Nina Petrovna Valetova or Nina Tokhtaman Valetova , born November 19, 1958, is a Russian-American metaphysical realism painter.

Nina Valetova was born in Berdyash

Berdyash, Zilairsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan

Berdyash is a rural locality in Berdyashsky Selsoviet of Zilairsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Population: 466 ; 465 . OKATO code: 80227804001....

, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

The Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the former Soviet Union. Currently it is known as Bashkortostan....

, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 and graduated as a Specialist

Specialist degree

-The Specialist degree in the Commonwealth of Independent States:The specialist degree was the only first degree in the former Soviet Union and currently is being phased out by the bakalvr's - magister's degrees....

 from the Faculty of Arts and Graphics of Bashkir State Pedagogical Institute in Ufa

Ufa

-Demographics:Nationally, dominated by Russian , Bashkirs and Tatars . In addition, numerous are Ukrainians , Chuvash , Mari , Belarusians , Mordovians , Armenian , Germans , Jews , Azeris .-Government and administration:Local...

. She immigrated to the United States

United States

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 in 1993.

Works in public collections

Moscow Museum of Modern Art

Moscow Museum of Modern Art

The Moscow Museum of Modern Art is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Moscow, Russia. It was opened to public in December 1999. The project of the Museum was initiated and executed by Zurab Tsereteli, president of the Russian Academy of Arts....

, Moscow

Moscow

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, Russia

Russia

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• Time of Change, 2002
• Labyrinth, 2001
• Reflection, 1998
• Mutants, 2001

Chuvash State Art Museum, Cheboksary

Cheboksary

-Twin towns/sister cities:Cheboksary is twinned with: Eger in Hungary Antalya in Turkey Santa Clara in CubaAlso Partnerships are shown with: Rundu in Namibia -External links:****...

, Russia

Russia

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• Night, 2000
• Ancient Epics of Ancestors, 2008
• Call of Ancestors, 2008

Novocheboksarsk Art Museum, Novocheboksarsk

Novocheboksarsk

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, Russia

Russia

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• Amazin, 2009

Omsk Center of Contemporary Art, Omsk

Omsk

-History:The wooden fort of Omsk was erected in 1716 to protect the expanding Russian frontier along the Ishim and the Irtysh rivers against the Kyrgyz nomads of the Steppes...

, Russia

Russia

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• Negotiation, 2000

Exhibitions

• 2011 Amasin Art Gallery, U.S.A.
• 2011 "Art Beijing 2011", Beijing, China
• 2011 A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• 2011 "Arte Pordenone 2011", Pordenone, Italy

Other artists of gallery: Vassily Kandinsky, Alexandra Exter

• 2011 "Arte Genova 2011", Fiera di Genova, Genova (Genoa), Italy

Other artists of gallery: Vassily Kandinsky, Alexandra Exter

Exhibited together with Amedeo Modigliani

Amedeo Modigliani

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France. Primarily a figurative artist, he became known for paintings and sculptures in a modern style characterized by mask-like faces and elongation of form...

, Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...

, Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall Art critic Robert Hughes referred to Chagall as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century."According to art historian Michael J...

, Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...

, Victor Vasarely

Victor Vasarely

Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian French artist whose work is generally seen aligned with Op-art.His work entitled Zebra, created by Vasarely in the 1930s, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op-art...

• 2011 Vernissage, Artinvest SRL Torra della Filanda, Rivoli, Torino (Turin), Italy

Other artists of gallery: Vassily Kandinsky, Alexandra Exter

• 2010-2011 "From history to contemporary", jma Gallery / N Gallery / Euro-Asian Art and Culture Organization, Wien (Vienna), Austria

Exhibited together with Francisco Goya

Francisco Goya

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown, and through his works was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era...

, Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso known as Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish expatriate painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the...

, Salvador Dali

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....

, Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall Art critic Robert Hughes referred to Chagall as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century."According to art historian Michael J...

, Victor Vasarely

Victor Vasarely

Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian French artist whose work is generally seen aligned with Op-art.His work entitled Zebra, created by Vasarely in the 1930s, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of Op-art...

, Lucas Cranach

Lucas Cranach

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• 2009 Fashion District Art Show, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• 2009 "Metamorphosis", Agora Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• 2009 "Zolotoj Venec" ("Golden Tiara"), Chuvash State Art Museum, Cheboksary, Russia
• 2006 World Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY, U.S.A.
• 2001 "ArtManege 2001", Manege, Moskva (Moscow), Russia
• 2001 "Zolotaja Kist' 2001" ("Golden Brush 2001"), New Manege, Moskva (Moscow), Russia
• 1995 Arthaus Gallery, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
• 1990-1991 Boulevard Galerie, Kopnhavn (Copenhagen), Denmark
• 1983 Republican Young Artists' Exhibition, Ufa, Russia

First exhibition

Albums

• 2011 2011 International Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, Casa Editrice Alba, Ferrara, Italy
• 2009 2009 International Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, Casa Editrice Alba, Ferrara, Italy
• 2002 Russian Artistic Guide 2002, London Contemporary Art, London, U.K.

Articles

• 2011 "Alternative worlds of Nina Valetova", Sergey Kuskov Memorial Website, Moskva (Moscow), Russia
• 2011 Fantasy and Visionary Art of Nina Tokhtaman Valetova, Volochine Publishing Co., U.S.A.
• 2011 "Artinvest s.r.l. Galleria d'Arte e casa d'aste", no.32 February-March 2011, p.154, Art&tra, Italy
• 2009 "Nina Valetova", ArtisSpectrum, vol.21 2009, New York, NY, USA
• 2003 "World from the Other Side", Sergey Kuskov
• 2001 "Alternative Worlds of Nina Valetova", Sergey Kuskov

Catalogs

• 2011 "Colleción di obras Nina Tokhtaman Valetova", Suu Art Magazine, no.88 2011, Valencia, Spain
• 2011 Catalogo delle Quotazioni 2011-2012, Casa Editrice Alba, Ferrara, Italy
• 2009 Sourcebook to the Art World 2009 Guide, Art in America, U.S.A.
• Annually since 2006 "Unified Artists Catalog", Professional Artists Union, Moskva (Moscow), Russia