Larisa Anaya (Batogova)
Based in Georgetown, TX, USA
Member of the International Organisation of Watercolorists (Russia)
IWS Globe Associate member
Moscow graphic artist, book illustrator, cartoonist, water-colourist. Worked as an illustrator for the newspaper "Moskovsky Komsomolets", magazine "Soviet Union", "Soviet Woman", children's magazine "Misha", also at the publishing house "Russky Jazyk".
Graduated from Moscow State Pedagogical Institute, has had worked as a French teacher and translator. During her live career, she always kept studying art: figure life drawing, portrait and academic drawing.
She has been learning watercolour techniques since 2017 from internationally recognized masters - online, in studio and going on eductional art trips.
Jurried exhibitions participant
2018 "Watercolor 2018 " MFA, Moscow
2019 "Watercolor Pleinair" Art-Trophy Gallery Moscow
2019 "Watercoror 2019 », MFA,Moscow
2019 "1st Olympiart New-Dehli, India
2019 "1st exhibition of Russian Waterlorists" IWS Sareh gallery, Moscow
2020 "Watersolot thaw" Art-Kremlin Izmaylovo, Moscow
2020 "Koktebel.Karadag" Moscow
2020 "3rd Biennale "Pearls of peace " Pakistan
2020 "2nd Exhibition of Russian watercolorists", IWS Sareh Gallery, Moscow
2020 Exhibition of modern art "Sun stroke" ArtPriority Gallery, Moscow
2020 International Watercolor Exhibition, IWS Albi France Santé
2020 FestivalUrbinoAquarello, Urbino
2020 International online watercolor exhibition JIWI , Niagata, Japan
2020 «AQUA FINE ART 2020», Moscow, Russia
2021 "4th Exhibition of Russian watercolorists", IWS Sareh Gallery, Moscow
2021 "5th Exhibition of Russian watercolorists", IWS Sareh Gallery, Moscow
2021 «Watercolor with love», Russian Watercolor show in St Petersburg, Moscow, Novosibirsk - Jury Honors mention
2022 International online Watercolor exhibition, Abaninstitute, Iran
2022 International watercolor festival «Memory unite us», Thessaloniki, Greece – Jury Honors mention
2022 International online watercolor exhibition JIWI , Niagata, Japan
2023 International pleinair festival in India
Publications:
Catalogue «1st Olympiart», India 2018
Catalogue «Pearls of Peace", Pakistan 2019
Catalogue «Albi France Santé», France-Vietnam 2020
Catalogue UrbinoAquarello 2020
Awards
1st place Diploma in category "Waterscape"
Excellence mention by Jury at 1st international Wartercolor Festival "Watercolor with love" Russia
Honor mention by Jury at "Memory unite us" Watercolor Festival in Thessaloniki, Greece