Olga Abeleva is an artist born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and based in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), Canada. She received her BFA from ECUAD, Vancouver ad is currently studying at Städelschule, Frankfurt
Approaching painting through a theatrical and cinematic lens, she employs a cast of archetypal characters to parody social and cultural conventions. Densely layered with quotations from both classic and esoteric sources, her paintings are notations for larger schemes. Centering community and collaboration, she often works as a costume designer.
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