Elza Gautier-KutlubaevaArtiste peintre · Laval

SELECTED PAINTINGS / 2025 — 2026

The memory
of things.

Ornament, objects, presence.
The paintings of Elza Gautier Kutlubaeva.

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A blue chair and violin in an interior filled with textiles, flowers and objects
Ode Intérieur, 2025 · Oil on canvas · 130 × 80 cm

SELECTED WORKS

Ornament as inheritance.

Familiar objects, interior worlds. Eight paintings for a first encounter.

A blue chair and violin in an interior filled with textiles, flowers and objects
01
Ode Intérieur
2025 · Oil on canvas · 130 × 80 cm
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Pink teapots, lemons and brightly coloured floral motifs
02
L’Heure du Thé Bachkir
2026 · Oil on canvas · 80 × 80 cm
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Ceramics on red fabric surrounded by abundant floral patterns
03
Le Tapis de Fleurs
2026 · Oil on canvas · 80 × 80 cm
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Two figures surrounded by textile and botanical patterns
04
Une Terre, deux Âmes
Details to be confirmed with the artist
An ornate pink armchair in an interior
05
Présence Absente
2026 · Oil on canvas · 100 × 50 cm
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A table, flowers, fruit and objects in an ornamental composition
06
Le Banquet des Merveilles
2025 · Oil on canvas · 130 × 80 cm
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Green vases and birds among colourful tropical plants
07
Nature Tropicale
2025 · Oil on canvas · 130 × 80 cm
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A violin by a lace-framed window opening onto the sea
08
Vacances à deux voix
2026 · Oil on canvas · 130 × 80 cm
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Working selection drawn from the artist’s catalogue. Select a painting to see it in full.

PRACTICE

Objects hold
something of us.

A cup, a textile, an instrument: familiar things become traces of a life. In Elza’s paintings, the memory of Bashkortostan meets everyday experience in France. Ornament connects these worlds and gives interiors a distinctive presence.

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AN EARLIER PERIOD

Earlier works.

Figures, animals, signs and patterns: another group of paintings revealing Elza’s ornamental language. (9 paintings)

Pink figures and black signs in a colourful vertical composition
A.01
Earlier work 01
Title, date, medium and dimensions to be confirmed
An orange-bordered composition with horns and figures arranged in several registers
A.02
Earlier work 02
Title, date, medium and dimensions to be confirmed
Symmetrical patterns, animals and a plant-like central axis within an ochre border
A.03
Earlier work 03
Title, date, medium and dimensions to be confirmed
Horses, figures and signs in a landscape arranged in several registers
A.04
Earlier work 04
Title, date, medium and dimensions to be confirmed
Flying birds and a central figure against colourful vertical lines
A.05
Earlier work 05
Title, date, medium and dimensions to be confirmed
Figures and signs on a black ground surrounded by orange and floral patterns
A.06
Earlier work 06
Title, date, medium and dimensions to be confirmed
Pink, green and black figures and patterns in a vertical composition
A.07
Earlier work 07
Title, date, medium and dimensions to be confirmed
Facing profiles, animals and multicoloured patterns on a black ground
A.08
Earlier work 08
Title, date, medium and dimensions to be confirmed
A stylised tree, flowers and figures in a pink, green and black composition
A.09
Earlier work 09
Title, date, medium and dimensions to be confirmed

Numbers are viewing references. Titles and catalogue details for these works remain to be confirmed.

Portrait of Elza Gautier-Kutlubaeva

THE ARTIST · PAINTER · FRANCE

Elza Gautier-Kutlubaeva

Originally from Bashkortostan and based in France, Elza Gautier Kutlubaeva paints interiors and still lifes. Textile patterns, objects and colours form a language in which cultural heritage meets personal memory.

PROJECT

A world of objects, memories of places, an invitation to take time to look.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Artistic background.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2026Intimate Dialogue
    Musée-école de la Perrine, Laval, France
  • 2024Vision of the World of the Ancient Bashkirs
    AnnArtproject Gallery, Ufa, Russia
  • 2023Vision of the World of the Ancient Bashkirs
    National Museum, Ufa, Russia
  • 2019Still Life. Ornament
    Ufa, Russia
  • 2009Solo exhibition
    Ufa, Russia

Group exhibitions and art fairs

  • 2026Peoples of Russia
    Lycée Buffon, Paris, France
  • 2022Libre Traversée
    Multidisciplinary art fair, Paris, France
  • 2022Epic Heritage of the Peoples of Eurasia
    National Museum, Ufa, Russia
  • 2021BashkortARTstan
    International contemporary art group exhibition, Ufa, Russia
  • 2020Group exhibition
    Oblaka Gallery (Clouds), Ufa, Russia
  • 2012Group exhibition of artists from Bashkortostan
    Piedmont, Italy
  • 2010Continuity
    Moscow, Russia
  • 2010Young Artists of Bashkortostan
    Second Republic Exhibition, Ufa, Russia
  • 2009Art-Eva
    Ufa, Russia

Education

  • 2022–2023Psychology
  • 2018–2020Master’s degree in Cultural Studies (Culturology), Faculty of Philosophy
  • 1998–2003Faculty of Fine and Graphic Arts
  • 1993–1997Design
  • 1991–1993K. A. Davletkildeev Art College
  • 1986–1990Art school

GALLERIES · CURATORS · EXHIBITIONS

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