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Interested in
art from a young age, Ms. Kontorina began formal art
studies while in architectural college in Gorky,
Russia. She continued her art studies while
earning a graduate degree in architecture from the
Architecture University in Kazan, Russia.
Ms. Kontorina has worked with oils,
watercolors, gouache, and acrylics for the past thirty
years and is currently concentrating on
watercolors. Subjects of her recent work include
still life paintings, landscapes, architectural motifs,
and portraits.
Recent honors for Ms. Kontorina
include her selection as a finalist in the 1998 New York
City Society of Illustrators competition, the Michigan
Watercolor Society competitions of 1998-2003, and the
Transparent Watercolor Society of America competitions
of 2004 and 2008.
She has received awards of
excellence at the following shows:
- 2019 Port Austin, MI -- Best of Show
- 2019 Gallery Uptown Award -- Grand Haven, MI
- 2018 Port Austin, MI -- Best of Show
- 2018 Round the Fountain Art Fair Merit Award, Lafayette, IN
- 2017 Round the Fountain Art Fair Merit Award, Lafayette, IN
- 2017 Art in the Park, Petosky, MI -- First Place
- 2008 Leesburg. Fl -- 2D Judges Choice
- 2008 Winter Park, FL -- Patron's Choice Award
- 2008 Art Rapids!-Elk Rapids, MI -- Honorable
Mention
- 2007 Port Sanilac, MI -- Best of Show
- 2006 Bloomington, IN -- Alice SAn Pietro Award
- 2005 Glenview, IL -- Award of Excellence
- 2003 Columbus, IN -- Third Place McDonough Award
- 2003 Crosby Festival of
the Arts-Toledo, OH -- Third Place
- 2002 Park Forest,
Illinois -- Second Place
- 2002 Arlington Heights,
Illinois -- Best of Show
- 2001 Oak Park, Illinois
-- Award of Excellence
- 2000 Arlington Heights,
Illinois -- Best of Show
- 2000 Long Grove Art
Fest, Illinois -- Best of Show
- 2000 Michigan Water
Color Society -- Honor Award
- 2000 Lake County Fine
Arts Festival, Illinois -- Award of Excellence
- 2000 Art in the Park,
Danville, Illinois -- Second Place
- 2000 Art in the Park,
Clinton, Iowa -- Best of Show
- 1999 Lincolnshire,
Illinois -- Best of Show
- 1998 Kalamazoo Institute
of Art Fair -- Third Place
- 1998 Oak Park, Illinois
Art Festival -- Award of Excellence
- 1998 Round the Fountain
art Festival in Lafayette, Indiana -- Award of Merit
for Watercolor
- 1998 Kalamazoo Institute
of Art Fair -- Third Place
- 1998 Boston Mills Art
Fest -- Honorable Mention
- 1997 Tawas Bay
Waterfront Fine Art Show -- Second Place
Ms. Kontorina's works have been featured in the following
publications:
- Pratique des Arts/Hors-serie Aquarelle 2012
- Best Watermedia Artists of America, Vol. II 2009
- Russian Life Magazine, July/August 2008
- Watercolor Magazine, Winter 2005
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