Luba Sterlikova

Both Russian and American influences can be detected in Luba's work, as the Eastern vivid colors blend symbiotically with more Western shapes and structure. Born in Russia, her work is often compared to that of American icon Georgia O’Keefe, but Luba’s passionate approach is undeniably her own.

Keshav Malik, Indian art critic, called Luba’s work ’a juicy genre, as rich as Keats, the poet’s fruity poems.’

The artist’s interest goes beyond stylizing natural forms. Rather, Luba explores shape and color to evoke in each composition an expression that is both provocative and poignant. Intense and exotic, Luba’s floral compositions strike a balance between the bold and the graceful; they are simultaneously intense and delicate. Luba’s work has been referred to as provocative and sexually charged, although she prefers to call it romantic.

Her now famous floral impressionism series, is complimented by still life images of fruit and vegetables such as plums, apricots, eggplant and squash, produced in the same stylized manner as the sybaritic botanical subjects.

In a controversial incident, she was asked to remove some of her sensually-themed works from a major corporation for fear of sexual harassment lawsuits. The episode only served to render Luba’s work more collectible and much in demand.

She uses oil pastel, a medium not widely explored by contemporary artists, charcoal and oil. She has exhibited internationally, including the USA, China, France, India and Russia. Sterlikova is an Associate Academician of Academia Internazionale "GRECI-MARINO", Italy, and a member of The International Federation of Artists & National Artist's Union of Russia. She is also a member of L’Association Pour la Promotion des Artistes et des Createurs, Paris, France.

Sterlikova’s works are in private collections in the UK, USA, France, Germany, China and Russia.

She has participated in more than 50 solo and group shows. Major exhibits include:

2004 – ‘100 oeuvres d'artistes expriment le Bonheur’, St Martin, Paris, France, catalogue
2004 - Women Artists Show: Art From the Other Side of the Pacific, Shanghai, China
2004 – Vision Gallery, Washington, DC
2004 – ‘Shape & Color’, APEX Gallery, Washington, DC
2004,2001 - Shanghai International Art Fair, Shanghai, China
2004 –‘International Women Artists’, The Grand Theater Gallery, Shanghai, China, catalogue
2004 – “Women in the Arts’, Latin American Art Museum, Miami, FL, catalogue
2004, 2003 – ‘ Unseen Eros on Potomac IV’, Washington, DC
2004,2003 - ‘MOCA Darlings’, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Washington, DC
2004,2002 - Russian Cultural Center, Washington DC
2003 – ‘IASG for the 300th Anniversary of St.Petersburg’, EGO Gallery, St.Petersburg, Russia, catalogue with essay by Ken Oda
2003 – ‘Shanghai Art Fair Gallery Invitational Exhibition’, Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2003 - 24 Salon International Artistique de Haute-Loire, Le Puy-en-Velay, France
2003 – ‘Sensual Images’, The Art and Antique Collectors Gallery, Brunswick, MD
2003 – ‘Love & Eroticism’, Khoja Gallery, Arlington, VA
2002 – ‘IASG in China’, Tsinghua University Art Center, Beijing, China, catalogue
2002 – ‘Luminous palette’, Russian Cultural Center, Washington, DC
2002 –‘Bella Femmina’, Sabine Rose Gallery, Doylstown PA
2002,2000,1999 – ‘IASG in India’, Lalit Kala Akademy of Arts, New Delhi, India, catalogue with essay by Keshav Malik
2001 - International Art Fair, Shanghai, China
1998 - Washington Design Center, DC
1998, 1999 – solo shows at, Yellow Barn Gallery, MD

BOOKS:
Artistas por el Forum de las Culturas, Barcelona, Spain, 2004
2004-2005 WPA/Corcoran Artist Directory,2004.
The Artists Bluebook 2004, USA, 2004
Dizionario Enciclopedico Internazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, 2003-2004 (Encyclopedic Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art), Casa Editrice Alba, Italy, 2003
’21 Artistas Contemporaneos para el Silgo 21’ (’21 Contemporary Artists for the 21 Century’), Biblioteca de Artistas de Las Comunidades Europeas’, Spain, 2003
2003 WPA/Corcoran Artist Directory, 2003
Living Artists, ArtNetwork, USA, 2003
New Art International, Book Art Press, USA 2001

PERIODICALS:
Art Calendar, magazine, July-August 2004 (cover)
‘Shanghai Star’, weekly newspaper, China, March 4 -10, 2004
Capital Style, magazine, USA, May 1998
Greater Washington, magazine, USA , # 1, 1999
Greater Washington, magazine, USA , # 4, 1998

TV appearances:
Russian Journal, Fairfax cable TV, 1999
Window on the World, Voice of America, 2004

Magazine Ads:
ArtNews, March 2001

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