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graduated from St. Petersburg Higher School of Arts and Industry named after V.I. Mukhina
in 1993. For some period she was engaged in monumental painting for public institutions
of the city. From 1996 she has been working with carpets using the «innovative quilt» technique.
The start-up of every work is the game with the unknown. Months pass from the moment
of origination of the concept to its full implementation. This «romance with the material»
lasts up to two years. The idea gains shape, is gradually filled and saturated with details,
hues, gets colouring. And it is only after the artist takes grasp of the image that deprives
her of sleep, that bursts outwards without giving her a minute of peaceful existence,
that she takes a textile in her hands, to give birth in a short time to a composition
that will result in your insomnia, the same way it once made Izabella Baikova sleepless.
For that reason it is impossible to outline the range of admirers of Izabella Baikova's talent.
Many of them explain the sudden interest in the painter's original creative works
by one phrase only: «I don't know why, but I like it».
Exhibitions
1994-1996 Work over stained-glass windows of the Catholic Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
in St. Petersburg. Restoration of sculptures and the bas-relief of the church.
2002 Grand-Prix at the All-Russia Competition of patch-work sewing.
2003 Exhibitions in Slovakia, Hungary, Russia.
2004 Personal exhibition in Berlin, exhibition of toys in Serbia, participation
in group exhibition in Hannover.
2005 Personal exhibition in Slovakia.
2006 Personal exhibition at the State showroom «Na Kashirke» in Moskow.
2006 Grand-Prix at the X-th International festival of the contemporary arts
«Buyan-ostrov» in Sochi
2006 Personal exhibition during the anniversary performances of the St Petersburg
State Academic Ballet Theatre of Boris Eifman in Saint-Petersburg
2006 Participation in the international quilt festival in Birmingham, United Kingdom
2006 Participation in the international week of quilts in Yokohama, Japan
2007 Personal exhibition during the international quilt festival in Birmingham,
United Kingdom
2007 Personal exhibition at the art gallery «E», Saint-Petersburg
2008 Participation in the international quilt festival in Birmingham, United Kingdom
Her works can be met in private collections in Russia, Hungary, Switzerland, Japan,
Germany, USA.
