About Tatyana Tokareva

"The links between places, people and the passage of time have always fascinated me. My artistic practice allows me to explore the moments, where situations and objects suddenly become the keys to a new reality, leading to the understanding of the very essence of things and events. I pay attention to the details, to the light, to the variations of the state of nature and to my emotions. These projections, in turn, take the material forms of watercolor artworks. I am attracted by the lack of novelty in things, the patina, the traces of time. In my artworks, I am looking for ways to express "beauty in imperfection". Exciting themes determine the choice of materials and techniques with natural properties. Most of my paintings are made in the watercolor technique on paper with a textured surface. For some artworks, I prefer graphic materials and mixed techniques: ink, colored pencils, graphite, pastel." .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Tatyana Tokareva is a professional watercolor artist from Siberia (Novosibirsk, Russia). Member of the Association of Siberian Watercolorists and curator of artistic projects. Since 2020, Tatyana has been living and working between Russia and France. ................................................................................................................................................................................................... PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2023 - L'été dernier (Oudon, France) / 2023 - Watercolor and poetry (Novosibirsk, Russie) / 2022 - The Sea (Akademgorodok, Russia) / 2022 - Vibrations of Silence (Château de Clermont, France) / 2022 - Journal de voyage en France (Akademgorodok, Russia) / 2021 - Reflections (Novosibirsk, Russia) .................................................................................................................................................................................................... INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 2023 - Art Capital, SALON DE DESSIN ET PEINTURE À L'EAU (Paris, France) 2022/2023 - III International Triennial Watercolor (Varna,Bulgaria and 9 other cities) / 2022 - ONCE IN THE CITY, Watercolor Festival, Special mention by jury (Novosibirsk, Russia) ......................................................................................................................................................................................... COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2022 - 30m painting/sculpture exhibition, Jury Prize (Teillé, France) / 2022 - Watercolor Space (Novosibirsk, Russia) / 2021 - Fragments / two centuries of watercolors (Novosibirsk, Russia) / 2020 - Russian Winter, Laureate of the Watercolor Festival (Novosibirsk, Russia) / 2019 - Beautiful day, watercolors and graphics of the Siberian region (Akademgorodok, Russia) / 2019 - II Siberian watercolor exhibition (Novosibirsk, Russia)