Alfia Koral (Alfiia Korchagina) was born in 1981 in Ufa, Russia. Alfia left Russia in 2022 and moved to Mersin, Turkey. In 2024 she was endorsed for the Global Talent Visa by British Art Council. Alfia currently lives and works in London, UK.

She is specializing in oil painting, with a style that combines impressionism and realism and also experiments in abstract painting, developing her own unique style.

Alfiya studied art since childhood at an art school, after she took several courses in academic painting and graphics, specialized course in oil painting technology of the Old Masters, studied contemporary art at the Moscow HSE Art and Design School.

Studying and experimenting in various artistic practices influenced the developing her very distinctive artistic style, based on the physical properties of oil paint, which introduce an element of spontaneity and uncertainty into the final result, creating the effect of unusual color mixtures and bizarre textures, while forming recognizable associative images.

The main theme of Alfia's practice is mindfulness and living life in the present moment, the ability to awaken and emerge from the daily routines and patterns of one's own thinking, and to realize the priceless value of every moment, the multifaceted and mystical splendor of the world.

Alfiya's artworks are being acquired for the collections around the world, and she successfully collaborates with international galleries.

EDUCATION

2017, 2020 HSE Art and Design School, Moscow, courses "Introduction to the History of Art", "Contemporary Art

2019 - 2020 St. Petersburg Art School "Oil painting", Course of Traditional Old Masters oil painting techniques

2017 St. Petersburg Art School "Artist Online", Academic painting course based on the practices of the leading art universities of St. Petersburg

2012 Art school "Art and Craft", Ufa, Oil painting technique course

2006 - 2008 Modern Art and Design School "Bohemica", Ufa, Courses of Academic drawing and painting

1992 - 1995 Ufa Children's Fine Art School No.2 named after A.E. Tyulkin, Basic training in painting and drawing, art history, sculpture

AWARDS

2023 "Architecture of the World" award, Baroque Hall Srem Museum, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia

2023 "Still Life Expo" award, Gallery of Modern Art "Art Commune", Moscow, Russia

2022 "Talent of Russia" award, The New Tretyakov Gallery,Moscow, Russia

2017-2021 "Rosneft Lights up the Stars" festival award, Ufa, Russia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 "Autumn impressions", Art Space "Metronome", Ufa, Russia

2021 "Winter stories", Ice Palace "Ufa Arena", Ufa, Russia

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023 "Architecture of the World", "Landscapes of the World" Baroque Hall Srem Museum, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia

2023 Secret Postcard Show, Cupola Contemporary Gallery, Sheffield, UK

2023 Still Life Expo, Gallery of Modern Art "Art Commune", Moscow, Russia

2022 Talent of Russia, The New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

2022 Starfall, Zdes na Taganke Gallery, curated by Ksenia Gorbatyuk, Moscow, Russia

2018-2021 VIII-XI festivals "Rosneft Lights up the Stars" art exhibitions in Tinkoff Hall concert complex, and in Bashkortostan State Concert Hall, Ufa, Russia

Alfia Koral

Artworks by Alfia Koral

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Frozen Peaks of Dust by Alfia Koral

Oil painting

Frozen Peaks of Dawn by Alfia Koral

Oil painting

Blue Mountain Majesty by Alfia Koral

Mixed-media painting

Pomegranate Passion by Alfia Koral

Oil painting

Essence of the Wild by Alfia Koral

Mixed-media painting

Lemon season by Alfia Koral

Oil painting

Avocado season by Alfia Koral

Oil painting

Blooming lotus by Alfia Koral

Oil painting

Pink lotuses by Alfia Koral

Oil painting

A bunch of grapes by Alfia Koral

Oil painting

Two Bananas a Day by Alfia Koral

Oil painting

Tangerine tree by Alfia Koral

Oil painting