Olga Tobreluts
Ольга Владимировна Тобрелутс
Born
Olga Vladimirovna Komarova

(1970-12-03)December 3, 1970
NationalityEstonian, Russian, Hungarian
EducationLeningrad College of Architecture, Leningrad State University of Architecture, Leningrad Academy of Arts
Known forPainting, graphic art, design, cinema, photography, sculpture
StyleNew media art, pop art, contemporary art, postmodernism, abstract art, neo-academic art
MovementSt. Petersburg neo-academic art
SpouseAndrey Khaas
AwardsSergey Kuryokhin Award (2021)
ElectedHonorary Academicians of the Russian Academy of Arts (2016)
Patron(s)Timur Novikov
WebsiteOlga Tobreluts Instagram

Olga Tobreluts (/tɔːbrɛˈluts/, born Olga Vladimirovna Komarova; December 3, 1970) is a contemporary painter and multi-media artist.

Life and work

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Olga Tobreluts was born on December 3, 1970, in the Murino village, Leningrad Oblast, USSR. In 1988 she graduated from the Leningrad College of Architecture and the following year she entered the Faculty of Architecture at the Leningrad State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. She attended the Leningrad Academy of Arts as a free student.[1][2]

In 1989, Tobreluts created the Laboratory for the Study of Ornament at the "A-Z" Society in Leningrad. In 1989-1990 she worked in the Evgeny Ditrich Architectural Bureau in Saint Petersburg. In 1991-1993 Tobreluts studied at the "ART+COM" Institute in Berlin. She pioneered the use of digital media in the Russian art scene. The art critic Bruce Sterling called her "Helen of Troy equipped with a video camera and a computer".[1][2][3]

Olga Tobreluts was a leading member of Timur Novikov’s "New Academicians" active in Saint Petersburg during the 1990s. In 1994, she became a professor in the Department of new technologies in this association. In 1998, Tobreluts opened the center for the study of photography at the "Mama" club. In 2012, she founded the non-profit organisation "Saint Petersburg New Academy". After the death of Timur Novikov, Tobreluts acted as curator of many exhibitions dedicated to St. Petersburg neo-academic art.[1][2][3]

In 2016, Olga Tobreluts was elected to Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts.[1] From 2019 she is a member of Pacsa Art Community. Lives and works in Saint Petersburg, Budapest and Pacsa.

Awards

  • 2021. Sergey Kuryokhin Contemporary Art Award for Best Visual Art Project, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • 2016. First Prize, Lenstar Lenticular Print Award, Düsseldorf, Germany within DRUPA, the world largest printing equipment exhibition
  • 2014. Award of President of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia
  • 2000. Art of the Future, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 1998. Second Prize, «Best European Computer Graphics», GRIFFELKUNST Festival, Hamburg, Germany
  • 1998. International Award for the video art «The Manifest of Neoakademism», Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 1995. The Audience Sympathy Award on the exhibition of the New Academy of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • 1995. First prize in «Videovision» for the video «Woe from Wit» on the Third Reality, International Forum of computer art, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • 1995. The Audience Sympathy Award, Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju, South Korea
  • 1993. Award of First International Art Forum of computer art «Graphikon» for the video «Woe from Wit», Saint Petersburg, Russia

Works in collections

  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
  • Bornholm Art Museum, Bornholm, Denmark
  • The Parkview Museum, Beijing-Singapore
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
  • Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
  • Déri Museum, Debrecen, Hungary
  • Corfu Heritage Foundation, Corfu, Greece
  • Art Center, Erfurt, Germany
  • National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia
  • The Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow, Russia
  • GAS Galleria, Bologna, Italy
  • UVG (Ural Vision Gallery), Ekaterinburg, Russia
  • Gasunie Foundation, Groningen Museum, Netherlands
  • Ibsen Foundation, Oslo, Norway
  • Kaliningrad State Art Gallery, Kaliningrad, Russia
  • Mario Testino Foundation, Lima, Peru
  • Museum GRIFFELKUNST, Hamburg, Germany
  • Museum of the New Academy of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Sergey Kuryokhin Contemporary Art Center, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Martiniplaza Collection, Groningen, Netherlands
  • Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia
  • Aslan Chekhoyev New Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Nizhni Tagil Museum of Fine Arts, Nizhni Tagil, Russia
  • Galleria d’arte moderna Achille Forti, Verona, Italy
  • Revoltella Museum, Triest, Italy
  • The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
  • The Museum of Political History of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Wolfgang Joop Foundation, Germany
  • Bonn Women's Museum, Bonn, Germany

Selected Exhibitions

Filmography

References

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