Nina Petrovna Valetova

Nina Valetova (Russian: Нина Валетова)
Self-Portrait, 2010
Born	19 November 1958 Berdyash, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Education	Bashkir State Pedagogical Institute
Known for	Painting
Movement	metaphysical realism, fantasy, visionary
Website	http://www.valetova.info, official web site

Nina Petrovna Valetova (Russian: Нина Петровна Валетова), or Nina Tokhtaman Valetova (Russian: Нина Тохтаман Валетова), born November 19, 1958, is a Russian-American metaphysical realism painter.

Nina Valetova was born in Berdyash, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union and graduated as a Specialist from the Faculty of Arts and Graphics of Bashkir State Pedagogical Institute in Ufa. She immigrated to the United States in 1993.

Works in public collections

Moscow Museum of Modern Art,^[1] Moscow, Russia

• Time of Change, 2002
• Labyrinth, 2001
• Reflection, 1998
• Mutants, 2001

Chuvash State Art Museum, Cheboksary, Russia

• Night, 2000^[2]
• Ancient Epics of Ancestors, 2008^[3]
• Call of Ancestors, 2008^[4]

Novocheboksarsk Art Museum, Novocheboksarsk, Russia

• Amazin, 2009

Omsk Center of Contemporary Art, Omsk, Russia

• Negotiation, 2000

Representation

• Amasin Art Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA, U.S.A.^[5]
• RoGallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.^[6]
• Art Brokerage USA

Exhibitions

• 2011 Amasin Art Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA, U.S.A.^[7]
• 2011 "Art Beijing 2011", Beijing, China
• 2011 A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• 2011 "Arte Pordenone 2011", Pordenone, Italy

Other artists of gallery: Wassily Kandinsky, Alexandra Exter^[8]

• 2011 "Arte Genova 2011", Fiera di Genova, Genova (Genoa), Italy^[9]

Other artists of gallery: Wassily Kandinsky, Alexandra Exter^[10]

Exhibited together with Amedeo Modigliani, Andy Warhol, Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Victor Vasarely^[11]

• 2011 Vernissage, Artinvest SRL Torra della Filanda, Rivoli, Torino (Turin), Italy^[12]

Other artists of gallery: Wassily Kandinsky, Alexandra Exter^[13]

• 2010-2011 "From history to contemporary", jma Gallery / N Gallery / Euro-Asian Art and Culture Organization, Wien (Vienna), Austria^[14]

Exhibited together with Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Victor Vasarely, Lucas Cranach^[15]

• 2009 Fashion District Art Show, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• 2009 "Metamorphosis", Agora Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.^[16]
• 2009 "Zolotoj Venec" ("Golden Tiara"), Chuvash State Art Museum, Cheboksary, Russia^[17]
• 2006 World Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.^[18]
• 2001 "ArtManege 2001", Manege, Moskva (Moscow), Russia^[19]
• 2001 "Zolotaja Kist' 2001" ("Golden Brush 2001"), New Manege, Moskva (Moscow), Russia
• 1995 Arthaus Gallery, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
• 1990-1991 Boulevard Galerie, Kopnhavn (Copenhagen), Denmark
• 1983 Republican Young Artists' Exhibition, Ufa, Russia

First exhibition

Albums

• 2011 2011 International Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, Casa Editrice Alba, Ferrara, Italy^[20][21]
• 2009 2009 International Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, Casa Editrice Alba, Ferrara, Italy
• 2002 Russian Artistic Guide 2002, London Contemporary Art, London, U.K.

Awards

• 2012 Diploma for high professionalism and personal contribution to development of modern art, International Art Academy, Moskva (Moscow), Russia.^[22]
• 2009 Premio ALBA 2009 Certificate and Medal, Casa Editrice Alba, Ferrara, Italy^[23][24]
• 1994 Honorable Mention, Unifem Art Exhibition, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.^[25]

Television

• 1992 Multiple interviews, Bashkortostan 1 TV, Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia

Articles

• 2013 "Important World Artists", World Wide Art Books, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
• 2013 "International Contemporary Artists", vol. VI, ICA Publishing, New York, U.S.A.
• 2011 "Top 50 people in contemporary art. Personal lists of experts.", Afisha, Moskva (Moscow), Russia^[26]
• 2011 "Alternative worlds of Nina Valetova", Sergey Kuskov Memorial Website, Moskva (Moscow), Russia^[27]
• 2011 "Fantasy and Visionary Art of Nina Tokhtaman Valetova", Volochine Publishing Co., U.S.A.
• 2011 "Artinvest s.r.l. Galleria d'Arte e casa d'aste", no.32 February–March 2011, p. 154, Art&tra, Italy^[28]
• 2009 "Nina Valetova", ArtisSpectrum, vol.21 2009, New York, NY, USA^[29]
• 2003 "World from the Other Side", Sergey Kuskov
• 2001 "Alternative Worlds of Nina Valetova", Sergey Kuskov

