Yulia Zaretskaya

Yulia Zaretskaya was born in 1965 in Leningrad. After studying at the Boris Ioganson Secondary Art School, she graduated from the School of Graphic Arts of the Repin Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (class of Vladimir Vetrogonsky) in 1989.

As a graphic artist, Yulia Zaretskaya builds on the legacy of the Leningrad school of lithography. The visual language of her distinctly lyrical works is closest to that deployed by the artists of the Arefiev circle. In addition to art prints, Yulia creates paintings which in their own way elaborate the artist’s dialogue with her city. The genre of landscape is like no other for communicating an artistic vision without resorting to words and interpretations. Perhaps this is the reason why Zaretskaya’s works are filled with such a pure, wistful melancholy and a deeply private mood.