Julia Klimova was born in southern Russia where the land’s light, sun, and warmth influenced her perception of color and also helped her creativity accumulate from the childhood images of beauty in nature and life. Her subjects are diverse, consisting of still lifes, portraits, landscapes, and cityscapes. The use of vibrant oils enhances her paintings’ emotional quality and composition, creating both unusual and exhilarating scenes meant to lift the spirits of the viewers. Julia’s work has been exhibited internationally in places such as Toronto, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Scottsdale and the United Kingdom. Julia lives with her husband and two children in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Education: 2000: MA in Fine Arts, Rostov State Pedagogical University 1990: Diploma, Kamensk Art School for Children Work experience: 2004-present: Artist (full time) 2000-2003: Interior Designer Shows and Exhibitions: 2016, May Abstract Contemporary International Art Exhibit, Fredericksburg Good Art Company, TX 2015 Fall Group Show,Crescent Hill Gallery, Mississauga 2015 Solo Show “new REALITIES”, Mirada Fine Art, Denver, CO 2014 Solo Show, Laqerquist Gallery 2014 Art Expo, New York 2013 Art Expo, New York 2011 The Artist Project, New York 2010 Solo Show, Towne Square Gallery, Oakville 2009 Art Sale at Art Gallery of Hamilton 2009 Toronto Art Expo, Toronto 2008 Annual Women Art Show, Opus Gallery, Cleveland, OH 2007 Two-Artist Show, Loretta Goodwin Gallery, Birmingham 2007 Artexpo, New York 2006 Summer Salon, Jules Place, Boston 2006 Introductions ’06, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta 2004 Artsclamation!, Knoxville, TN 2004 Show of Botanical Garden Artists, Newfoundland 2004 Show of Art Association of Newfoundland & Labrador Publications: 2016 April Southwest Art Magazine 2015 June American Art Collector 2014 January American Art Collector 2012 October American Art Collector 2007 Tasteful Texture by Marti Davis, News Sentinel 2006 Drawn to the Edge: Celebrating the Art Collection of North America’s Easternmost City, The Catalog of the Civic Art Collection of the City of St. John’s, Newfoundland 2006 Fine Art Connoisseur 2006 Art Galleries & Artists of the South