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Nicholaas Chiao
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Art serves as the ultimate refuge from Death through the manifestation of pure Beauty. Based in the USA.
http://nicholaaschiao.com
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Presence VI, 2024, oil on canvas, painting those who admire art is my long-time interest

#art #contemporaryart #photorealism #painting #realism #composition #artinamerica #newyorkart #artgallery #photobasedart #fineart #figurativeart #artmuseum #oilpainting
Photorealist painting of a museum audience.
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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This is a small abstract painting from 2023. Acrylic and spray paint on canvas

#art #fineart #contemporaryart #painting #abstraction #abstractart #abstractpainting #artinamerica #acrylicpainting #apolianorvs
Abstract painting with orange, green, and blue
January 27, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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This is my oil painting from about 2014, titled Presence V. Old masters, old masters
#art #contemporaryart #fineart #painting #composition #realism #photorealism #oldmastersinspired #galleryart #artinamerica #artcollecting #photorealist #oilpainting
Oil painting depicting group of children at the museum
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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This is my largest painting to date, titled Presence, 2012, oil on canvas

#art #contemporaryart #fineart #painting #oilpainting #figurative #figurativeart #composition #artinamerica #newyorkartist #photorealism
Photorealist oil painting of a crowd of viewers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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Watchers in the Darkness, 2012, oil on canvas. Figurative painting I've created for British art collectors

#art #contemporaryart #photorealism #figurativeart #oilpainting #artinamerica #fineart #realism #peoplepainting #darkart #newyorkartist
Painting of a group of museum visitors on a dark background
January 24, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Glass Room, 2012, oil on canvas. This painting is based on a photograph taken at the Met museum and stylistically influenced by Gerhard Richter

#art #contemporaryart #hypnotizing #photorealism #fineart #painting #photopainting #artgallery #interiorpainting #blurrypainting #realism #arts #year2012
Photorealist painting of a mirrored gallery of silverware at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
January 24, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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Daliah in Rudolstadt, 2007, oil on canvas, was a part of a series of my paintings of museum visitors. The series was my only commercial success to date, selling at the NY and London AAF for $1400-5000

#art #contemporaryart #fineart #realism #photorealism #museumpainting #oilpainting #figurativeart
Oil painting of a young woman in the gallery of medieval art. Evidently influenced by Jan Vermeer.
January 23, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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This painting is titled Impressions, it was initially created in Minsk, Belarus and later in New York I've painted few more versions.

#art #realism #fineart #contemporaryart #painting #femaleportrait #impressionism #year2004 #photopainting #womanbeforemirror #newimpressionism #artinamerica
Realist oil painting of a woman before mirrors. Year 2006.
January 22, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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My oil painting of a woman in a couch reading book. This was part of a series of figurative paintings I've created upon relocation to NYC in 2006.

#art #contemporaryart #fineart #impressionism #realism #figurativeart #womanreading #femaleportrait #oilpainting #study #portrait
Painting of a woman on the couch reading book
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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This study of a Prada storefront in Soho was among my first paintings produced in America. About 2006. Oil on canvas

#art #contemporaryart #painting #study #impressionism #artinamerica #cityscape #mannequins #fineart #composition #artstudent #newyorkartist #year2006
Cityscape depicting a Prada storefront filled with female mannequins
January 21, 2026 at 9:25 PM
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This is another painting of mine from Minsk, created in 2003. Painted in plein air from life.

#art #contemporaryart #painting #oilpainting #pleinair #impressionism #minsk #belarus #study #sunnyday #arts #fineart #year2003
Sunny impressionist cityscape painted in Minsk, Belarus
January 20, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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This is a small one-hour plein air painting of a Crimean cafe executed in 2002. This was more than 20 years ago. It was happy, happy times then.

#art #contemporaryart #painting #impressionism #pleinair #newimpressionism #cafe #crimea #fineart #oilpainting #study #realism
Plein air study of a cafe in Crimea
January 20, 2026 at 4:09 AM
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I've painted this cliffs in Crimea in 2002, at summer.

#art #contemporaryart #pleinair #impressionism #contemporaryimpressionism #seascape #crimea #seascapeart #fineart #painting #year2002 #etude #study #crimeanseascape
Seascape with the cliffs in Crimea, painted in 2002.
January 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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My painting of the yard of a village house in Belarus. Year 2002. Sunny day, happy life

#art #contemporaryart #impressionism #pleinair #study #belarus #happyday #sunnypainting #newimpressionism #painting #oilpainting #villagepainting #contemporaryimpressionism
Plein air painting Sunny Day in Village, impressionism, Belarus, positive mood
January 18, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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My old impressionist plein air painting of a field with haystacks in Belarus. About 2002.

#art #landscape #landscapeart #oilpainting #impressionism #pleinair #study #belarus #year2002 #newimpressionism #nicholaschistiakov #paintingstudy
Impressionist oil painting of a field with the haystacks in Belarus
January 18, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Plein air painting of a rainy day at sea in Crimea. Painted in summer of 2002 or 2003.

#art #contemporaryimpressionism #impressionism #pleinair #seascape #oilpainting #rainatsea #rainyday #oilstudy #study #contemporaryart #year2002 #blacksea #apolianorvs
Landscape with the rain. Oil painting of a rainy day at sea.
January 18, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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This is my academic drawing of a nude model from about 2002.

#art #drawing #contemporaryart #academyofart #academicdrawing #nude #nudestudy #year2002 #pencildrawing #artdrawing #nakedportrait #minsk #belarusstateacademyofarts #nicholaschistiakov
Academic drawing of a nude model. 2002. Pencil on paper
January 18, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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This painting was created in Belarus, just a few months before I left for the USA in 2003, and is currently in a private collection in Florida.

#art #landscape #painting #impressionism #applegarden #yellow #contemporaryart #contemporaryimpressionism #realism #pleinair #belarusamerican #landscapeart
Painting of an apple orchard in Belarus.
January 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Lady in Green, 2002, oil on canvas

This is my painting from the Academy of Arts. More than 20 years ago.

#art #contemporaryart #fineart #portraitart #painting #femaleportrait #portrait #academyofarts #year2002 #oilpainting #womanportrait #belarus #belarusartist #belarusamerican #realism
January 17, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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Become My Mirror, Follow After Me, 2018-2024, Digital painting

#art #fineart #digitalart #warart #battleart #neoexpressionism #expressionism #brooklynartist #artinamerica #newyorkart #galleryart #museumart #digitalpainting #darkart #apolianorvs
War art, medieval battle, monumental composition
January 16, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Some of my Neo-Expressionist and Deconstructivist art

#contemporaryart #painting #art #neoexpressionism #deconstructivism
Neo Expressionist painting Deconstructivist portrait Neo Expressionist Portrait Expressionist painting of dragon
January 16, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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My abstract series Sun City
#art #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #suncity
Perhaps it's too dark for the title 'Sun City,' but it marks the beginning of a large series of abstract paintings featuring urban motifs. Maybe it is dark, but playful and full of color and rhythms
Abstract composition Abstract painting Contemporary abstract painting
January 16, 2026 at 3:35 AM