Human Plants II. Painting

● Elitsa Baramova - BARAMÓ lives and works in Sofia. She spent her early childhood years in Cuba with her family. Baramó took first drawing lessons from her father. She grew up in an environment of open-minded parents and world travel. The sun, the colors and the joy of living will flood the palette of her earlier works, and will continue to shine through the later ones. She is freelancing artist from 2001. ● Awards, grants /selected/ for projects: 2021, 2022 - National Culture Fund, BG; 2020/ 21 - Sofia Municipality (art-movie); awards for abstract painting: 2020, 2021 [a] cube contemporary gallery, Sofia/ BG; 2020 - award for mural - "RAL Indoor Murals" project, Philadelphia/ USA; 2005 - "Rolf Broenstrup" Painting Award, Hanover/ BRD; 2003 - painting award, Laatzen, Hanover/ BRD; 2010 - design award, municipality Shabla; 2002 - design award, logo redesign Europalia festival, Belgium, etc. ● Art commissions /selected/: 2018 - 2020 Sofia City Library; 2001 -2008 Sofia Metropolitan Municipality; 2008 - 2020 Ergo publishing house, book design; from 2019 - art director and overall design concept of HINSA art foundation (international project) ● National representative in international events: 2021 - XI Symposium Pappenheim Castle/ Hungary; 2008 - Symposium "EUropas Mitte", Fulda/ BRD, 2002 - Symposium of Union of Artists, Wernigerrode/ BRD; 2001 - IV Jeux de la Francophonie, Ottawa/ Canada, etc. ● Artistic practice: painting, video art, happening, installation, giclée print, photography, drawing, graphic design (book, poster, corporate identity), copywriting, contemporary jewelry objects. Techniques used: acrylic, oil, watercolor, gouache, pastel, mixed media, pencil, lavis, litho, Giclée print. Baramó often involves conceptual texts with the visual part. She is classified as a neo-existentialist painter by prof. PhD Kr. Delchev (see critical study https://www.baramo.art/criticism-the-architect-project). The author has avant-garde quests and is a creator of the visual language "Sediment Process". ● Publications www.baramo.art Some critical studies of exhibitions and art-film in Bulgarian media – translated: Baramó Art / Contemporary Art / Critical Contribution (baramo.