Marta Grigorieva

Marta Olegovna Grigorieva (Russian: Марта Олеговна Григорьева) is a Russian-born, Monaco-based art advisor, art historian and contemporary figurative painter/ portrait artist. Grigorieva’s paintings are in private collections in Great Britain, United States and Europe. Her work has been exhibited in New York City, London, Turin, Milan, Moscow, Tokio, Karachaevo-Cherkesia museum, Yacht Club of MONACO and Monaco Naval Museum.[1]

Marta Grigorieva
Марта Олеговна Григорьева
Born
Marta Olegovna Grigorieva

Russia
NationalityRussia / USA
EducationMoscow University of Technology
Alma materHarvard
Known forPortraits
StyleAcademic with Impressionist palette, Oil on canvas
Websitewww.martagrigorieva.com

Life and works

Grigorieva, the daughter of two doctors, began her education by studying violin and piano, and her career by studying economics in St Petersburg Technological University (1985 –1990), before embracing Fine Arts (Art History) at Harvard University, Graduate School of Art and Sciences (1996 –1997).[2] In 1990, she moved to Manhattan, where she worked at Christie's Russian department, specialising in the works of Faberge. She studied with the leading American portrait painter Nelson Shanks at the Art Students League of New York (1997 - 2001).[3] She has exhibited at Harvard and Sotheby's. She spent five years in Piedmont, Italy, from 2001 to 2006, where she produced numerous landscapes and commissioned portraits.

Grigorieva is a member of International Federation of Artists and Comite National Monegasque de L’AIAP with UNESCO.

Grigorieva has painted portrait commissions for prominent people including Princess Michael of Kent, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou of Easy Jet, Robin J. Gibb of the Bee Gees,[4] Dr. Elena Ambrosiadou among many others. Her portrait of Nelson Mandela is in the private collection of HSH Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco.[5]

Marta Grigorieva has written, illustrated and published a children's book, The Secret Life of Napo in Monte-Carlo, a picture book for children and grown-ups, a guide to the country that encourages children to learn about local culture and start drawing. It is a part of the series “City Sketches” - The Amazing Adventures of Napo.[6]

Education
  • 2000-2003 Studio Incamminati, Philadephia workshops with Nelson Shanks.
  • 1996–1997 Completed graduate study in Fine Arts at Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • 1996–1997 Attended painting courses at the Harvard University School of Visual Arts, Carpenter Center, Cambridge, MA
  • 1997–2001 Art Student League painted portrait and figure with Nelson Shanks,[3] New York
  • 2001 – Studied portraiture at the Prince of Wales Foundation, London
  • 1993 painted landscapes in Lugano, Switzerland, while taking business administration courses at Franklyn College.
  • 1985–1990 – Moscow Technological University in St Petersburg, MA in Economics

References
  1. "Wo-Man". Monaco Lifestyle Magazine. September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  2. "Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - Wikipedia". en.m.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
  3. "Nelson Shanks". Nelson Shanks. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  4. "Painting". Bee Gees website Gibb Service International, Bee Gees familynews. December 18, 2008. Retrieved 2014-06-07. Robin Gibb has asked Russian artist Marta Grigorieva to make a painting of his son Robin John.
  5. "Marta Grigorieva - Portrait of a Riviera Artist". CityOut Monaco. 2013-04-05. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-18.
  6. Tanti, Cassandra (2020-08-21). "The secret life of Napo in Monte Carlo". Monaco Life. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
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