Resume/Bio Marina Goldberg
2022 Exhibitions & Awards
FabrianoInAquarello Museum permanent collection
Splash 23: The best of watercolor, National magazine, July 2022 publication
FabrianoInAquarello International watercolor exhibition, Invited Artist
FabrianoInAquarello International watercolor exhibition, Demo Artist
Salmagundi Club New York: Spring Auction Juried exhibition
California Art Club: Artist membership (juried)
California Watercolor Association: Beauty of California Juried Exhibition
ArtTour International Magazine: Top 60 Masters, 2022
2021 Exhibitions & Awards
Splash 23: The best of watercolor, National magazine, Finalist
Salmagundi Club New York: painting purchase
Salmagundi Club New York: Figuratively speaking Juried exhibition
Salmagundi Club New York: Spring Auction Juried exhibition
California Watercolor Association: 52st National Juried Exhibition, 2022
California Watercolor Association: 51st National Juried Exhibition Peoples choice Award, 2021
California Watercolor Association: Spring Exhibition Juried 1st place
International Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition: Watercolor with Love, 2021, St.Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Moscow(Russia)
International PyreneesWatercolor contest & Exhibition: Contest Winner(France)
Fabriano in Aquarello: 10th International juried Exhibition(Italy)
California Art Club: Excellence in Traditional Art Juried Top 40
California Art Club: Excellence in Traditional Art Juried Top 50
JIWI International Exhibition of Excellent Painting (Japan)
Invitational International Elite Watercolor Exhibition "Everything new"
Invitational Indonesia International watercolor Exhibition
Invitational 3rd International Contemporary Exhibition "Reflection on Nature"
2020 Exhibitions
SCNY 42nd Open Juried Exhibition
JIWI International Exhibition of Excellent Painting (Japan)
IWS HOPE 2020 International Juried exhibition "Top 100" (Bangladesh)
Fabriano in Aquarello International Juried exhibition (Italy)
CWA Summer Daze, Juried Exhibition
CWA Summer so Serene Juried exhibition Honorable Mention
2019 Exhibitions
51st Annual Watercolor West International Juried exhibition
CWA Aspen Center Juried exhibition
CWA Autumn Allure Juried exhibition
CWA Falkirk Center Juried exhibition
CWA Luminous Juried exhibition
2018 Exhibitions
CWA The color of summer Juried exhibition
CWA Change of Seasons Juried exhibition
AFFILIATIONS:
Salmagundi Art Club SCNY
Americam Watercolor Society AWS
International Watercolor Society IWS
California Watercolor Association CWA
Portrait Siciety of America PSA
National Oil & Acrylic painters society NOAPS
American Impressionist Society, Inc AIS
I am a classically trained artist from Saint Petersburg, Russia.
My art training started when I was 6 years old and still on going.
I was lucky enough to get the best of what Russia could offer, the training,
Shtiegletz Art Academy; the teachers, Kovalevsky; and the most beautiful city
with the best art collections.
I came to the United States in 1979 and completed my degree in painting in
San Francisco Art Institute, one of the oldest Art schools in the city, established in 1871.
I always worked as an artist: illustrator, graphic designer and virtual environment artist
and for the 23 years as an Art Director of computer games.
I won major awards(EMMA), and recognition of the industry, but my first love,
something I do every day, is painting.
For the last 50+ years my preferred medium is watercolor.
Ultimately, what I’m most interested in is uncovering the intangible, etheral nature
of whatever I paint. In all my work, I aim to create imagery that transcends “the subject”
so that “it” becomes a vehicle for symbolism and conveys a sense of timelessness.
This pursuit is a moving target and a life-long quest. I strive to preserve the fleeting
illusion of presence, to maintain that exact moment of light when its alchemy transforms
the familiar to the extraordinary. I find that it’s within this space we are invited to take pause.
I paint a lot of figurative paintings, some still lives, cityscapes and landscapes.
My style tends to be more impressionistic then purely classical.
I like the immediacy and in the moment of an Alla Prima painting. I participate and was
lucky to win some recognition
on the local and international art shows. My work is in collections of Russia, Europe and
United States, and I am grateful that I can bring my stories into peoples lives.