Catalogs

• 2011 "Colleción di obras Nina Tokhtaman Valetova", Suu Art Magazine, no.88 2011, Valencia, Spain^[30]
• 2011 Catalogo delle Quotazioni 2011-2012, Casa Editrice Alba, Ferrara, Italy^[31]
• 2009 Sourcebook to the Art World 2009 Guide, Art in America, U.S.A.
• Annually since 2006 "Unified Artists Catalog", Professional Artists Union, Moskva (Moscow), Russia^[32]

Gallery

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  Creation and Destruction, 2009

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  Event Horizon, 2013

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  Dark Matter, 2009

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  Mirror of Time, 2011

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  Nightly Stranger, 2009

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  Bird Phoenix, 2011

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  Obscure Games, 2011

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  Solar Wind, 2011

External links

• http://www.valetova.info, official web site

References

1. (English) http://www.volochine.org/nv/mmoma
2. (Russian)http://artmus.culture21.ru/ppage.aspx?objid=36005&author=3389&begindate=&enddate=
3. (Russian)http://artmus.culture21.ru/ppage.aspx?objid=36004&author=3389&begindate=&enddate=&s_page=1
4. (Russian)http://artmus.culture21.ru/ppage.aspx?objid=37635&author=3389&begindate=&enddate=&s_page=1
5. (English) http://www.amasinartgallery.com
6. (English) http://rogallery.com/
7. (English) http://www.amasinartgallery.com
8. (Italian) https://web.archive.org/web/20110904100143/http://www.artegenova.org/index.php?option=com_tag&task=tag&tag=Nina+Tokhtaman+Valetova&Itemid=34&lang=en
9. (Italian) https://web.archive.org/web/20110904100143/http://www.artegenova.org/index.php?option=com_tag&task=tag&tag=Nina+Tokhtaman+Valetova&Itemid=34&lang=en
10. (Italian) https://web.archive.org/web/20110904100143/http://www.artegenova.org/index.php?option=com_tag&task=tag&tag=Nina+Tokhtaman+Valetova&Itemid=34&lang=en
11. (Italian) https://web.archive.org/web/20110904100143/http://www.artegenova.org/index.php?option=com_tag&task=tag&tag=Nina+Tokhtaman+Valetova&Itemid=34&lang=en
12. (Italian) https://web.archive.org/web/20141030112228/http://artinvest.it/calendario_mostre.html
13. (Italian) https://web.archive.org/web/20110904100143/http://www.artegenova.org/index.php?option=com_tag&task=tag&tag=Nina+Tokhtaman+Valetova&Itemid=34&lang=en
14. (English) http://issuu.com/nigelstonham/docs/vernissage1_layout_12__1_
15. (English) http://issuu.com/nigelstonham/docs/vernissage1_layout_12__1_
16. (English) https://web.archive.org/web/20110930172808/http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Nina_Tuqtaman_Valetova.aspx
17. (Russian)https://web.archive.org/web/20120320152852/http://artmus.culture21.ru/ppage.aspx?objid=37635&page=1053&type=13&auth=3389&norole=1
18. (English) https://web.archive.org/web/20120320162409/http://www.worldfineart.com/Valetova/
19. (Russian)https://web.archive.org/web/20110904094157/http://www.art-manege.ru/galleries.catalog?id=21
20. (Italian) http://www.valetova.info/docs/VALETOVA%201.pdf
21. (Italian) http://www.valetova.info/docs/VALETOVA%202.pdf
22. (Russian)http://www.valetova.info/docs/AcademyOfArt.jpg
23. (English)http://www.valetova.info/docs/alba1.jpg
24. (English)http://www.valetova.info/docs/alba2.jpg
25. (English)http://www.valetova.info/docs/Image0005.JPG
26. (Russian)http://web.archive.org/web/20140910204111/http://gorod.afisha.ru/archive/10122/
27. (Russian)http://web.archive.org/web/20140813151349/http://art-critic-kuskov.com/valetova.html
28. (Italian)http://www.accainarte.it/Rivista3D/32.html?numero=32l
29. (English)http://web.archive.org/web/20090914081729/http://www.artisspectrum.com/Artist-Profiles/Volume-21/nina-valetova.html
30. (Spanish) http://www.suuartmagazine.com/catalogogra/tokhtaman.html
31. (Italian) http://www.volochine.org/nv/Catalogo2011.pdf
32. (Russian)https://web.archive.org/web/20140225061859/http://painters.artunion.ru/2-03-1.htm