Yulia Belousova grew-up amongst an artistic milieu in Moscow. Her parents, especially her mother who was an urban planner, had a friendship circle that included many Russian artists. Life as an artist in Russia is very different from the artist’s life in Germany Yulia tells me. Due to the lack of government funding many artists spent their weekends in the countryside, stayed away from commerce and just enjoyed being artists. “When I told my parents back then that I wanted to be an artist, they…