Grants and Prizes
 2022    Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst 
 2022    Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds
​ 2022    Nomination for The Royal Award of Modern Painting Prize 
 2022    Gemeente Amsterdam stadsdeel Zuid
 2020    Young Talent Development Mondriaan fond
 2018    Talent Development OKA Foundation 

Exhibitions: 

         
             2023

• Grey space in the middle, Grauzone festival, The Hague
• Live performance  Ignite&Synestesia, Parallel, Amsterdam

            2022

• The Royal Palace of Amsterdam 

• This Art Fair, De Kromhouthal, Amsterdam
• BIG ART fair, Zaandam
• The Grey Space in The Middle, Grauzone Festival, group exhibition TENSE,  The Hague
• ART Rotterdam,  group exhibition Prospects Mondriaan Funds, curated by Johan Gustavsson, Gabija Seiliute
• TORCH gallery, Amsterdam group exhibition curated by SANDER DEKKER

• Cokkie Snoei gallery, Rotterdam, duo solo show with artist C.A. Wertheim 

• SBK gallery , Amsterdam

            2021

• SBK gallery , Amsterdam
• CloverMill , Giessenburg,  The Netherlands
• This Art Fair, De Kromhouthal, Amsterdam

          2020

• Live performance  No art, Loft, Adam Toren, Amsterdam
• Live painting No art, Lookout, Adam Toren, Amsterdam

          2019

• Live performance "Free awareness" No art, Lofi, Amsterdam
• Solo show&workshop at Boat&Co
• Solo exhibition No Art, Adam Tower      
• Solo exhibition at Hilton, Stockholm, Sweden  
• Group Exhibition: 'Wondering' Josilda da Conceicao Gallery                                      
• Group Exhibition: '‘On the road again”, Gallery Shimmelpennink 
•  Group Exhibition: '‘Premium Bohemian”, Gallery Untitled 

           2018

• Transgender portraits, Museum Lieve Heer Op Solder, exhibition “New Generation” curated by Marian Duff
• Group Exhibition: 'Wondering', Josilda da Conceicao Gallery
• Group Exhibition: 'February Striking', National Holocaust Museum
• Group show “Dutch Medicine”, Pop up gallery
  2017
• The Struggle series, WOW Amsterdam
• New generation Group Exhibition, Museum Op Solder, Museumnacht
• Group Exhibition: Museum Night, Ondertussen. 
• Group Exhibition: Museum Night,  Museum Ons’ Lieve Heer Op Solder
• Solo Exhibition, Ondertussen.
  2016
• A few portraits of Kenya, group show  Amsterdam Museum, exhibition “Framing Prostitution”, curated by Annemarie de Wildt
• Transgender portraits, Podium Mozaiek, exhibition “Transgender”
• Group Exhibition: Museum Night at Ondertussen
• Solo Exhibition at WOW Amsterdam, Mixed Works                 
• Group show, Art Square at Hermitage Museum
  2015
• Portrait of Kenya, Amsterdam Museum, group exhibition “Transmission”, curated by Mirjam Sneeuwloper

Residency
 2021    CloverMill art residency, Giessenburg  

​​Publications:
http://www.metropolism.com/nl/reviews/47728_drie_winnaars_en_een_pechvogel_koninklijke_prijs_voor_de_vrije_schilderkunst_2022

