Immersive Scented Art Experience
Contemporary artist Yuliya Martynova and perfumer Gabriel De Carvalho have joined forces to craft a truly immersive art experience in the Community Gallery at the River & Rowing Museum.
In this exhibition, La Femme Nuage, Yuliya unveils six pivotal chapters from her life, each embodied by a female figure who deeply influenced her journey. Drawing from these personal stories, Gabriel creates a rich, multi-layered olfactory experience, using scent to evoke the essence of each character and amplify their impact in ways that transcend the visual.
The series coincides with Yuliya’s 10th anniversary as a full-time artist. For the past decade, dramatic skies have inspired her palette, blending opulence and simplicity on canvas. Yuliya redefines portraiture, comparing celestial entities to womankind. Rather than focusing on the easily altered exterior, she highlights abstract qualities of female beauty. She argues that women, like nature, are powerful, temperamental, and sentimental, making clouds a perfect metaphor for these ethereal traits.
The exhibition runs from 7th December 2024 – 1st February 2025
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About Yuliya – Yuliya, a multidisciplinary painter from Kazakhstan, has lived in the UK for 20 years. She was trained as an artist and then a lawyer.
After spending 15 years in the corporate world, she transitioned to becoming a full-time artist. Quickly recognized by online art curators, Yuliya participated in many art fairs and represented by few London galleries.
Her work has appeared in major movie sets like Marvel’s Doctor Strange (2016), ABC’s Scandal (2017), will be featured in BBC drama (2025).
Yuliya’s art is in exclusive London and Berkshire clubs, international luxury hotels (Hyatt, The Breakers, many more), was part of special window dressing for Huntsman (2024), private welfare facilities in the US and in many private collections.
About Gabriel – Gabriel is a founder and perfumer of Humos. He blends artistic vision with therapeutic expertise.
With a background in aromachology, aromatherapy, and self-taught perfumery, his work explores the powerful impact of scent on emotions, memories, and spaces. As both a creator and educator, he leads workshops on the emotional and identity-driven aspects of fragrance.
