ABOUT
Nadia Klionsky is an award winning painter who was born in St. Petersburg, Russia where she began her art training at the Intermediate Art School affiliated with St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. After immigrating to the United States at the age of thirteen, she continued to pursue her studies at The Cooper Union in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Philadelphia College of Art. Her father, a renowned artist, Marc Klionsky, was her first teacher and remained her mentor until his passing in 2017.
Ms. Klionsky’s exhibition record includes gallery and museum venues in the United States and abroad. Her paintings were featured in group exhibitions at the Steamboat Art Museum, Colorado, Coos Art Museum, Oregon, Krasl Art Center Museum, Michigan and twice at the Butler Institute of American Art, Ohio. One of her first exhibitions in New York was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she was featured in a group exhibition of “Outstanding Young Artists of NYC”. Ms. Klionsky was selected by a panel of distinguished international art critics, curators, scholars, and historians as one of a few artists representing the United States among 35 other countries for the 1999 Biennale Internationale Del’Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy. Ms. Klionsky’s work has appeared in publications, such as Architectural Digest Magazine, and New American Paintings, where her work was featured on the cover. In 2008, Nadia’s work was exhibited at the Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Realism at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Indiana.
Ms. Klionsky has received numerous honors and awards, including the Alden Bryan Memorial Medal and Award for Traditional Landscape (2012, 2018, 2021), Katlan Seascape Award (2016), all presented by the Allied Artists of America; and the Giovanni Martino Family Award for Realistic Landscape (2018), awarded by the Audubon Artists Organization. She is also a recipient of the Florence & Irwin Zlowe Memorial Award for the Best Work on Canvas (2010), presented by the National Association of Women Artists at the National Arts Club in New York City in 2010. Ms. Klionsky was represented by Hammer Galleries in New York for many years and later was represented by Elizabeth Moss Galleries in Falmouth, Maine, where she had a retrospective exhibition in 2014.
Ms. Klionsky was elected to become a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, National Association of Women Artists, the Audubon Artists Organization, Oil Painters of America, Signature member of the American Society of Marine Artists and Allied Artists of America, where she currently serves on the board.
CV SUMMARY
Classically-trained artist, focused on landscapes (New England and New York) and portraiture. Born in the former Soviet Union, Nadia bridges in her landscapes traditional techniques and themes with contemporary concerns, exploring atmospheric conditions as tools for ideas of passage of time and timelessness. Works have been exhibited nationally and inter-nationally, and are in private collections.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth, ME, curated by Elizabeth Moss
1996 Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA, curated by Jeannie Baroutsis
1993 Frank Bustamante Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Frank Bustamante
1988 Danville Museum of Fine Arts, Danville, VA, curated by C. Parker
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Art Studio Hamptons Gallery, Westhampton Beach, NY
“Moment inTime” - Group Exhibition.
“Prelude to Summer” - Group Exhibition
Curated by Eileen Baumeister McIntyre
2023 Art Studio Hamptons Gallery, Westhampton Beach, NY
“Visions”- Group Exhibition
“Deck the Walls” - Group Exhibition
Curated by Eileen Baumeister McIntyre
2023 Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Oil Painters of America - Eastern Regional Exhibition
2023 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
110th Annual Exhibition of Allied Artists of America
2023 Lyme Academy of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT
Connecticut Academy of Fine Art - 112th Annual Juried Exhibition
Jurors: Tom Edwards, John Favret
2023 Salmagundi Club, New York
Annual Open Painting/Sculpture/Graphics Exhibition
2023 Reinert Fine Art Gallery, Charleston, SC
Oil Painters of America - 32nd National Juried Exhibition and Convention
2022 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship Annual Juried Exhibition
Honorable Mention Award
Juror: Audrey Flack
2022 James R. Ross Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Oil Painters of America - Eastern Regional Exhibition
2022 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
109th Annual Exhibition of Allied Artists of America (Catalogue)
2022 Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
28th Annual Maritime Art Exhibition
2022 Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat, Colorado
Oil Painters of America 31st National Juried Exhibition
