Larisa Ilieva

freelance artist, Larisa Ilieva lives and works in Paris, France and Sofia, Bulgaria.


« I like to travel in the history of art, to inspire and enrich my artistic research.
Using the same language composed by previous artists, I want to develop it and release my creation against the clichés established.
The mixture of images already existing in art with contemporary sensibility is the basis on which I try to build my own territory in art. Realizing a game of different aesthetic vibrations, my conception opens to new overlays and bridges between real and abstract, decorative and picturesque. I prefer details and fragments that I make with oriental precision. At the beginning of my work my compositions emerge from the chaos of untreated pure colors, which then give birth to a harmony of new nuances and forms that are organized in unity. The black line is a very important thing in my works, because it has the function of reinforcing the intensity of the painting, which begins to shine like on the stained glass window.
When I paint, I always fall into a kind of contemplation of my world of fairy creatures and sacraments.
The themes of love, harmony, beauty, eternity remain close to my nature.
I prefer to work with acrylic because it i...

Art department, University of Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria

Personal exhibition:

2023 “ Elsewhere” in Vivacom Art Hall Oborishte 5, Sofia, Bulgaria
2019 “Illuminated mysteries”, Gallery Nirvana, Sofia, Bulgaria
2018 "Colorful Dreams" Dada Project Studio, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 "The Secret" of the Loire, Nuance Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2014 "Personal Winds", Catenary Gallery, Santa Fe, USA
             "Painting", Dada Project Studio, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 "Central Park", Dada Project Studio, Sofia, Bulgaria
2012 "Larisa in Wonderland", Velmar Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
             "Latest Works", White School Art Center, Stokite, Bulgaria
2011 Edition88 Gallery, Luxembourg
2010 White School Art Center, Stokite, Bulgaria
2009 Sevlievo Municipal Gallery, Bulgaria
               Varosha Gallery, Lovech, Bulgaria
               White School Art Center, Stokite, Bulgaria
2008 White School Art Center, Stokite, Bulgaria
2007 Greencat Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
2004 Vidima Gallery, Sevlievo, Bulgaria
2002 Nessi Gallery, Burgas, Bulgaria
1999 Gallery M, Russian, Bulgaria
1998 Pastels, Porto, Portugal
1998 Ehterna Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria
1997 Nessi Gallery, Burgas, Bulgaria
                Sirakov Gallery, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria


Exhibitions with Nikolay Panayotov:

2022 “ Versailles “ in Nirvana...