Olga Bulgakova

A well-known Moscow artist of the seventies, one of the representatives of the unofficial movement in Soviet art. Wife of the well-known seventies artist Alexander Sitnikov.

Born in Moscow in 1951 into a family of artists, she was surrounded by a creative environment from childhood. She received her first art education at the Moscow Secondary Art School (1962-1969). After graduating, she immediately entered the Moscow Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov, where she studied in the workshop of Professor D.K. Mochalsky until 1975. During this period, beginning in 1972, she started exhibiting at youth and apartment exhibitions.

Throughout her creative journey, Olga Bulgakova has created many works that often corresponded to a specific theme and formed separate series of works. In 1975-1985, Olga painted the pictorial cycles "Theater," "Metamorphosis," as well as created a series of works dedicated to N.V. Gogol. In 1980-1990, the series "Dreams," "Dwarfs," "Woman and Still Life" appeared. In 2002-2004, the series "Archaisms" was created, which marked a turning point in her work—abstract forms came to replace figurative plots. In 2005-2006, Olga wrote the series "Names," and in 2007, the series "Matriarchy" was released. From this time, Olga began working on works on biblical themes, which in 2012 formed the cycle "Biblical Sketches." Since 1976, Olga Bulgakova has been a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR (since 1993 — Moscow Artists' Union). She received several awards, including the Grand Prix of the International Competition of Young Painters in Sofia (Bulgaria, 1979) and the Silver Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts (Russia, 2003). Since 2007, she has been a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts, and since 2012, a full member. Her works are in private and museum collections both in Russia and abroad. Lives and works in Moscow.