Angelica Privalihin was born in a small village called "Uzlovaja" in a Tula region of Russia. Soon after her birth her parents moved to Siberia, where her father found work. Angelica remembers how she, a tiny girl at that time, saw for the first time unusual clouds she had never seen before - shaped like horses and elephants, color of leaves under their feet, strange birds and trees. Everything was new to her, and she used to sit hours and hours at the window, looking at the street, then quietly drawing and painting what she saw in her diary. She soon found out that people's faces differ when they have different emotions, and her diary began to reflect the many moods of her mom and dad, and other people she noticed when they didn't know anyone was looking at them.
Angelica was so observant, that she always was bringing home lost items she was finding on the streets, at school, and at other people apartments. Her parents couldn't believe she was finding all that on the floor, and for some time were concerned that she was stealing the items.
Soon everyone began to understand Angelica's talent and her parents took her to the Special School for Gifted in Arts children in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. To her luck, Angelica met two teachers, husband and wife Nikulin, who recognized her talent and helped her to nurture and develop it, without breaking her natural abilities. They were teaching her to see the beauty of the world, and to depict it not realistically (like in a photograph), but through her own feelings and vision.
In 1990 Angelica graduated from the Art College in Krasnoyarsk, the Department of Fine Art and Education. She taught at the art school, then worked as an assistant curator at the local art museum. During 1995-2000 she created a course study for elementary schools called "Art: the very beginning". The course then was published by the State School Board as a monography, and is now used as a base for art studies at the elementary schools in Siberia.
Angelica's works are in permanent collection of the Museum of the Modern Art of Divnogorsk.
She has been awarded and received diplomas for:
1999 - diploma as a finalist in the juried exhibition "375 years of Krasnoyarsk"
2000 - commendation letter for important contribution to the development of art in Siberia, given by the Artists Union of Russia
2001 - diploma as a finalist at the juried exhibition "160 years of the SberBank of Russia"
2002 - second place "Small Monmartre of Bitola" at the juried exhibition in Bitola, Macedonia
2003 - diploma as a finalist at the juried exhibition "Siberian Vernisage"
2003 - diploma as a teacher who taught award winning students at the 11 th Annual International Art Kids Competition "Always green, always blue", Turin, Poland
In 2005 award as a finalist of the Krasnoyarsk Poster Competition
In addition, Angelica has received numerous commendations and awards for her input as a teacher of art from The Department of Culture of Krasnoyarsk, and Art & Culture Museum of Krasnoyarsk.
Angelica is married, and has a 15-year-old daughter. She devotes all of her time to painting, participating in exhibitions in both Russia and abroad. Her paintings are in several museums, and in private collections in Russia, Israel, Germany, and China.
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