Olga Bakhtina: Love, Life & the Other Circus | Exhibition Opening Night

We invite you to spend the evening enjoying Olga's expressive and colourful paintings, meeting fellow art lovers and exploring a world of curious characters, unexpected encounters and imaginative stories. About the Exhibition Life is a curious kind of circus. We fall in love, play our parts, wear our masks, make choices, dream, and sometimes find ourselves in situations we could never have imagined. In Love, Life & the Other Circus, Olga Bakhtina reflects on the joys, contradictions and occasional absurdities of everyday life. The exhibition brings together women and animals, lovers and dreamers, Venetian scenes, interiors and circus characters. Moving between humour and mystery, her paintings explore the complexities of human relationships and the unexpected ways our lives unfold. With vibrant colours, expressive brushwork, geometric forms and playful patterns, Bakhtina transforms familiar subjects into imaginative compositions. Each painting suggests a story, leaving room for viewers to interpret the characters, their relationships and what might happen next. About the Artist Olga Bakhtina is a Brisbane-based contemporary artist whose practice centres on emotion, storytelling and the human figure. Born in Russia, she began her formal art education while living in Oman and later studied with Archibald Prize winner David Paulson in Australia. She holds a degree in Art History from the University of Queensland, completed in 2024. Her artistic influences include the École de Paris, Fauvism and Early Renaissance painting, with a particular admiration for artists such as Matisse, Chagall, Modigliani and Soutine. Since her first solo exhibition in 2012, Olga has exhibited regularly across Australia and received multiple art awards. Her paintings are represented in public and private collections in Australia and overseas. Opening Evening We look forward to welcoming you to Creative Room Art Space for an evening celebrating Olga Bakhtina's work and the opening of Love, Life & the Other Circus. Free entry. Registration recommended. Saturday, 7 November 2026 | 5-7 pm Creative Room Art Space, 15 Dornoch Terrace, West End