Iliana Tosheva

My recent work has been focussed on experimenting with new and less traditional approaches to creating interesting textures, getting closer and closer to anything that can be described as urban decay I have always been fascinated with and which I almost obsessively seek to mimic in my paintings. The new body of work I have been creating over the past few years, is a kind of a visual diary in which I almost subconsciously "register" whatever comes to my mind, mostly uninvited, I "print" fleeting thoughts scattered here and there, I "reconnect" with what lies half-forgotten in the backyard of my mind - a place that always takes me by surprise, scares me, fascinates me, keeps me awake, makes me cry, makes me laugh and makes me who I am. Creating layer after layer, repeatedly exposing and hiding in colour and texture, feeling strong, feeling vulnerable, I try not to reinvent myself too much. I am not interested in a ‘me’ beyond recognition... I just enjoy the simplicity of a ‘keep going’ mode, rediscovering the beauty of being able to keep going... I take huge pleasure in learning how to stay true to myself rediscovering how rewarding staying true to myself feels... and since it is all about hope, I hope to find freedom, miraculously b...

MA (Fine Arts); Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

The Other Art Fair, London, Truman Brewery, 6 - 9 March 2025

The Other Art Fair, London, Truman Brewery, 10 - 13 October 2024

The Other Art Fair, London, 29 June - 2 July 2023;

VIBE GALLERY, 21 December 2013 - 4 January 2014, London, UK;

EXPOSURE, May - June 2013, New York, USA;

PARALLAX International Art Fair, February 2012, London, UK