SELECTED WORKS
Bella Levikova
Born in 1939 in Kratovo, Moscow Region, into an artist’s family. In the mid-1960s, Levikova found her own creative path and turned to abstract painting. Her works are held in the collections of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the Russian Museum, the New Museum, the Zimmerli Art Museum, and in private collections in Russia, Europe, and the United States. In 2016, she became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts. She became part of the Russian nonconformist art movement and participated in key exhibitions of unofficial art: the “Bulldozer” exhibition (1974), the exhibition at the Beekeeping Pavilion (1975), and the first Sotheby’s auction in Moscow in 1988.
About the artist
Her works are driven by an interest in the structure of the universe, sacred geometry, philosophy, psychology, quantum and astrophysics. The artist seeks to convey informational and energetic flows in her paintings—flows that she believes permeate the human being, the planet, and the cosmos.
Over time, her style has changed many times: from restrained tones to vivid colors, from figuration to abstraction, from soft biomorphic forms to strict geometry. In some series, she incorporates text, enhancing the semantic depth of the works.
Education: 1964–1970 — Moscow State University, Department of Art Theory and History, Moscow.
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 "The Far Ends of Fortitude", SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2017 “Bella Levikova. Calculating the Integral,” Vladey Space, Moscow
2015 Bella Levikova. Integral Vision, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
1990 "Bella Levikova Solo Exhibition", Regina Gallery, Moscow
Group Exhibitions:
2019 Contemporary Art. Modern Artists, Moscow
2019 Abstraction at the Vanguard!, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2018 MONUMENTAL, Moscow
2018 The Moscow Times Pre-Auction Exhibition, Moscow
2018 The Moscow Times, Moscow
2018 Vladey Autumn Auctions 2018, Moscow
2016 Red and Black, Moscow
2013 Reconstruction. Part I, Moscow
2008 Collection of the Artist A. Zaripov. 20th Century. Painting, Graphics, Sculpture, Objects, Photography, Moscow
2008 Regina. 990, Moscow
2007 Artist Annamukhamed Zaripov and His Collection. 20th Century, Moscow
2007 Fifty by Fifty. Painting and Graphics from the Collections of Mikhail Alshibai and Mark Kurtser, Moscow
2006 Soviet Alternative Art (1956–1988) from the Costakis Collections, Thessaloniki, Greece
2004 Gynecology. Works by Women Artists of the Second Half of the 20th Century, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2003 Finding Freedom. 40 Years of Nonconformism. Painting and Graphics from the Collection of Natalia and Tatiana Kolodzei, Moscow
2003 "The 3rd Novosibirsk International Biennale of Graphic Art", Novosibirsk State Picture Gallery, Novosibirsk, Russia
2003 "Three Generations of Russian Women Artists", Salena Gallery, New York, USA
2002 "Moscow Abstraction: Second Half of the 20th Century", The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2002 "40 Years of Nonconformism", Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow
2002 Art-Manege 2002 Contemporary Painting Fair, Moscow
2001 "Abstraction in Russia. The 20th Century", The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
1999 Woman in Art, Chevy Chase
1999 Correspondences, Moscow
1992 Art First-Hand, or The Apologia of Shyness, Moscow
1988 Sotheby’s. Russian Avant-Garde and Soviet Contemporary Art. Moscow, Thursday 7 July 1988, Moscow
1987 Object-I, Moscow
1987 Retrospective of Moscow Artists’ Works. 1957–1987. Painting. Part 2
1977 1st Exhibition of the Painting Section of the Moscow City Committee of Graphic Artists, Moscow
1975 "Exhibition at the 'Beekeeping' Pavilion", VDNKh, Moscow
1974 "The Bulldozer Exhibition", Moscow,
2025 "The Far Ends of Fortitude", SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2017 “Bella Levikova. Calculating the Integral,” Vladey Space, Moscow
2015 Bella Levikova. Integral Vision, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
1990 "Bella Levikova Solo Exhibition", Regina Gallery, Moscow
Group Exhibitions:
2019 Contemporary Art. Modern Artists, Moscow
2019 Abstraction at the Vanguard!, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2018 MONUMENTAL, Moscow
2018 The Moscow Times Pre-Auction Exhibition, Moscow
2018 The Moscow Times, Moscow
2018 Vladey Autumn Auctions 2018, Moscow
2016 Red and Black, Moscow
2013 Reconstruction. Part I, Moscow
2008 Collection of the Artist A. Zaripov. 20th Century. Painting, Graphics, Sculpture, Objects, Photography, Moscow
2008 Regina. 990, Moscow
2007 Artist Annamukhamed Zaripov and His Collection. 20th Century, Moscow
2007 Fifty by Fifty. Painting and Graphics from the Collections of Mikhail Alshibai and Mark Kurtser, Moscow
2006 Soviet Alternative Art (1956–1988) from the Costakis Collections, Thessaloniki, Greece
2004 Gynecology. Works by Women Artists of the Second Half of the 20th Century, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2003 Finding Freedom. 40 Years of Nonconformism. Painting and Graphics from the Collection of Natalia and Tatiana Kolodzei, Moscow
2003 "The 3rd Novosibirsk International Biennale of Graphic Art", Novosibirsk State Picture Gallery, Novosibirsk, Russia
2003 "Three Generations of Russian Women Artists", Salena Gallery, New York, USA
2002 "Moscow Abstraction: Second Half of the 20th Century", The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2002 "40 Years of Nonconformism", Central Exhibition Hall Manege, Moscow
2002 Art-Manege 2002 Contemporary Painting Fair, Moscow
2001 "Abstraction in Russia. The 20th Century", The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
1999 Woman in Art, Chevy Chase
1999 Correspondences, Moscow
1992 Art First-Hand, or The Apologia of Shyness, Moscow
1988 Sotheby’s. Russian Avant-Garde and Soviet Contemporary Art. Moscow, Thursday 7 July 1988, Moscow
1987 Object-I, Moscow
1987 Retrospective of Moscow Artists’ Works. 1957–1987. Painting. Part 2
1977 1st Exhibition of the Painting Section of the Moscow City Committee of Graphic Artists, Moscow
1975 "Exhibition at the 'Beekeeping' Pavilion", VDNKh, Moscow
1974 "The Bulldozer Exhibition", Moscow,
