KUZNETSOVA, Valentina Georgiyevna

KUZNETSOVA, Valentina Georgiyevna [b.8.2.1949, Selo Voskresenskoye of Voskresensky Raion of the BASSR (Meleuzovsky Raion of the RB)], Ceramist. Associate Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2012). Merited Artist of the RB (1997). Graduated from the I.E.Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (Leningrad, 1975). Since 1979, she lived and worked in Ufa, since 2000 — in Moscow. She mainly creates sculptural plastics works, characterized by a generalized silhouette, statics, lack of detail, harmonious combination of colour spots and linear rhythm; she makes decorative layers, reliefs, dishes, vases. K.’s works are distinguished by the ingenuous plot, mild irony and the author’s affection for the depicted characters, appearing in specific (Salima-apa With Her Daughter, Galina. Summer) and composite (The Dearest, Maternity. Standing) images.