Eleonora Terzieva

Breaking free from the constraints of convention, experimenting with different painting techniques and materials, and exploring a range of subjects are key elements in my creative process.
The connections between the real and virtual, the natural and urban, the constantly shifting values of society, and our place in the fragmentation of time and space due to the fast-paced life of modern times, are questions that provoke me in my artistic pursuits.
I prefer the expressionistic approach, which involves distorting the image of reality, and in my paintings, the reality I depict is often fragmented and detailed, verging on abstraction. I aim to blur the lines between the real and the imaginary, the visible and the invisible, and the internal and the external, and to construct a synthesis between realism and abstraction.
My current obsession is to use an airbrush technique to create a light, ethereal atmosphere and to combine it with bold, highly textured brushstrokes of oil paints in contrast.
The art I create is primarily motivated by my personal experiences and happenings of the present, filtered through the lens of my sensitivity and emotions. I hope to provoke reactions and reflections in the viewer, offering them a perspective to ...

2012 - 2014 MA in Fine Art, Painting, National Academy of Art, Sofia, in the class of Prof. Bozhidar Boyadzhiev, Sofia, Bulgaria
2011 - 2012 Study of Painting -Prof. Nicola Salvatore, a sub-program Erasmus, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milano, Italy
2009 - 2012 BA in Fine Art, Painting, National Academy of Art, in the class of Prof. Bozhidar BoyadzhievSofia, Bulgaria

2021 National exhibition - competition for painting and sculpture - Young Bulgarian Artists, Rayko Alexiev
2019 No "I", No "Have", No "Being", Academia Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 National exhibition - competition for painting and sculpture - Young Bulgarian Artists, Rayko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 Non-places of Utopia - 2nd edition, Stubel Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 Prognosis, Contrast Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 Reality disputed II, The youngest artists in painting and sculpture, Raiko Alexiev Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 Non-places of Utopia, Gallery-bookstore Sofia Press, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 The First Seven Years, Contemporary Space, Varna, Bulgaria
2017 Studio-collection Svetlin Roussev, new additions - selected, Bulgari Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 Landscape, Gallery of UBA ‘Shipka’ 6, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 Still life & Interior, Gallery of UBA ‘Shipka’ 6, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 My Three, General Anniversary Exhibition, The Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 3st Salon of the Art Galleries, National Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 Summer Forever exhibition, kvARTal Festival, The Red Dot Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2016 Exhibition of students from the studio of NAA in Cité Internation...