Ксения Попова

Personal exhibitions:
1983, 1984 – Art Faculty, Herzen University, Leningrad
1992, 1993 – Gallery Westersingel 30, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
1994 – Gemeentehuis (Town Hall), Barendrecht; Salon Will Notenboom, Hillehesberg, Doopsgezinde kerk (Mennonite Church ), Rotterdam, Holland
1995 – hospitals St. Josef- en Bleuland-ziekenhuis, Gouda; IJsseland-ziekenhuis, Rotterdam; Gallery “De Telloor”, Alkmaar, Holland
1996 – Daniel den Hoed clinic, Rotterdam; Notary office Sauer & Oonk, Vlissingen, Holland
1997 – Church Laurenskerk, Rotterdam; Gallery het Spinsel, Midsland, Museum het Behouden Huys, West, island Terschelling; Colombinehuis ("The Columbine House"), Biddinghuizen, Flevoland; Gallery `t Huis Dever, Lisse, Holland
1998 - Gallery “De Telloor”, Alkmaar, Holland
1999 – Business Centre on Obvodny channel, Saint-Petersburg; hospital Zuiderziekenhuis, Rotterdam, Holland
2004 – Doopsgezinde kerk (Mennonite Church), Rotterdam, Holland
2006 – Private gallery, Oele (Erve Prins), Hengelo; Winter Exhibition, Doopsgezinde kerk, Rotterdam, Holland
2008 – Private house, Emmaplein, Rotterdam, Holland
2011 – Exposition ‘Portrait. Landscape. Still-life’, Business Centre “Northern Capital House”, Saint-Petersburg
2012 - "Music of Russian nature", DRB (Deutsch-Russian Meeting Center) by Petri Kirche, St. Petersburg
2013 - "Windows", DRB (Deutsch-Russian Meeting Center) by Petri Kirche, St. Petersburg; 'Window on Russia", Gallery R, Rheumatism and Rehabilitation Centre Rotterdam (RRR), Holland; "Russian artist in Oele" private gallery Oele (Erve Prins), Hengelo; The exhibition of portraits in the context of the cultural program "The mouth as an instrument of expression" during the celebration of 300 years of the Treaty of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Exhibition of paintings, the Gallery of Modern Porcelain at the Imperial Porcelain Factory, St. Petersburg

Group exhibitions:
1990 – “Alexander Nevsky”, House of Friendeship and Peace, Leningrad
1990, 1991 – Spring, Autumn and Zonal exhibitions of Leningrad artists, Artists` Union, exhibition Hall Manege, Leningrad
1992 – Exhibition of artists-teachers of Herzen University, Coffee House, Summer Garden, Saint-Petersburg
1994 –Art Market, Barendrecht, the Netherlands
1995 – Festival Flower Days, Anna Paulowna, Netherlands; Women`s project, Anichkov Palace; House of Architects; Hotel “Paribaltiiskaya”, Saint-Petersburg
1996 – Exhibition Women`s Day, House of Architects; Spring exhibition, Artists` Union; Publishing House “Ars”, Saint-Petersburg
1997 – Exhibition “Window to Netherlands”, Artists` Union, Saint-Petersburg
1998 – Gouda hospital, Holland; gallery Suldal Kunsdag, Sand, Norway
2000 – Exhibition “Winter Landscape”, hotel Landgoed Lauswolt, Beetsterzwaag, the Netherlands
2005 – Gallery “Medea”, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2011 – Exhibition “My Russia”, with Katya Westerhof (the Netherlands), in the Dutch church (now Mayakovsky Central Library); "Autumn 2011", St.Petersburg Union of Artists, Saint-Petersburg
2011-2012 - "Art - Most - Aquarel" - International Biennale of Watercolor, St.Petersburg Union of Artists
2012 - Participation in an exhibition in honor of the Victory Day, the Association of Artists, St. Petersburg;"Vyborg plein air", The Exhibition Hall, Vyborg Castle, Vyborg; "Autumn-2012", the Union of Artists; "Watercolor Mosaic", the Union of Artists, St.Petersburg; VII All-Russian "Vasnetsovsky plein air", Vyatka Vasnetsov Art Museum, Kirov
2013 - "Serbia with a palette of Russian artists", the Central House of Artists, Moscow; "Victory Day", Exhibition Center of the Association of Artists, St. Petersburg; Art Market "From Russia with Art" in honor of the Netherlands - Russia Year 2013, Haarlem, The Netherlands; "Orange color", the Centre for Art and Music, Mayakovsky library, St. Petersburg; "Inspired by Holland," Dutch Education Center, the Library of Foreign Literature, Moscow; VII International Biennial Exhibition "Art-Bridge-Watercolor 2013", the Centre for Art and Music at Mayakovsky library, Gallery "Easel", St . Petersburg; "Autumn 2013", Exhibition Center of the Union of Artists, St. Petersburg; "Echoes of the summer", the Final exhibition of VIII All - Russia Vasnetsovs plein air and III Ceramic Symposium in Urzhum, Vyatka Vasnetsov Art Museum, Kirov

Xenia Popova
1963 - was born in Leningrad
1970-74 - art studio in the Hermitage
1981 - graduated from the Secondary Art School attached to Repin Institut, Leningrad
1981-83 - external student of Repin Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture
1990 - graduated from the Art Faculty of Herzen Pedagogical University;
diploma work - series of colour linocuts "Pskovshina"
1990-93 - teacher of the Art Faculty of Herzen University, Graphic Department;

The artist was always mostly fascinated by some graphic arts, and she tried them in her work, making engravings, lithographs, book illustrations.
The last years she also works in different painting techniques - oil, watercolour, pastel, monotype, gouache. She is a member of St.-Petersburg Society of Watercolour Artists. Her favorite genres are landscapes, still-lifes and especially portraits, taken from nature, photos or from memory.
The works are in private collections in Russia, Holland, Germany, Finland, USA, Chili, England, Canada, etc.
The artist makes portraits of children and adults to order in different sizes and materials.

“If I try to call my style of painting, it may have a name of “romantic realism”. Abroad they often name that kind of painting “Russian impressionism”, but I think it`s not a really proper term. I prefer the word “realism”. I mean realism as honesty. A picture must be exact, but not naturalistic. It must reflect a soul of an artist. My works are pieces of my life, my window out myself into the enormous infinite world”.