
Aliya Abs
Painting
b. Kharkiw, Ukraine
Lives & Works in Munich Germany
After becoming a mother, Aliya Abs slowly discovered reduced and linear art for herself, and this preference for contemporary art has been increasing ever since. This development in her work is rooted in Aliya's belief that life itself is easier to understand in a simple form. Abs expresses herself and her feelings through an unmistakable merging between love and melancholy. Often in the form of figures, portraits, and still lifes.
EDUCATION
2011, Master's with distinction at the National Academy of Arts in Lviv, Ukraine
2009, Bachelor's at the National Academy of Arts in Lviv, Ukraine
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009, "Mirror," Museum of Ideas, Lviv, Ukraine
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023, Freshpaint Art & Design Fair, Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv, Israel
2022, Group Exhibition, Van Gogh Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2022, Art Fair (Un)fair, Superstudio Maxi, Milano, Italy
2016, "Annual exhibition 2016 ," MKG Association, Egyptian Museum, Munich, Germany
2015, "Stroke Ltd. " Column Hall, Munich, Germany
2014, "Streiflichter " Kulturzuntrum Messestadt Riem, Munich, Germany
2014, "Annual exhibition 2014," MKG Association, Egyptian Museum, Munich, Germany
2013, "Stroke Urban Art Fair," YMC Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2013, "40 Degrees Urban Festival," Düsseldorf, Germany
2013, "Obacht! Art Radar for Bavaria," Munich, Germany
2012, "Opposites," City Hall Haar, Munich, Germany
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