Larisa Kleiman

My paintings explore imagined places where light, memory, and architecture become a language of inner experience. Rather than depicting recognizable locations, I create contemplative environments that invite viewers to pause, reflect, and discover their own stories within the work.

Recurring architectural forms—arches, portals, passages, and open structures—symbolize moments of transition. They represent the spaces between certainty and possibility, between memory and the unknown. The solitary figures that occasionally appear are intentionally anonymous, allowing each viewer to step into the painting and complete its narrative through personal experience.

Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, I build each composition through multiple transparent layers and textured surfaces. Light is never simply painted onto the canvas; it gradually emerges from within the work itself. Texture records the passage of time, revealing traces of change, resilience, and quiet transformation.

My ongoing series, Portals of Silence, reflects my belief that silence is not emptiness but a place where new beginnings quietly take shape. Through restrained color palettes, monumental forms, and carefully balanced compositions, I seek to create paintings ...

"Boomer Galery" London 2022, 2023
"Art Cosmogony" Moscow 2022,
Superfine Art Fair New-York 2023