Olga Hirsch Art
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  • My Anti-World
  • The White Room
  • Pilgrims, 2020
  • Nostalgia, 2014 - 2021
  • The Family Album
  • All About My Mother, 2019-2020
  • The Window
  • Mnemosyne, 2019
  • Beyond Time and Space
  • Fights Of Fancy
  • All In White
  • Quarantine Obsession 20
  • After Japan, 2018
  • Recent Illustrations
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Olga Goldina Hirsch, MA in Fine Art

"Dear Olga,
​What you do with spaces (open, of course), forms, light, color, line, shape, and texture is astonishing to me--telling stories, recalling images and events, forcing the eye into new places and geographies, and at the same time disconcerting the casual viewer.  Your art needs to be felt as well as seen, not because it simply evokes emotion but because it stirs sense.  I can't imagine how you make so many of the figures that sometimes haunt, sometimes humanize, sometimes in a spiritual way almost transfigure your canvases, but the effect is very powerful and I congratulate you on what you have accomplished."


03 March 2021
Giles Gunn
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Global Studies and English
Affiliate Professor
Religious Studies and Comparative Literature
Department of Global Studies
Social Sciences and Media Studies #2127
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-706
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​Olga Goldina Hirsch was born in Moscow, USSR. She grew up with a sense of freedom which her young parents and grandparents had just gained for the first time, after the tragedy of Stalin’s repression. Her parents were born in the historical Moscow region of Arbat, which includes Arbat Street and adjacent streets and alleys between Smolenskaya and Kropotkinskaya metro stations where the community of intellectuals used to live. Most of them were repressed and had died in the Gulag during Stalin’s time. Her mother’s friends grew up without their fathers or mothers. Her mothers’ father had been a journalist and writer who was repressed in 1941 and died a year later in a prison camp in Siberia. Her parents did not talk about it.
 
Olga graduated from Moscow School and also studied the piano for seven years in Moscow Music School. She also studied painting and drawing, She was surrounded by interesting and talented intellectual people, musicians, and painters in her family, and among their friends. Both of her grandfathers, her grandmother, and her parents were good drawers, and she learned from them how to hold a pencil from early childhood.
 
After she graduated from School she took up science and chemistry in her father’s footsteps: her grandfather was a surgeon and her father a chemist in the Soviet Army service.
 
She graduated from the Pharmaceutical Faculty of Moscow Medical Academy, and completed her PhD degree in Biology in 1990 at the laboratory for the pharmacology of emotional stress, and continued to study antidepressants till 1994, when Perestroika began. In 1992 she got an international Fellowship Diploma awarded by the European College of Neuro Psychopharmacology.

 
In parallel with this, she satisfied her artistic interests as an expert in close knitting at Folk Art Exhibitions. Her lab was closed down after Perestroika, but after some difficult times she was able to continue her career as a Marketing Manager of hospital medicines for German pharmaceutical companies throughout Russia, from 1994 to 2011. She is an author and co-author of a monograph,and more then 100 scientific papers.
 
In 2011 she took up art after moving to London. She began as an illustrator of children’s books, and then got a Certificate of
Art and Design in 2014 upon graduating the Diploma course at Putney School of Art and Design. Olga has studied painting, illustration, drawing, life drawing and experimental media at Putney School of art, SLADE, Chelsea School of Art and others workshops and courses in London. She is doing an animation course at City Lit from the beginning of 2020 and she is developing her skills in digital art. Olga has experience teaching children, and teaching a 6-week course in oil painting for adults in 2016. She continues to teach chidren at the present time.
 
In 2014 Olga began to write and illustrate her own short stories and poetry as well as to support a few charity organisations with her paintings, illustrations and post cards.
 
Olga graduated from City and Guilds of London Art School with a Master’s degree in Fine Art. She completed her theses “By The Window: Beyond Time and Space” in 2018, in which she considers the roots of Russian Art, and her own path in art as a development of the Russian cultural memory, and the ‘Cosmism’.  She would characterise her art as within the tradition of Russian Conceptualism and Metaphorical Expressionism.
 
Olga's work are in private collections in Russia, London, USA including Booklyn Art Library, Canada, London, Bulgaria and at Copelouzos Family Art MUSEUM in Athens, Greece.

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My Philosophy
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I left my native city of Moscow in 2011, carrying with me the totality of historical and cultural memory that inevitably shapes the Russian psyche and forms the basis of a certain emptiness and hopelessness common to us all. Having settled in London, I began my study of art. My subject matter concerned what was lost to me. Leafing through old photographs, I realised that I possessed very few of my mother’s father, of her parents together, or of our houses in the Arbat district. So, beginning my journey, I used these photographs as a catalyst to evoke memory. To summon these memories, I required an environment which was infinite and pristine.
 
