Masha Grigoryan

Natalya Mamontova, Tretyakov Gallery expert:

Masha Grigoryan is a painter who has found her unique place and standing in art. Her creative gift evolved from her life experiences into colour and rhythmic images and has eventually come into canvas shapes in all its diversity, clarity and joyfulness.

The most distinctive features of her paintings are colour and rhythm. Masha loves to oppose hot and cold colours, prefers contrasted combinations and active picturesque saturation. Her colours are live and pulsating and the canvas itself is breathing.

Masha\'s sincere, joyful and warm paintings will not leave anyone indifferent. They are free of false classicism, imitation or copyism. It has nothing to do with mass culture. It is a unique gift.

I have graduated from Moscow Polygraphic Institute.

Since 1991 I have been working as the chief editor in the publishing house GELEOS. In 2005 the publishing house was awarded with the golden diploma as the best publishing house of the year.

In 2009 I have become a member of the International Union of Journalists.

I write screenplays for feature dramatic films, as well as documentary and promotional films. For many of them I have received honorary certificates, most of them have been praised by critics.

I am engaged in design: I develop design for books, as well as for over 100 magazines, newspapers, posters and billboards. I also work out the printer\'s dummies and layouts of different titles.

I have been painting extensively since 1990. I took part in 15 exhibitions (individual as well as group exhibitions) in Moscow, London, Paris, Brussels, Frankfurt am Main and on Malta.