburg’, EGO Gallery, St.Petersburg,
Russia, catalogue with essay by Ken Oda 2003 – ‘Shanghai Art Fair Gallery Invitational Exhibition’,
Art Museum, Shanghai, China 2003 - 24 Salon International Artistique de Haute-Loire, Le Puy-en-Velay, France 2003 –
‘Sensual Images’, The Art and Antique Collectors Gallery, Brunswick, MD 2003 – ‘Love &
Eroticism’, Khoja Gallery, Arlington, VA 2002 – ‘IASG in China’, Tsinghua University Art Center,
Beijing, China, catalogue 2002 – ‘Luminous palette’, Russian Cultural Center, Washington, DC 2002 –‘Bella
Femmina’, Sabine Rose Gallery, Doylstown PA 2002,2000,1999 – ‘IASG in India’, Lalit Kala Akademy
of Arts, New Delhi, India, catalogue with essay by Keshav Malik 2001 - International Art Fair, Shanghai, China 1998 - Washington
Design Center, DC 1998, 1999 – solo shows at, Yellow Barn Gallery, MD
BOOKS:
1. Contemporary Women Artists, 2009,Biblioteca
de Artistas de Las Comunidades Europeas’, Spain, 2009 2. Poster:Artist and Time ( 1917-2009), The State Tretyakov gallery, 2009
3.
Almanac Metropolis, 2008, Moscow,
Russia 4.
Contemporary Artists of the
World, Biblioteca de Artistas de Las Comunidades Europeas’, Spain, 2008 5. Modern Art of Russia - 250 Yeas of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow,2007
6.
Art of Russia, 2007, ScanRus,
Moscow, 2007 7.
The Artist Yearbook, 2006, Biblioteca
de Artistas de Las Comunidades Europeas’, Spain, 2006 8. Dizionario Enciclopedico Internazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea,
2005-2006 (Encyclopedic Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art), Casa Editrice Alba, Italy, 2005
9.
2005-2006 WPA/Corcoran Artist Directory, 2005
10.
Artistas por el Forum de las
Culturas, Barcelona, Spain, 2004 11. 2004-2005 WPA/Corcoran Artist Directory, 2004. 12. The Artists Bluebook 2004, USA, 2004 13. Dizionario Enciclopedico Internazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, 2003-2004 (Encyclopedic Dictionary of
Modern and Contemporary Art), Casa Editrice Alba, Italy, 2003 14. ’21 Artistas Contemporaneos para el Silgo 21’ (’21 Contemporary
Artists for the 21 Century’), Biblioteca de Artistas de Las Comunidades Europeas’, Spain, 2003
15. 2003 WPA/Corcoran Artist Directory, 2003 16. Living Artists, ArtNetwork, USA, 2003 17. New Art International, Book Art Press, USA 2001
PERIODICALS:
- ‘Stolichni Deputat’, Moscow, Russia, Match 2009 (interview and cover)
- Art in London, Winter issue, 2008-2009
- Inspired by Russia and the Diaspora, Washington Post, October 30, 2008
- Washington Post (Montgomery County edition), September 25, 2008
- The Gazette, October 7,2008
- Art
in London, Winter issue, 2007-2008
- W11, London
Art Magazine, 2006
- Moving Pictures, January/February,
2005
- Art Calendar, magazine, July-August 2004 (cover)
- ‘Shanghai Star’, weekly newspaper, China,
March 4 -10, 2004
- Capital Style, magazine, USA, May
1998
- Greater Washington, magazine, USA ,
# 1, 1999
- Greater Washington, magazine, USA
, # 4, 1998
TV APPEARANCES:
- RTR, Vesti, Russia, November 2009
- Voice of America,October 2009
- Your Source, Fairfax cable
TV,2008
- News
Program, Voice of America, 2007
- Window on the World,
Voice of America, 2004
- Russian Journal, Fairfax cable
TV, 1999
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