As I child I was drawn to the empty space within a picture. Years later, I realised what that ‘empty space’ represents for me – crucially, it is not ‘empty’ but ‘open’ space. It is a void into which I may pour my thoughts, my memories, my imagination, my story, my philosophy and my personality. I use the colour white to depict this void – it is essential to the theory of my work. It reflects my Russian psyche. This void - my space ‘by the window’ may be viewed in terms of non-Euclidean geometry. It is limitless and eternal, a metaphor for multidimensionality and the nonlinearity of space and time. This is not merely a compositional element, but an important part of the philosophy of the work. Yet despite, or perhaps because of, the openness, I also see white canvas as a source of information and new ideas.
 
In my recent work, I open my ‘black square’ step by step to claim my territory or space in the void. This space is subjective, elusive and filled with visual distortions; using the technique of ‘anamorphosis’ my images become flexible. They are individual, honest, and open to everything new. They relate to me as a woman. Within the ‘window’ I share my thoughts upon the meaning of life. As in Russian Cosmism, I create a deep space penetrable by the viewer. My colours are pure and predicted by emotion. Through soft and light layers of spray paint, viewers may immerse themselves fragments and suggestions of my memories and drawings, favourite pieces of music and poetry. In my ‘open space’ there are no restrictions. Only as my brush touches the canvas, quite magically, do my thoughts and feelings begin to take form.
 

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CV
OLGA GOLDINA HIRSCH / Olga Hirsch Art 

DOB 21/09/1959, Moscow, USSR
Married to Professor Steven R. Hirsch
 London, UK
 www.olgahirschart.com
 https://www.instagram.com/olgahirschart/
 https://www.facebook.com/olgahirschart

 
 Previous Academic Qualifications in Science:
 1994 – 2012: Marketing of the hospital medicines in collaboration with Fresenius AG and  Serumwerk Bernburg AG, Germany, in Moscow, Russia  (Medical Director)
1976 – 1991: PhD in Biology (Pharmacology); Diploma in Biochemistry; Master Degree in Pharmacy, Moscow, USSR
List of publications: more than 150 scientific publications (author and co-author), including a monographic review (available on request)
Qualifications in Art:
1967 – 1975:  The State Music School No 15 (Piano Class) Moscow, USSR 
2012 – 2014: Diploma in Art and Design, Putney Scholl of Art and Design, London
2015 (November): MA Portfolio Course, Chelsea School of Art, London
2016 (4-8 April):  Expanded Field of Drawing, Slade Short Courses, Certificate of Attendance, Slade School of Fine Art, London
2016 – 2018: MA in Fine Arts, City & Guilds of London Art School, London
January 2020 – present time: Animation course, City Lit, London
Participation at the Art Exhibitions and curated projects:
1900s - 2019
Exhibitions of Folk Art, Moscow, Russia – 1988, 1989, 1990

Art Exhibition - September 2011, Wimbledon, London
Merton Art Trails2012 (solo) - September 2012, Wimbledon, London
Merton Art Trails2013 (solo) - September 2013, Wimbledon, London
International Mail Art Exhibition "I dream of ...", Cultivative, San Francisco, USA, 5th December 2014
Merton Art Trails2015- September 2015, Wimbledon, London
Postcards Anon Annual Exhibition, West London Action for Children: 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, London
Diploma Graduation Show ,  Putney School of Art and Design, 30 June – 12 July 2014, Maestro Arts Gallery, Putney, London
The Art Exhibition II, the Village Trust Gallery, 5 – 9 November 2014, Wimbledon, London
Stories from the YoungArt Exhibition, 21st September – 11thOctober, 2015, 2016, 2017, OSO Art Centre, Barns, London
Interim Snow, City & Guilds of London Art School, London, April 2017
Annual Exhibition, City & Guilds of London Art School (Interim Show), London, September 2017 
Meet your friends Exhibition, 14 – 16 Dec 2017, OSO Art Centre, Barns, London
Interim Snow, City & Guilds of London Art School, London, March 2018
Graduation Show MA in Fine Art, City& Guilds of London Art School, London, September 2018
ART PARMA FAIR, Italy, October 2019
2020
FORCES,Art Number 23, Biscuit Factory, London, group show, March 2020
https://issuu.com/artnumber23/docs/forces__3_
Covid Creation Capsule, London, UK, 2020
Exhibitions in Italy with collaboration Patrizio Contemporary Gallery, Padova, Italy, 2020 (post noted)
Art De La Conversation, I-Gallery, Intelligence, Paris, France, group exhibition, April 2020 (post noted)
Platform For Emerging Arts #24, Group Exhibition, Leyden Gallery, 28thOct – 7thNov 2020, London, UK
Figuratively Speaking,Virtual Group Exhibition, 30thOct – 30thNov 2020
https://www.clairekiddart.co.uk/catalogue
Merton Virtual Art Festival 2020, Virtual Exhibition, 9 – 18 November 2020, London
New Era / Art Number 23. International virtual exhibition 15 Dec 2020 - 05 Jan 2021
issuu.com/artnumber23/docs/new_era_1_jan
WORLD 1,0, Virtyal Exhibition, 4 Jan - 31 March 2021, ARTBOX.Gallery & ARTSY
2021
DREAM, Virtual Exxhibition, Kunsthaus RoZig, LA, CA, 10 - 30 January 2021
artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/4080653/dream
Le Salon des Artistes Francais 231st edtition, Paris, 10 - 14 February 2021/ Catalogue 
​My Palimpsest. Solo Virtual Exchibition, Art Number 23 Gallery, London, UK

