Olga Lomaka

Born: 1982 in Ukraine
Lives and Works: London, United Kingdom

Winner of The Best Contemporary Artist Award (2017) by Phillips Auction House in London, British contemporary artist Olga Lomaka is known for her playful Pop Artsculptures. Integrating diverse materials, carving and areography, Olga creates compositions that are at once magical and bonkers, humorous and philosophical.

Olga teases the lines between the concrete and the abstract and the familiar and the unknown, cleverly hijacking and injecting consumerist imagery and products with new meaning and symbolism. Sharply observant of contemporary culture, Olga pools together contrasting ideas and beliefs - take meditating aliens with haute couture emblems for eyes, as an example - and entices viewers with the resulting controversial works. Popular and lovable cartoon characters such as the Pink Panther frequently make appearances in resin and chrome spray; shiny, loveable and uplifting animals to brighten any space.

You can find Olga's multi-award-winning sculptures and installations in Erarta Museum (St. Petersburg), Pierre Cardin Foundation (Lacoste), Contemporary Art Center M17 (Kyiv), Fine Art Foundation (London), and Loyola University Foundation (Chicago), as well as in private collections worldwide. Grayson Perry selected her Pink Magic sculpture for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition celebrating its 150th anniversary. The Sunday Times, Harper's Bazaar, Forbes Women, The Guardian and more have featured Olga's work.

Education

  • 2015
    BA (Hons) Painting, Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts of London,, United Kingdom

Awards

  • 2018
    2nd International Prize Leonardo Da Vinci “Th, Borghese Palace, Florence, Italy
  • 2018
    International Prize Tribute to Tiziano, La Misericordia Palace, Venice, Italy
  • 2017
    Best Contemporary Artist 2017, Phillips Auction House, London, United Kingdom
  • 2017
    1st Premio Arte Milano, Painting Nominee, Milan, Italy
  • 2017
    Andrea Mantegna International Prize, Museo Francesco Gonzaga, Manua, Italy
  • 2016
    Le Prix d’excellence Pensé Écologique, Art Monaco 2016, Monte-Carlo, Monaco

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2022
    Soul Gazers, Espionasse31 Gallery, Madrid
  • 2019
    Pink Magic, Exhibitionist Hotel, London
  • 2018
    Pink Magic, VS unio Art Gallery, Moscow
  • 2018
    Pink Magic, Hellenic Centre, London
  • 2016
    Artefacts, 25 Kadr Gallery, Moscow
  • 2016
    Artefacts, Saatchi Gallery, London
  • 2015
    The Mind Parasites, Erarta Gallery, London
  • 2015
    The Mind Parasites, Contemporary Art Center M17, Kiev

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2020
    Form Follows Meaning, Haha Hadid Residences: City Life, Milan
  • 2019
    Objectified, CICA Museum, Seoul
  • 2019
    Freedom 2:0, Espionasse31 Gallery, Milan
  • 2019
    La Biennale di Venezia - Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, Venice
  • 2019
    Biennale Internazionale Mantova, Diocesan Museum Francesco Gonzaga, Mantua
  • 2019
    What We Eat and Weat 2019, CICA Museum, Seoul
  • 2019
    Print Show, Jealous Gallery, London
  • 2019
    Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London
  • 2019
    Inaugural Exhibition, Espinasse31 Gallery, Miami
  • 2019
    Charity Action by The Naked Heart Foundation, Golden Unicorn Awards Ceremony, London
  • 2019
    Posters without Borders, Russian Film Week, London
  • 2019
    Red Dot Miami Art Fair, Espinasse31 Gallery, Miami
  • 2018
    Biennale of the Nations 2018, La Misericordia Palace, Venice
  • 2018
    Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
  • 2017
    Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, London
  • 2017
    Festival d’Art chez Pierre Cardin, Residence of Pierre Carden, Lacoste
  • 2017
    Premio Combat Prize 2017, Eighth Edition, Museo Civico G. Fattori, Livorno
  • 2017
    XI Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence
  • 2017
    Biennale Internazionale Mantova, Diocesan Museum Francesco Gonzaga, Mantua
  • 2016
    Art Monaco 2016, Espace Fontvieille, Monte-Carlo
  • 2014
    Diamond Auction, Le Sporting Salle Des Etoi Less, Monaco
  • 2014
    UNIT, Dilston Grove Gallery, London

Collections

  • Contemporary Art Center M17 Foundation, Kiev, Ukraine
  • Loyola University Foundation, Chicago, United States
  • Pierre Cardin Foundation, Lacoste, France

Bibliography

  • Emma Wells, "Pop artist Olga Lomaka’s new home captures her art and personality perfectly", Metro 2020
  • Alex Briand, "Poptastic! Meet Olga Lomaka, a pop artist whose colourful work is reflected in her new Belgravia home", Belgravia 2020
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