​https://www.paleisamsterdam.nl/en/royal-award/royal-award-modern-painting-2022/
https://www.metropolism.com/nl/reviews/46754_van_groots_naar_klein_prospects_bij_art_rotterdam_2022
www.mondriaanfonds.nl/profiel/julia-kiryanova/
https://galleryviewer.com/nl/article/1015/twee-solotentoonstellingen-bij-cokkie-snoei-julia
https://www.cokkiesnoei.com/exhibitions/180/sunken-with-the-crown-ik-ben-er-even-niet
https://galleryviewer.com/nl/galerie/53/torch-gallery/kunstenaars/4273/julia-kiryanova
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2021/11/11/julia-kyryanova-wandkleed-celebration/?fbclid=IwAR2KH3DpDD0-Hw3KHp-S8-SfDfY8PjhVcE6Wne4c0ROGKm-7jESri4y5bwA
www.artdependence.com/articles/of-paint-pastures-and-paddles-clovermill-artist-residency-2021/
http://artstalkmagazine.nl/clovermill-artist-residency-open-studio-and-pop-up-exhibition/ ​
​www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-media/op-kunstbeurs-this-art-fair-is-de-kunstenaar-aan-zet-zelf-opbouwen-zelf-presenteren-zelf-verkopen~bdaef040/​
https://www.lamlisse.nl/miniserie/kijkcoach-emma-neemt-je-mee-op-atelierbezoek-julia-kiryanova/
https://www.coronaindestad.nl/confessed_or_confused/
https://www.coronaindestad.nl/performance-free-awareness-2/
https://wijkacademieopvoeden.nl/blog/2017/05/16/feestelijke-aftrap-wijkacademies-opvoeden-utrecht-23-mei/
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm9064310/
Gaykrant:
https://www.gaykrant.nl/category/feuilleton/
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2019/10/26/johan-maakt-een-reis-door-griekenland-1/
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2019/11/10/strand-zon-en-zee-griekse-toestanden-2/
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2019/11/24/karel-en-anne-griekse-toestanden-3/
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2019/12/08/karel-en-anna-2-griekse-toestanden-4/
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2019/12/22/dimitri-griekse-toestanden-5/
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2020/01/05/anne-en-karel-griekse-toestanden-6/
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2020/01/19/de-dreiging-griekse-toestanden-7/
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2020/02/02/de-val-griekse-toestanden-8/
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2020/02/16/een-uitweg-griekse-toestanden-9/
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2020/03/01/schipbreuk-griekse-toestanden-10/
https://www.gaykrant.nl/2020/03/15/karels-verjaardag-griekse-toestanden-11/
Interview with Gaykrant
www.degaykrant.nl/2019/10/12/julia-kiryanova-ik-wil-verhalen-in-beelden-vertalen/
Article on Dutchartsysouls:
​www.dutchartsysouls.nl/2019/11/12/julia-kiryanova/
http://www.wow-amsterdam.nl/event/wow-presents-julia-kiryanova/ http://www.podiummozaiek.nl/programma/4489/2419       https://www.transgenderinfo.nl/evenementen/expositie-transgender/
https://jck.nl/nl/event/nhm-verbindt-ondertussen-en-de-februaristaking           
https://hart.amsterdam/nl/page/53581

Performance
Performance "Another me" TORCH gallery, Amsterdam 2022, show curated by SANDER DEKKER; performance “Keep the distance” for​ NoArt, Loft, Adam&C​o, Adam Tower 2020; Performance “Free awareness”​ No Art, Lofi​, Amsterdam 2019​; actor on set ​Hanneken, Philips​ 2019;​ performance for solo exhibition”‘​On the road again”,​ Gallery Shimmelpennink, Amsterdam 2019;​CAES​, Vogue NL Amsterdam;​ ​MOAM x Mendo x Anouk van Kalmthaven 2018; ​​COEVAL​ magazine, Schuellerdewaal Amsterdam 2017
CLOUD​, Amsterdam, Kunstkapel 2017; performance for ​Monica Mays​, gallery Amsterdam 2017; performance at De Bijenkorf, Amsterdam for ​Bonne Suit​ 2017; performance for ​Monica Mays​,​ De School,​ Amsterdam 2018; ​DAZED​ Ninamounah Amsterdam 2017; Stage Gerrit Rietveld Academie 2017
Manifestival​, Ruigoord 2016; Lestica story ​Marco Grandia​ 2016; Video for ​SHOW STUDIO LONDON​ Ninamounah, Amsterdam 2016​, ​NHTK ​Amsterdam 2016.
Workshops & Social volunteer work
live painting, art workshop:
No Art, ​donations to Rode Kruis, Loft Adam Lookout, Amsterdam 2020; WOW​ in west neighborhood Amsterdam 2019;
Contributions of Illustrations to ​De Gay Krant​ ongoing project since 2019; Lara Verheijden De School​ 2019
48 hours film project; Amsterdam 2017-2018
Project ​hosted by​ Ondertussen​ in Spaarndammer Buurt, Amsterdam 2017;
Project ​hosted by​ WereldHuis​ in Amsterdam East 2017;Vleuten event for ​Werkelijkheid​, Utrecht 2017; ​Manifestival​ ​​2017-​Ruigoord 2016;
Drawing workshop​,​ ongoing project since 2016;
Podium Mozaiek​, Amsterdam West 2016;
Project​ ​Ondertussen​ in Spaarndammer Buurt- De Werkelijkheid, Amsterdam, 2016
​Easycount​,​​ ​live model drawing classes and yoga​​,​ Amsterdam 2016 - 2018; Podium Mozaïek​, Amsterdam West 2016; ​UAF​, location at ​ABN-AMRO​ bank Zuid
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Education
2017-2019 Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016-2017 Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, The Netherlands
2006-2010 College of Art, Sterlitamak
2002-2006 School of Art 1, Sterlitamak, Russia
1999-2002 School of Art 2, Sterlitamak, Russia