2022 Islip Arts Council, Bay Shore, LI
“Mother Nature”, in recognition of Women’s History Month
2021 One Art Space, Tribeca, New York, NY
National Association of Women Artists - 132nd Annual Members Exhibition
2021 Krasl Art Center, Saint Joseph, Michigan
American Society of Marine Artists North Regional Exhibition
2021 Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
National Midyear Exhibition, Juried by Paul Ching-Bor
2019 Artios Gallery - Bread & Roses Cultural Project, New York, NY
“Works on Paper”- Contemporary Art Group Exhibition
2019 The Pushkin Society Artists Guild- Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, NY
“In Search of Illusion: A Retrospective of Change”- Contemporary Art Group Exhibition, curated by Artios Gallery, LLC
2014-2021 Allied Artists of America - Annual Exhibitions (Catalogues)
2011-2019 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY - Annual Juried Exhibitions
2012 National Arts Club, New York, NY
Allied Artists of America - 98th Annual Exhibition, Juried by Audrey Lewis, Brandywine River Museum
2009-2017 Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY
Annual Member’s Exhibitions
2010-2014 Mystic Art Center, Mystic, CT
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts - Annual Juried Exhibitions
2009 The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, New Jersey
National Association of Women Artists - Celebrating 120 Years, curated by Dorrie Papademetriou
2008 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism, curated by Sachi Yanari-Rizzo (Catalogue)
2000 Federation Galleries, Vancouver, Canada
“Aim for Arts”- International Art Exhibition, curated by Soula Groumoutis
2000 Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Williamsburg, New York
“Russian Art Around the World”, curated by Yuko Nii and Kevin Vais, covered by NBC News
1999 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy (representing US)
Individual installation. Selected by international curatorial panel. (Catalogue)
1998 The C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Jersey City, NJ
Third Annual Invitational Woman’s Show, curated by Sarah Bober
1997 Chuck Levitan Gallery, New York, NY
“Figurative Expressions”- 3 Person Exhibition, curated by Elaine Wechsler
1996 The C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art, Jersey City, NJ
“Pulling Back the Curtain: Women Artists from Former Soviet Union”- Invitational Exhibition Curated by Sarah Bober (Reviews)
1994 Art Initiatives, New York, NY
Invitational Salon Exhibition, curated by Michael Walls
1993 Cooperstown Art Association Museum, Cooperstown, NY
58th Annual National Exhibition, juried by Ivan Karp, director of O.K.Harris Gallery
1987 Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
“National/International Artists”- Invitational Exhibition, curated by Ruth Siegel
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
2023-Present Art Studio Hamptons Gallery, Westhampton Beach, NY
2007-2018 Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth, ME (Annual Exhibitions)
2006-2010 Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, ME (Annual Exhibitions)
2000-2005 Hammer Galleries, New York (Annual Exhibitions, Catalogues)
AWARDS
2023 Alex Katlan Family Seascape Award, awarded by Salmagundi Club
2021 Alden Bryan Memorial Medal Award for Traditional Landscape, awarded by Allied Artists of America
2018 Alden Bryan Memorial Medal Award for Traditional Landscape, awarded by Allied Artists of America
2018 Giovanni Martino Award for Realistic Landscape, awarded by Audubon Artists
2016 Alex Katlan Family Seascape Award, awarded by Allied Artists of America
2012 Alden Bryan Memorial Medal Award for Traditional Landscape, awarded by Allied Artists of America
2010 Florence & Irwin Zlowe Memorial Award, awarded by National Association of Women Artists
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Oil Painters of America (elected 2019)
National Association of Women Artists (elected 2008)
Allied Artists of America (elected 2014)
Audubon Artists (elected 2018)
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts- Honorary Academician (elected 2014)
The American Society of Marine Artists- Signature member (elected 2021)
EDUCATION
Philadelphia College of Art, B.F.A (1982), Painting
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Honors) (1980-1982), Independent Study Will Barnet & Sidney Goodman
Cooper Union (1978-1979), Studied with Jack Berthot and Irwing Petlin
High School of Music & Art, New York City (1974-1978)
Intermediate Art School at the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Academy of Fine Arts (1971-1974)
PUBLICATIONS
Catalogues: Elizabeth Moss Gallery (2014), Fort Wayne Museum of Art (2008), Biennale Internazionalle Dell’Arte Contemporanea (1999), New American Paintings (1997)
Press/media mentions: Dan’s Paper (2024), Maine Home+Design (2014), Down East Magazine (2014), Architectural Digest (1997), ARTSpeak (1992), Art in America (1990), Danville Register (1988), Novoye Russkoye Slovo, Russian Daily (1980, 1996)