CV
Biography
Born in 1988 in Moscow, Russia.
2005 - 2010 BFA Textile design. Moscow State Textile University.
2014 - 2020 Chief Designer in Solstudio Textile Design
Since 2019 live and work in North Carolina, USA
Solo shows
2024
Nightingales Will Whistle in February. Horace Williams house. Chapel Hill, NC
My perfect nature. Peel Gallery. Carrboro, NC
2023
Vulnerable Reality. EUtopia Design gallery. Durham, NC
Featured show. Frank gallery. Chapel hill, NC
2022
The endless summer. Brown Gallery, Duke University. Durham, NC
Selected group shows
2026
Storylines. Satellite space, Raleigh, NC
2025
A Peeling. Peel gallery, Carrboro, NC
2024
Fresh Juried Exhibition. Raleigh, NC
National Multi-Media Juried Art Show. Wilson, NC
37th September Competition. Alexandria, LA
Sculpture group exhibition. Wilson, NC
61st Juried Competition at the Masur Museum of Art. Monroe, LA
58th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show. Corpus Christi, TX
Group show. Frank Gallery. Chapel Hill, NC.
2023
Pulp. Peel Gallery. Carrboro, NC
44th Annual National Juried Art Show. Goldsboro, NC
Group show. Frank Gallery. Chapel Hill, NC.
Lore Degenstein Gallery's 14th Annual Figurative Art Exhibition. Selinsgrove, PA
National Multi-Media Juried Art Show. Wilson Arts Center. NC
Material World: A Contemporary Fiber Art Exhibition. Art Council. Fayetteville,NC
Yadkin Arts Council 2023 Juried Exhibition. Yadkinville, NC.
Is it me. The Art Effect's Trolley Barn Gallery. Poughkeepsie, NY
2022
43rd Annual National Juried Art Show. Goldsboro, NC
Group show. Frank Gallery. Chapel Hill, NC
Art for all. Waterworks Visual Art Center. Salisbury, NC
2021
Constructor Fathers exhibition. Zerno Gallery. Russia, St. Petersburg
Residencies
2026 ArtRez. Newnan, GA
2024 Peter Bullough Foundation. Winchester, VA
2024 Residency at Bischoff Inn. Tamaqua, PA
2024 Azule Art Residency. Hot Springs, NC
Awards
2023 3rd place. National Multi-Media Juried Art Show. NC
2022 The Best in Show winner. 43rd Annual Juried Art Show. NC
Interviews
2026 Canvas Rebel. Meet Polina Vee
2026 Newnan Times Herald. Textile artist explores identity
2023 The local reporter. The Tender Textile Art of Polina Varlamova
2023 Canvas Rebel. Meet Polina Varlamova
Artist talks
2026 Storylines. Satellite space, Raleigh, NC
2026 Carnegie Library. Newnan, GA
2024 Laurel Ridge Community College, Middletown, VA
2023 Frank gallery. Chapel hill, NC
Certification & professional development training
2025 Concept Vision. Certification online course.
2021 Digital fashion. Certification online course.
2021 Art & Fashion. Online professional development training.
2020 The History of Classic Art, online professional development training.
2020 The History of Contemporary Art, online professional development training.
2018 Photography as a Contemporary Art, professional development
training.
2018 Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia named Rodchenko,
Certification course. Russia.
2014 Illustration, the British Higher School of Art and Design. Certification
course. Russia.