BIOGRAPHY
Born in Russia. Lives and works in the USA since 1992. Anna Bogatin thinks of herself as a traveler and philosopher with a brush. In her work she explores ideas of beauty and harmony, and eternal human strive for freedom and happiness.
Education MFA, Painting, San Francisco Art Institute BFA, Painting, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia Exhibitions 2012 "To Be Looked at Close to [Summer Love]", Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 2012 "Pennsylvania Ballet PETER PAN Auction", Philadelphia, PA 2011 "TEN by TEN", Ann 330 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2011 "CONTIGUITY",Gallery of Russian Artists Union, Chelyabinsk, Russia (solo) 2011 "ENDLESS", Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo) 2011 "NURTUREart Benefit", Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY 2011 "STILL LIGHT", Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 2011 "ART UNLEASHED", The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2010 "This Cool", Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 2010 "Wall to Wall", Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2010 "Revisiting Beauty", Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, CA 2009 "To...", Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 2009 Summer Show, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA 2009 The Russian Winter Festival, The James Bridges Theater,UCLA, LA CA 2009 Art and Design @ 50 Expo, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2009 Group Show, City Arts Gallery, San Francisco City College, SF CA 2008 NURTUREart 2008 Benefit, James Cohan Gallery, exhibit curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, Lowell Pettit, Amy Rosenblum Martin and Lilly Wei 2008 Root Division's 7th Annual Art Auction, San Francisco, CA 2008 La Dolce Vita, City of Brea Art Gallery, CA 2008 To be Looked At, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 2008 Art Note, Note Art, South Pasadena Public Library, CA 2007 Some, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 2007 Systems and Transmutations, Root Division, San Francisco, CA 2006 Root Division’s 5th Annual Art Auction, San Francisco, CA 2006 Westward toward the East, City of Brea Art Gallery, CA 2006 Hydrolysis of Time, Krasnoyarsk Museum of Cultural History, Krasnoyarsk Russia 2005 Eight/Huit, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute 2005 Crossed Destinies, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY 2005 Sensuous Abundance, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY 2004 Destinations, Medialia Gallery, New York, NY (solo) 2003 Persona, Maska Gallery, Lipetsk, Russia (solo) 2002 City in Bloom, One Commerce Building, curated by Philadelphia Museum of Arts 1998 Group Show, Summer Residency Program at School of Visual Arts, New York, NY Bibliography 2008 Edith Newhall, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Get the Summer Blues - Shades of Season 2008 R.B. Strauss, Art Stalker, Weekly Review 2008 Rachel Pilgren, PA 8 News Group, An abiding blue sweeps through Becker gallery 2008 Hayden's Ferry Review, The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, drawings 2006 Tanya Sangpun Thamkruphat Telephoning Buddha, Orange County Weekly, September 7 2006 Linda Ho Were East Meets West, North Orange County Magazine, September 2006 Richard Chang Artists of Pacific Rim Show Their Edge, The Orange County Register, August 20 Honors and Grants The Philadelphia Watercolor Society Award 2002 The Larry Day Memorial Award 2001 The Crozier Prize Fund for Outstanding Achievements 1999 Dean’s List, the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1998-2002 Annual Promising Artist Award of the University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA 1998-2002 The Government’s Prize – traveling to Germany, 1987
Represented by the LARRY BECKER CONTEMPORARY ART in Philadelphia.