2022
TEBBS International Art Prize AWAD 2022, Shortlist Artist Exhibition, 16th - 27th February, London

SPIRITUALITY, vitual  group exhibition, 15th Feb - 14th March, TEBBS, London

"Vucherknutue iz zhisni", two artists exhibition, Museum of ModernArt "Art Etage", 25 March - 24 April, Vladivostok, Russia

HUMAN, virtual group exhibition, 15th April - 14 May, TEBBS, London


Residency:
Oped Space Art Residency, Tokyo, Japan, September 2020 (post noted to 2022) 
Collections:
Official Artist of The Sketchbook Project Brooklyn Library 2018, NY, USA
https://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/S175261?fbclid=IwAR34KOemj-EOb_yt1Kre9GXmV_PzUTcvHM6wL4-XLPrPxF4nCcC558aIIKs
Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens, 2019
Museum of Modern Art, Vladivostok, Russia, 2022
On display at Virtual Museum of Art, Germany: https://www.museum-of-art.net/Rooms/halle/logout:1
ARSTY: https://www.artsy.net/artist/olga-goldina-hirsch/works-for-sale
Representation:
Art Number 23 Gallery, London, UK
TEBBS Art Gallery, London, UK
​I-Gallery. Intelligence, Paris, France

Art Etage, Vladivostok, Russia
Participation at the competitions:
Runner up TEBBS Interational Awad 2022, TEBBS Gallery, London
Art Battle London, 4th of March 2022, London
Luxembourg Art Prize 2020 Certificate
Theoretical experience in Art:
Essay:  Religion and Art. The spatial construction in the Old Russian Art, 1989, Moscow (in Russian)
Illustration Essay:  Red and Art, PSAD, 2013, London
Critical Model Dissertation: By the Window: Beyond Time and Space,City & Guilds of London Art School, 2018, London
Memberships:
International Association of Visual Arts (IAVA - 3 - 100), Florence, Italy, October 2020
Taylor Foundation, Paris, 2021
Publications:
Stories from the Young, 2015. London: Unicorn Press Ltd 
[illustrations: pp. 12,36,46,60,74] ISBN: 9781910065945
 
Stories from the Young,2016. London: Unicorn Press Ltd 
[illustrations: pp. 8, 50-56, 60-66, 76,88,116] ISBN: 2370000337023
 
Stories from the Young,2017. London: Unicorn Press Ltd 
[illustrations: pp.6476,86,118,134] ISBN: 2370000548078
 
Copelouzos Family Art Museum Catalogue, Athens, (2020)

14-Day Portrait Book, Brooklyn Art Library, 2020

Fragmented Magazine. Issue 01 – Location, December 2020, page 54
​Wimbledon Guardian/WT, November 2020:
www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/18858238.discover-art-merton-week-long-festival/?fbclid=IwAR0Qt-OI-CmsTAaNM94wpsb-wubTsd-NXj2T1d91hhTPriJded0QdcevYbU

Le Salon des Artistes Francais 231st edtition, Paris, February 2021/ Catalogue, p.123
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​Artist Talk Magazine. Art In Isolation, Issue 14 - January 2021

www.artisttalkmagazine.com/magazine.html
Artist Talk Magazine. Art In Isolation, Issue 15 - Aprill 2021
Boomer Magazine, First Edition, 2021, Boomer Gallery, London, p.96
issuu.com/boomermagazine/docs/1._magazine_digital_
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Artist Talk Magazine. Art In Isolation, Issue 19 - Aprill 2022

Lectures: 
We are in London: Mind The Artfor students of Moscow Design School / The High School of Economics, 17 January 2020, Moscow, Russia
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  • The Family Album
  • All About My Mother, 2019-2020
  • The Window
  • Mnemosyne, 2019
  • Beyond Time and Space
  • Fights Of Fancy
  • All In White
  • Quarantine Obsession 20
  • After Japan, 2018
  • Recent Illustrations
  • Time To Create Christmas
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