Alisa Gorelova; Untitled, 2017; canvas on stretcher, acrylic, silver leaf; 100х70 cm;

In her works, Alisa concerns various topics studying the border between the man and the outside world, between the body and another body. The artist works with diverse techniques but prefers painting and graphics.
Alisa also studies physicality in which violence transforms into sensuality and aggression turns into a weakness.
The issue of the border is crucial for Alisa’s art: where do the borders of the body end? When does the body turn into abstraction?
Where does the painting should end and can the image go beyond the canvas?
Alisa Gorelova’s artworks are often shown as pictorial abstractions seizing all free space and spectator’s attention.
Education
2016 – Graphic faculty at the St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin.
2016 – Internship at the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences ( Finland)
2016-2017 – part-time student at the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences (Finland)
2018 – School of contemporary art «Paideia» (Saint Petersburg)
Personal exhibitions
2021 – Ex-voto, Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, St. Petersburg
2021 – Closeness , Sevkabel Port, St. Petersburg
2019 – Lack of balance, Openstudio “Nepokorennie 17”, St. Petersburg
2018 – Reality, Treeland Gallery, Florence
Residences
2021 - DAKC, within the framework of the Ural Industrial Biennale(Chelyabinsk)
2018-2021 – resident of the studio “Unbowed 17” (Saint Petersburg)
2017 – art-residency at the "Yabuli Oil Painting Base" (Harbin, China)
2016 - Internship at the Nongyuan International Art Village (Chengdu, China)
Grants
2017 – Saint Petersburg government’s award “For achievements in fine arts”