Yana Medow

About

BIO

Yana Medow is a contemporary artist from St. Petersburg, currently based in Madrid.
She graduated from the Stieglitz Art Academy in Saint Petersburg, specializing in Painting Restoration.
Her professional background includes work as a restorer, graphic designer, and illustrator.
Since 2020, she has established herself as a full-time artist, focusing on her independent creative practice.

STATEMENT

My paintings explore the humor, tenderness, and absurdity of human nature through
bold, figurative forms. I’m fascinated by body language-how a simple tilt of the head,
a crossed leg, or a stretched hand can tell an entire story.

Each work is a playful dialogue between elegance and exaggeration. I use vivid colors,
soft curves, and surreal twists to reveal both irony and intimacy. My characters often
exist in their own theatrical worlds-relaxed, mischievous, self-aware, sometimes
bored-but always alive.

Through these figures, I reflect on the beauty of imperfection and the charm of
everyday emotions. Whether it’s swans whispering secrets or goddesses tangled in
their thoughts, my art invites viewers to smile, feel, and recognize something human
in the strange.

EXHIBITIONS

2025 - /September/ On The Other Way group exhibition in HubArt gallery with Sensity Studio collective. Barcelona. Spain.

2025 - /April/ Pintamalasaña. Street art festival. Madrid. Spain.

2024 - /September/ presentation in Soho Home / RiseArt gallery. Worldwide.

2024 - /February/ group show, Yin Art Gallery. Taiwan.

2023 - /November/partnership with Tree Court Collection. Brooklyn NY.
2023 - /July/ group show BLUE, gallery Exhibit. Santander, Spain.
2023 - /May/ Participation in PINTA MALASAÑA an Urban Art project. Madrid, Spain.
2023 - /April/ Participation in TOUS DROITS DANS LE MUR an Urban Art project. France.
2023 - /April/ Participation in the creation of documentaries MISHKA for ARTDOC.FEST
2023 - /March - April/ group show SAKURA, gallery JOYANA. Marseilles, France.
2023 - /March/ WHAT cafe group exhibition ART IS... Tokyo, Japan.
2023 - /February/ Group show DIVINE FEMININE. Streams Gallery. Hong Kong, China.

2022 - /December/ Participation in Auction with FLEA AUCTION agency. South Korea.
2022 - /December/ Last Super group show. Gallery Granada. Madrid, Spain.
2022 - /November/ Monologue group show. Shanghai, Suomei M50 Gallery. Curated by HUANG Youyu.
2022 - /August/ Affordable Art Fair. Hong Kong. Presented by Streams Gallery.
2022 - /July/ Group Show PINK. Exhibit Gallery. Santander, Spain.
2022 - /June/ Participation in the auction AucArt.
2022 - /May/June/ Personal exhibition WONDERLAND. Exhibit Gallery. Santander, Spain.
2022 - /March/ International Group Show DREAMWEAVERS. 19KAREN Gallery. Mermaid Beach, Australia.
2022 - /March/ featured on Saatchi Art exhibition page PORTRAITS OF HER.
2022 - /February/ Group Show I AM ALWAYS BE WITH YOU. Streams Gallery. Hong Kong, China.

2021 - 2022 - /December/January/ Group exhibition at Streams Gallery. Hong Kong, China.
2021 - /September - October/ EUPHORIC group exhibition and Open Call winner. Curated by Josephine-May Bailey.
2021 - /February/ Winner of the REBIRTH Art Competition provided by THE HOLY ART gallery, group virtual exhibition.

2019 - ART LOVE Group exhibition, Saint Petersburg. Russia.
2018 - Personal exhibition - Jinete Azul Gallery, Madrid.
2016 - Personal exhibition - Barajas Cultural Center, Madrid.
2013 - Group exhibition - Union of Artists Exhibition Center, Saint Petersburg.
2012 - Parallax Group Show, London.
2012 - Masquerade Group Show, Saint Petersburg.
2011 - Vyborg Group Exhibition, Saint Petersburg.