“I work mostly with oil because it allows me to create an intricate volumetric texture. It is a classic and time-proved medium. Naturally colour is my favourite way to connect with the world. It is a powerful instrument that conveys the special mood in each painting. Texture creates depth and helps color look even tastier. I use vibrant and precise colors to enhance the emotional message of my paintings.

In my figurative work I want to catch different emotional sides of models and freeze them at a particular moment in time.  They are not necessarily reflections of my state of mind or mood; rather they are what I am curious to explore and express. Each of the portraits is an  imaginary character born during the process. I never know what personality will appear. 

In my abstract paintings I present an attempt of accepting life “as is”. By exploring life’s mystery of connections, how things affect us,  I want to hear the ”voice of life” in all of its contradictions. I like to explore the contrast of shapes, color, and visual rhythms. I always leave ways of visual translation to be a reflection of the viewer.”

Julia Klimova was born in southern Russia where the land’s light, sun and warmth influenced her perception of color and also helped her creativity accumulate from the childhood images of beauty in nature and life.  Her subjects are diverse, consisting of still lifes, portraits, landscapes and cityscapes. The use of vibrant oils enhances her paintings’ emotional quality and composition, creating both unusual and exhilarating scenes meant to lift the spirits of the viewers.

Julia’s work has been exhibited internationally in places such as New York, Toronto, Boston, Atlanta, Charleston, and the United Kingdom.

EXHIBITIONS

2025  

Stephanie Breitbard Trunk Show, CA

Solo show "Beyond the Gaze: Portraits, Petals, & Horizons", Mary Martin Galleries, Charleston, SC

2024 

Mirada's Romantic Valentine Experience, Mirada Fine Art, Denver, CO

2023 

Stephanie Breitbard Trunk Show, CA

Windows, Doors & Mirrors show, Mirada Fine Art, Denver, CO

Autumn’s Spell, Mary Martin Gallery, Charleston, SC

2022 

Simon Breitbard Trunk Show, CA

Art that Moves…, Towne Square Gallery, Oakville, ON

2021 

A Night with Mary Martin Gallery, Hotel Bella Grace, Charleston, SC

Simon Breitbard Trunk Show, CA

2020

First Friday Art Walk, Mary Martin Gallery, Charleston, SC

2018

Solo Show May “Gaze of Spring”, Mary Martin Gallery, Charleston, SC

2017

Fall Group Show, Crescent Hill Gallery, Mississauga, ON

Two Person Show “Impressions“, Mirada Fine Art, Denver, CO

2016

Group Show, Crescent Hill Gallery, Mississauga, ON

May Abstract Contemporary International Art Exhibit, Fredericksburg Good Art Company, TX

2015

Fall Group Show, Crescent Hill Gallery, Mississauga, ON

Solo Show “new REALITIES“, Mirada Fine Art, Denver, CO

2014

Solo Show, Laqerquist Gallery

Art Expo, New York

2013

Art Expo, New York

2011

The Artist Project, New York

2010

Solo Show, Colour Matters, Towne Square Gallery, Oakville

2009

Art Sale at Art Gallery of Hamilton

Toronto Art Expo, Toronto

2008

Annual Women Art Show, Opus Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2007

Two-Artist Show, Loretta Goodwin Gallery, Birmingham

Artexpo, New York

2006

Summer Salon, Jules Place, Boston

 Introductions ’06, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta

2004

Artsclamation!, Knoxville, TN

Show of Botanical Garden Artists, Newfoundland

Show of Art Association of Newfoundland & Labrador

PUBLICATIONS

2019

August  American Art Collector

2016

April Southwest Art Magazine

2015

June American Art Collector

2014

January American Art Collector

2012

October American Art Collector

2007 

Tasteful Texture by Marti Davis, News Sentinel

2006 

Drawn to the Edge: Celebrating the Art Collection of North America’s Easternmost City, 

The Catalog of the Civic Art Collection of the City of St. John’s, Newfoundland

2006

Fine Art Connoisseur

2006

Art Galleries & Artists of the South