Biography
Olga and Aleksey Ivanov are the internationally acclaimed husband-and-wife artist team whose fine art paintings are found in exclusive galleries and collections around the world. Today they live and work in Colorado, in a studio nestled high up in the Rocky Mountains, where they find inspiration every day in the natural Western beauty surrounding them.
In the early days of their career, they experimented with mastering a host of mediums, but it was when they explored the European Renaissance, learning the beauty, grace, and poetic harmony of egg tempera and gilding that they knew they had found their highest passion. They love the challenge and extreme level of detail demanded by this highly sophisticated medium, the way it commands their full attention and the perfect blending of skill and sensitivity. They both work on every painting and have done so in total harmony for a quarter of a century.
They approach each painting with an open heart, building up the surface with thousands of tiny strokes, one on top of the other, to develop depth and luminosity. Egg tempera dates back to early Greek and Roman art and they love being part of that continuum. Building upon history, they feel they are singing a contemporary song using the beauty, grace, and elegance—the visual poetry of Western images—of an ancient tradition.
Recent Awards
2025 “Western Spirit” Best of Show Cheyenne Old West Museum Cheyenne
2024 Coors Western Art Young Guns Honorable Mention by Art of the West magazine
2024 CAECO First Place
2023 50th Anniversary National Rocky Mountain Watermedia, 1st place
2023 CAE Members Show “Best of Show”
2022 National Rocky Mountain Watermedia, 2nd place
2022 “Western Spirit” Best of Show Cheyenne Old West Museum, WY
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2025 “Blooming West” Howell Gallery Oklahoma City, OK
2022 “Southwest Sun”, “Victory Contemporary”, NM
Recent Group Exhibitions
2020-2025 “Small Works Great Wonders” National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Oklahoma City, OK
2021-2024 Exhibitions and Auctions, CM Russell Museum Great Falls, MO
2019-2023 “Western Spirit” Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, WY
