Yulia Ani is a Berlin-based visual artist whose practice centers on abstract painting. Born in Russia and having lived extensively in the US, France, and Germany, her international background informs her exploration of identity and the perception of human experience.
Her work has been exhibited across Germany and internationally at galleries, art institutions, and art fairs, including Bethanien (Berlin), Galerie Grolman (Berlin), Every Woman Biennial (Copeland Gallery, London), and Discovery Art Fair (Frankfurt), among others. Yulia Ani’s artworks are part of private collections worldwide.
Yulia Ani’s art delves into her psyche, emotions, and memories, transforming these internal landscapes into abstract forms. Her intuitive process merges spontaneity with intention, creating works that balance figuration and abstraction. Through the distortion of shapes, simplification of forms, and the use of vibrant colors and expressive lines, she translates personal experience into a universal visual language. Each piece becomes a portal, inviting the viewer to explore the intersections of inner and outer realities.
Yulia is currently expanding her practice beyond painting to include sculptural objects, as well as curating and co-curating both solo and group exhibitions. These experiences have deepened her interest in how concepts can be communicated not only through individual works but also through the integration of different media within a spatial environment.
Exhibitions
2025
Duo exhibiton “Kokon”, Galerie Grolman, Berlin
Group exhibiton “Dream Gap”, Gewölbekeller, Berlin
2024
Group exhibition #4, New and Abstract, Berlin
Solo exhibition “The moment when…” at GlogauAir, Berlin
BAAM #8, Berlin
“Einsamkeit des Konsumes”, Bethanien Studio 1, Berlin
48 Stunden Neukölln with LiTE-HAUS Gallery, Berlin
BAAM #7 at Monopol, Berlin
Group Exhibition “Parallel Realities”, Haze Gallery at QGallery, Berlin
Duo exhibition "Convergence" at SLP Gallery, Berlin
2023
Group Exhibition “Paper Edition” by BAAM at POP KUDAMM art space, Berlin
Group Exhibition “Body Alchemy” by Haze Gallery at Retramp Gallery, Berlin
Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt, represented by Haze Gallery
Group Exhibition BAAM #5, Berlin
Group Exhibition “Triumph of the Women”, Haze Gallery, Berlin
Group Exhibition “Round + Round”, LiTE-House Gallery, Berlin
2022
Group Exhibition BAAM #4, Moos Space
Group Exhibition “Die Farbe”, LiTE-House Gallery, Berlin
Solo Exhibition in Boxi Espresso, Berlin
Group Exhibition “Imigration”, Forum Lichtenberg, Berlin
Group Exhibition “Heartburn Project”, Theaterhaus Berlin
2021
Every Woman Biennial, Copeland Gallery, London
ZDES na Taganke Gallery, Moscow, "The One Who Watches Earthmen"
Boomer Gallery, London, "What Is Art"
dōdōmu Gallery, online exhibition "Emerging Artists 2021"
The Art Therapy Institute, NC, "The Heart"
Publications
2024- Singulart Magazine
2024- Purplehaze Magazine, Issue #10
Other
Apr-May 2025 - Aritst in recidence at Bonfire
2025 - Private mentoring by Giulia Colletti, curator and art historian, Italy.
2025 - Selected for the Jackson’s Art Prize (Extended List)
Jan-Mar 2024 - Artist in recidence at GlogauAir, Berlin
2023-2024 - Private mentoring by Karolina Peskisheva, art historian, methodologist, Vienna School of Arts, Skolkovo, Moscow State University (MSU).
Education
She completed her formal art education in Moscow, studied painting at SKBG in Berlin, and in 2024 finished the “Contemporary Art Since 1990” course at Sotheby’s Institute of Art.