Olga Lomaka

Olga Lomaka (born September 10, 1982) is a Russian gallerist, contemporary artist, and curator. Her style is known for working primarily within the pop-art movement, combining diverse materials and techniques in her pieces. Lomaka is actively exhibiting worldwide, participating in global art-fairs and biennales. She was named the Best Artist of the Year and won The Annual Award at the Aurora European Awards in Moscow in 2014. She was also awarded the title Fashion Artist of the Year by the Fashion TV Channel in Moscow in 2013.

Early life and education Olga Lomaka was born in Krasnodar, Russia. At a young age her family moved to Moscow, where she grew up and spent her childhood. Lomaka moved to the United States in 1999 to continue her higher education and pursue her career. In 2002, she completed painting courses at Loyola University Chicago. In 2004 she graduated with honors from the George Mason University, Virginia, with a Business Administration degree. A decade later Lomaka moved to London to pursue her interests in art further and established her studio residency in Chelsea. She continued her education in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins and graduated with a BA in Painting from Camberwell College of Arts in 2015, later that year she completed art-business courses at Sotheby’s University of London. In 2017, Lomaka opened Lomaka Gallery in London, a contemporary art space that specializing in featuring emerging artists from all over the world.

Creative career As an artist, Lomaka is recognised for her pop art style. Within the realms of pop-art, Lomaka examines issues concerning the evolution of social mindfulness, influence of contemporary trends on traditional values, relationships between the sexes and psychological dependence of one’s self esteem on pre-existing stereotypes. At the core of her work is a blend of global social phenomena and fundamental existential questions. Lomaka experiments with new techniques such as carving and aerography. She mixes traditional materials with modern media.

Viewers can often find images of famous people in her artworks such as Jude Law, Anna Dello Russo, Karl Lagerfeld, and Naomi Campbell. In October 2016, Lomaka presented an installation dedicated to the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II for her solo show “Artefacts” at Saatchi Gallery in London.

Lomaka’s works can be found in 25 Kadr Gallery Foundation (Moscow), Contemporary Art Center «M17» (Kyiv), Loyola University Foundation (Chicago), Erarta Museum (St.Petersburg) as well as in private collections such as Pierre Cardin’s Foundation.

From 2014 to 2016 she launched her own TV show Art & Fashion with Olga Lomaka on World Fashion Channel, and hosted many guests of the cultural world like Hubert de Givenchy, fashion designer and founder The House of Givenchy, Claire Wilcox, curator of Victoria & Albert Museum, Bernard Blistène, curator of Centre Pompidou and Marta Ruiz del Árbol, curator of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.

In 2015, Lomaka launched limited-edition sweatshirts featuring prints from a series of her paintings, Mind Parasites. She has also collaborated with Vogue Fashion Night Out by producing a new collection, Mickey’s Evolution.

In 2017, she founded Lomaka Gallery set in the heart of London's Fitzrovia. Lomaka Gallery is a contemporary art space that collaborates with artists working today. It welcomes a broad audience to an exhibition programme, supporting work of a group of artists who collectively defy categorization.

Solo exhibitions Pink Magic, The Hellenic Centre, London, 2018 Artefacts, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2016 Artefacts, 25 Kadr Gallery, Moscow, 2016 The Mind Parasites, Contemporary Art Center M17, Kyiv, 2015 The Mind Parasites, Erarta Gallery, London, 2015 SOS.OK, Contemporary Art Center M17, Kyiv, 2013 SOS.OK, Zeppelin Gallery, Moscow, 2013 SOS.OK, ASC Gallery, London, 2013 Anahata, ASC Gallery, London, 2013 Trip to Ecstasy, Wild Gallery, Paris, 2011 Nerves, 25 Kadr Gallery, Moscow, 2010 Girls Went Wild, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, 2004 Saint, LUMA Gallery, Chicago, 2002

Selected group exhibitions 2017 — Biennale Internazionale Mantova, Diocesan Museum Francesco Gonzaga, Mantova 2017 — XI Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence 2017 — «Premio Combat Prize 2017», Eighth Edition, Museo Civico G. Fattori, Livorno 2017 — Festival d'Arts chez Pierre Cardin, Lacoste, France 2017 — «Affordable Art Fair 2017», Hampstead, London 2017 — «Edition I», Lomaka Gallery, London 2016 — «Art Monaco 2016», Espace Fontvieille, Monte-Carlo 2016 — The Art Marathon, IZO Art Gallery, Moscow 2016 — Russian Art Week, XX International Art Fair, The Central House of Artists, Moscow 2016 — «ART.WHO.ART» V Edition, Park Mira, Moscow 2015 — IV Exhibition-Auction, MGIMO, Moscow 2015 — «LITART», Depre Art Space, Moscow 2015 — Degree Show, Camberwell College of Arts, London 2014 — III Exhibition-Auction, MGIMO, Moscow 2014 — «Circular», Forge Gallery, London 2014 — «Aurora», Cosmos Pavilion, Moscow 2014 — «UNIT», Dilston Grove Gallery, London 2014 — Diamond Auction, Le Sporting Salle Des Etoi Less, Monaco 2013 — «Re-Ups», Cultivate Gallery, London 2013 — CRASH SALON, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London 2013 — End of 1st Year Show, Camberwell College of Arts, London 2012 — Open Exhibition, Peckham Space Gallery, London 2012 — Exhibition «0/2», Holiday Art Market, Moscow 2011 — «Young Generation», Wild Gallery, Paris 2009 — Exhibition «0/1», 25 Kadr Gallery, Moscow 2004 — «BEST 04», Fine Arts Galleries at GMU, Fairfax, VA 2003 — Group Show, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 2003 — «Crave», Wilson Center Gallery, Washington, DC 2002 — Summer Show, Loyola University, Chicago

Awards Painting Nominee, 1st Premio Arte Milano, Milan, 2017 Best Contemporary Artist 2017, by VV Magazine, Phillips Auction House, London 2017 Le Prix d’excellence Pensé Écologique», Art Monaco 2016, Monte-Carlo First Prize, Sculpture Nominee», Russian Art Week, XX International Art Fair, Moscow, 2016 Best Art Programme of the Year, by Fashion TV Channel, Moscow, 2015 The Best Artist of the Year, The Annual Award by Aurora European Awards, Moscow, 2014 2014 — «The Best Artist of the Year», The Annual Awards by Top 25 Diamond Companies & Persons, St. Petersburg 2013 — «Fashion Artist of the Year» by Fashion TV Channel, Moscow