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= Julia Stotskaya =

Julia Stotskaya (Russian: Юлия Стоцкая) is a Russian painter and designer, resident in Israel since 2016. Strands of both cultures are deeply interwoven in her art. She is a member of the Moscow Union of Artists.

Stotskaya was born in Moscow in 1970. After taking private lessons with established artists including Vladimir Petrov-Kirillov and Boris Malinkovskiy, she went on to study at the Moscow Academic Art School in the department of Industrial Graphic Design. She honed her approach to illustrative design in printing houses and design studios, ultimately becoming art director at Grey Advertising G2, and the creative agency Indivision.

She has specialized in book cover design for multiple Russian publishing houses including Eksmo, Sindbad, Ripol Classic and Fenixbooks. Since 2000, she has been art director of Vimbo Audio Publishing House.

Literary Porcelain
In 2014, for the 200th anniversary of the birth of the romantic poet Mikhail Lermontov, Stotskaya designed a tea service in the Literary Porcelain series manufactured by the Imperial Porcelain Factory (formerly LFZ) of Saint Petersburg. One of these tea-sets, based on the poem ‘The Novice', can be seen in the Lermontov Museum in Tarkhany.

A tea-service featuring her designs from ‘Eugene Onegin’ can be viewed in the State Museum of A.S. Pushkin.

Full list of Literary designs
2014: Pushkin: Eugene Onegin (Tatyana's Dream, The Duel)

2014: Lermontov: Mzyri (The Novice)

2015: Raspe: Baron Munchausen

2015: Ilf and Petrov: The Golden Calf

2017?: Rubina: Napoleon's Convoy

Other projects
Throughout 2018, she collaborated with the journalist Lena Lagutina on the internet project ‘Notes on Thursdays’ https://www.israelculture.info/category/knigi/zametki-po-chetvergam/

Her work has been praised by fellow designers, including Professor Adi Stern, president of Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy, who has noted Stotskaya’s ability to discover symbolic power in everyday objects. Of her piece ‘Sea Chair’ he writes “[Her]…Keter plastic chair is in many respects the essence of being Israeli – not necessarily pretty or elegant, but very durable, sturdy, clever, effective and simple.”

Julia Stotskaya has participated in group exhibitions in Russia and Israel. She has worked as an illustrator for the Israeli creative publishing house Citykat Stories, and held personal exhibitions in galleries including Open Club (REF 5),  Promgraphika, the Zverev Center for Contemporary Art, and the Jewish Cultural Center (Moscow); as well as the Harmony Cultural Center, Skizza, and Talis (Jerusalem)

Style and influences
Stotskaya works largely with the media of pen and ink, acrylic, marker pens, appliqué, and gold or silver leaf. Her illustrations belong to the tradition of fin-de-siècle designers such as Aubrey Beardsley, with influences from early twentieth-century practitioners such as the theatrical designer Ivan Bilibin and Federico Garcia Lorca.The artist’s personal, national and cultural heritage are reflected in works that elevate ordinary objects – a plastic chair, an onion, a window - into iconic symbols. To her, the individual imagination is an essential component of all art:

“Just imagine to yourself – an entire four seas, and in whichever direction you head, you will inevitably find a romantic and picturesque place, with either water, desert, or other incredible landscape. And everything that is not a building is history, legend, or architectural art. It is impossible to describe it in words; it must be seen for oneself.” (REF 5)

Exhibitions
November 2014 Solo exhibition, Jewish Cultural Center, Moscow (REF 6)

April 2019 In ‘Only New Works’, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem

October 2021 In ‘Postcards from Israel’, Skizza Gallery, Jerusalem

December 2021 ‘Within and Beyond’ Galleria Al Ha-Tzuk (Gallery on the Cliff) Netanya (REF6)

Works in public and private collections:

Krenke & Partners, Prague: ‘The Dragonfly Country', 2017, ‘Ulanova's Dacha’, 2017 Lermontov Museum, Tarkhany: Tea Service, ‘The Novice’ and other poems State Museum of A.S. Pushkin: Tea Service, ‘Eugene Onegin’, ‘Tatyana’s Dream’

References

1) Julia Stotskaya: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/juliastotskaya

2) Bezformata: https://penza.bezformata.com/listnews/putin-podaril-muzeyu-tarhani/25228848/

3) Jerusalem Post “At the 'Yoffi shel Israel' art exhibit, postcards tell the story” https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/at-the-yoffi-shel-israel-art-exhibit-postcards-tell-the-story-682723

4) Interview with the artist by The Jerusalem Post: https://www.facebook.com/TheJerusalemPost/videos/2220717741404704/

4) Skizze Gallery: Unnoticed contours of Israeli Art (2020) https://issuu.com/mordarius/docs/katalog_13_new_februarinet

5) Open Club@ https://openklub.ru/artist/3056/

6) Interview on Bard Media https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1026759541201854 ????

7) https://jcc.ru/editor/plugins/uploads/files/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F.pdf https://jcc.ru/activity/cat-/item-532/