Ekaterina (Katya) Medvedeva is a world famous self-taught artist and graphic artist. She writes her works in the genre of naive art, primitivism. But Medvedeva's work goes beyond the border of this direction. Her paintings broke the established ideas about the artistic framework.
Ekaterina Ivanovna works and lives in Moscow. Creativity Medvedeva does not leave indifferent anyone who saw her paintings. In the direction it is close to the post-impressionism of Van Gogh. Her exhibitions, instead of the agreed couple of weeks, last for several months, all works are sold out completely.
Talented self-taught
Medvedeva has no special education. For this she thanks fate. Despite the naive style and nature of the works, the creator of the paintings herself is a spiritually mature and professional person. She defends her right to her own vision of art, the expression of her worldview, has its own core.
The engine of her work is the desire to tell the audience about her experiences, dreams, hopes, loved ones. Ekaterina Ivanovna believes that only those who are unable to resist and not create can draw. There are many biblical subjects in her paintings, but there are also simple portraits, everyday scenes. Katya calls herself a happy artist.
For her, every canvas is a spiritual holiday. Even about the real tragedies, her works tell the language of pure and light. A chicken chasing a rooster is an allegory on the theme of abandoned children. The ironic signature under the canvas raises a serious and difficult question. The viewer is invited to think about it without judging anyone.
At first, Katya was very worried about ill-wishers and negative reviews. However, after the grief, there were always those who encouraged the artist. She believes that after parting with an evil person, a good person takes his place. At one time, Ekaterina Ivanovna did not engage in painting to order. She chose her art.
The road to recognition
Katya Medvedeva was born in 1937 in a peasant family on January 10 in the Kursk region, in the village of Golubino. She lived near Belgorod. After changing their place of residence, Katya and her sisters were transported to the village of mines, then in 1946 to Azerbaijan. The father left his family and disappeared. Katya soon found herself in a shelter.
The artist painted a picture, which she called "The Suffering of My Mother." It depicts a woman wearing a headscarf that turns into a halo. The figure is enveloped in multi-colored outlines. On the back of the canvas, in a few words, is written the life story of the creator and the heroine of her canvas. The girl studied well, graduated from a music school in the violin class.
The graduate became a weaver in 1954. Thanks to her chosen profession, she learned to feel great fabrics. Ekaterina Ivanovna can write on velvet and tarp. She creates panels, attaches fabrics to the canvas, like characters' dresses.
In 1957 Medvedeva got married. In 1961 she gave birth to a child, daughter Irina. In 1967, Ekaterina Ivanovna became a property manager at the Kislovodsk people's theater. There, the future artist attended an art studio. In 1972, Ekaterina graduated from a cultural education school in Ulyanovsk.
Success
She began to paint as an independent artist of Medvedev in 1976. She achieved a business trip to her native village, visited her grandmother there, and on September 8 held the first exhibition in her life in Golubino.
Since that time, self-taught exhibitions have been regularly held. Professionals themselves invite her and buy up all the work. The first Moscow opening day took place in 1981.
In 1982, eleven works by Medvedeva were shown to Chagall. He called the artist Russian talent and appreciated her special handwriting. In 1993 Katya's canvases were shown at a separate exhibition in Paris.
A year later, they flaunted along with the works of Chagall and Matisse. In Nice. In 2013, Ekaterina Ivanovna received a certificate of assignment to her category.
She was recognized as a professional. Medvedeva has already lost track of her paintings. Many of her works have been sold to private collections. The creator has written many works entitled "Freedom". She is sure that everything should be done with love and pay for everything done. Her paintings tell more about the creator than she herself says.
She believes that you can not blame anyone. But it is very important to be warmer, hotter, colder, but just not to remain indifferent. Ekaterina Ivanovna helps everyone who turns to her. At almost forty, she managed to turn the biography abruptly and pick up a palette.
Life in art
Her creations are the result of her character. She bears good, choosing to serve people, she is not afraid to be different from others.
The artist learned to endure sidelong glances calmly. She remains open to conversation, is able to tell about herself what others are hiding. Foreign collectors honor her creations for their great value and resell them for incredible money.
Katya only warns about dishonest people, calls their names. Ekaterina Ivanovna is over eighty. She still paints pictures and prefers live communication. You can buy a painting from her, visit Medvedeva's small apartment.
She loves very much when they write letters to her and come to her exhibitions. In 2006, Ekaterina Ivanovna played herself in the film directed by Sivkov "Inzeen-raspberry". The word "inzeen" means the name of the berry in the Ezzyan language.
Filmed in the arhouse genre, the tape tells the story of a young man in search of himself. He tries to fly a hang-glider, conduct excavations, dreams of creating an avant-garde museum. To the fulfillment of the wish, he approaches the end of the film. Filming took place in the village of Pervo, where Ekaterina Ivanovna lived and worked at that time.
According to the Professional Russian Union of Artists, Ekaterina Medvedeva was nominated in the Internet project "10,000 best artists in the world" according to her artistic rating.
