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Valeria Konovalova (Rikitavi) is a Moscow-based painter working in watercolor, oil, and mixed media. Her practice develops across three bodies of work – Through the Prism of Blue Eyes, Collective Unconscious, and Rooms – investigating the unconscious, collective memory, and the psychology of interior space.

Education 3 +
2026–
Pittore Art School Academic painting & drawing · Moscow
2015–19
Kosygin State University BA Graphic Design · Moscow

Studied under Vladimir Pankratov, abstract painter

2019–21
Skills Up School Digital painting
Solo Exhibitions 1 +
2024
“Rooms” China Kathu Gallery Café · Phuket, Thailand

Self-organized and independently curated. Historic Sino-Portuguese building. Live sound performance composed around the paintings’ color relationships.

Solo
Group Exhibitions 4 +
2026
“Red Stars” Cultural Centre · Lyubertsy, Russia
2025
Re-member Mars Centre for Contemporary Art · Moscow
2021
Power in Numbers No. 6 Nucleus Portland Gallery · Portland, USA
Awards 1 +
2024
Notcoin Contest — 3rd Place
Collaborations 3 +
2024
RASKROI Fashion brand · Moscow

Original paintings used as print designs for clothing collection.

2021–22
Shein International Autumn–Winter collection
2021
Shein International Spring–Summer collection
Press 1 +
2026
Spotlight Interview Artit.net

Extended feature on artistic practice, meta-magical realism, and the role of personal rupture in the formation of her current body of work.

Press
Collections +

Works held in private collections in Russia, the United States, and Europe.

Teaching +
Ongoing
Private Lessons · Watercolor Online · English-language

Individual instruction, recurring.

2019–21
Online Watercolor Course English-language · decorative watercolor

Authored and taught a structured online course.

Materials +
Primary

Watercolor, natural & organic pigments, mixed media on paper and wooden board

Also

Oil, acrylic, gouache on canvas and cotton paper

Natural pigments Organic compounds Embedded objects LED elements Collage Antique ephemera