Galina Bleikh, an artist and designer.
In 1981 graduated from Mukhina's Academy of Arts and Design
in Leningrad, Russia (MA).
In 1982-1987 she regularly participated in the non-conformist
exhibitions of Leningrad’s Fellowship of Experimental Art (TEII),
including one of the first non-conformist exhibitions abroad,
21 Artists from the Fellowship for Experimental Art Exhibition
(Route One Gallery, California, USA, 1988).
Since 1988 Galina works in the genre of body art. In 1992 she
took part in the International Performance Festival (Kostelets,
Czech Republic), where presented two body art performances,
Adam and Eve and The Reverse Side of the Text.
In 1993, at the Russian-French Festival of Poetry, she was awarded
with the medal Vivrism is a Just Cause, instituted by V.Tolstoy
(Paris), for her performance The Window to Europe in the
Form of Vassily Kondratev, Poet and Translator.
Since 1993 Galina Bleikh lives in Jerusalem. In 1996 she
was awarded with the grant of Israeli Ministry of Culture, which
entitled her to work for six months in the International Art
Center (Paris).
Since 1996 Galina, in collaboration with Julia Lagus, takes
part in a number of exhibitions and festivals, under the collective
nom de plume Antro Aum (installations, performances, video art).
In 1996 they were awarded with the diploma of The Actual Video
Festival for their video film The Installation in Sultan
Pools. At present, Galina works in the genres of computer
art, painting and video art.
Galina Bleikh participated in more than 40 solo and group exhibitions
in Russia, Israel, the USA, France, the UK, Germany, and also
in several international festivals of performance art. She participated
in the International Triennale of Contemporary Art (Osaka, Japan,
2001) and two Moscow International biennales of Contemporary
Art (2005 and 2007).
Galina is a member of the Jerusalem Union of Artists.
In 2002 she founded her design studio, GalaStudio (together
with Lilia Chak).
Her works can be found in the Museum of Non-Conformist Art
(St. Petersburg, Russia), Aushra Museum (Vilnius, Lithuania),
and in private collections of more than ten countries.
