Biography:

Viktoria Romanova was born in Kharkov, Ukraine and grew up in Khabarovsk, USSR. She received a B.F.A. from Fine Art and Graphic Department of Pedagogical University of Khabarovsk in 1995. Her teaching career began in 1992 where she founded and operated a private art school “Rainbow” for children and young adults. In 2002, Viktoria moved to the United States where she studied “Color and Composition”at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena (2009 - 2016). While there, she completed a large project for Mee Industries Inc. that consists of a number of  paintings portraying urban landscapes and abstract compositions.

Viktoria exhibits her artwork in many galleries, museums and venues around Southern California that includes San Diego Museum of Art ( SDMA, AG), San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA), The Latino Art Museum, The Neutra Museum and Gallery, Oceanside Museum of Art (OMA), Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Santa Paula Art Museum, Ontario Museum of History and Art (OMHA), The Huntington Gardens and Library and The Senate’s 10th Biennial California Art Collection at the Capitol building in Sacramento. In 2018 Viktoria participated in the International Exhibition BIENNALE AUSTRIA “ Blue, bleu, blau, blu” in Wien. Her works were included in the 6th - 9th International Art Resilience Salon at the Musee Sant-Frajou, France (2020 - 2023). In September of 2022 she participated in the Rural Artist’s Residency (RUC) in the Italian Alps and as a result of the residency at RUC her artworks were displayed at the CAMUS - Museo Camuno in Breno, Italy. Her paintings were selected for the 21st and the 22d International Art Exchange Exhibition at The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Japan in 2022 and 2023.

Currently  Los Angeles Art Association Gallery 825 represents her as an Artist.

Artist Statement:

My work is about light, color and geometry. I have my way of capturing everyday life, would it be a still life, a cityscape, an interior space or a portraiture. I work with bold colors to express energies and I believe that my palette is reflecting our time. Now days it is all about a personal identity in time and space and for that matter I have to find a particular light key in every painting that will address a moment that people can recognize and respond. I am interested in refining ideas of contrast, vibrancy and unity of colors at the same time. Process is everything and I hope to be more clear, fresh and vital in the future. The sense of a painted line and cutouts quality of my shapes came out from my strong responce to geometry and the early work in paper collages. Geometry was always the way to simplify shapes and to be as direct as possible. Currently I do the same type of work except without paper and scissors, only using paint and brushes directly on canvas. Everything is done with a free hand, I do use markers and rulers for some thin details, but I do not tape my shapes. I use a thin paint application with hard edges and I eliminate texture completely in order for the color to be the main focus. Geometry gives a structure to build any composition and often a beautiful architecture or an interior space could be an inspiration for a new piece. Painting to me is constant problem solving and endless choices making activity. I guess my best expectation from my work is to surprise myself and hopefully the viewer.I believe that all the best works are still ahead of me and it gives me a strong motivation to keep on working.