Vera Bondare

Searching for my own path in painting took me a certain time. It has passed nine years since my first attempts to paint. However, during last several years I have started feeling self-assured, as my works reached desired level of skilfulness and artistic approach, and I really started liking them.
Currently my love to post-impressionist artists' paintings became especially strong. I am often inspired by the works of Vincent van Gogh, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Edouard Vuillard, Albert Marquet, and Latvian artist Janis Valters. Most of all I value coloristic beauty of their works as well as the artists’ ability to show the weather conditions and the state of the nature with one brush stroke.
Now I look into the future with greater confidence, think over new creative plans, and expect fulfilling them!

Vera Bondare is the artist, painter, portraitist and the illustrator for children's books.

She was born in 1987 in the beautiful city of Latvia - Riga.
Since 2005 she started to study classical drawing in Lyudmila’s Peret’s artist studio. Lyudmila is a good teacher and a great person. Perhaps because of these lessons, Vera has decided to become an artist.
Since 2007 she began study painting at Alexander Pakhomov studio.
In 2008 she was accepted as a student of the Art Academy of Latvia, to the painting department.

In 2012 Vera graduated from the Latvian Academy of Arts, department of Painting with a bachelor's degree.
In 2014 she graduated from the Latvian Academy of Arts, department of Painting with a Masters degree.

Principles of classical art are the foundation of her works. According to the style and manner her art can be attributed closer to fauvism, expressionism and impressionism!

Personal exhibitions:
2016, personal exhibiton, Art Studio №1, Riga / Latvia
2015, personal exhibiton, Riga Library Daugava, Riga / Latvia
2014, personal exhibition, the Art School of Ogre, Ogre / Latvia
2014, personal exhibiton, Riga Library, Riga / Latvia
2013, personal exhibiton, Riga Central Library, Riga / Latvia
2013, first personal exhibiton "Riga People", Happy Art Museum gallery, Riga / Latvia

Groupe Exhibitions:
2018, “The fascination of winter days”, Central House of Artists, Moscow / Russia
2018, “ART OF SCULPTURE. NEW ROMANTICISM”, the Museum of A. Burganov, Moscow / Russia
2018, “In the space of sunlight”, Central House of Artists, Moscow / Russia
2017, “Dance of colours”, Art Studion N1 gallery, Riga / Latvia
2017, “Jāzepa Pīgožņa Latvijas ainavu glezniecības balva”, Riga / Latvia
2017, “Mežģīnes balle”, Figaro ART gallery, Riga / Latvia
2016, Art Riga Fair, Latvian railway Museum, Riga / Latvia
2016, "Art of realism", the Moscow House gallery, Riga / Latvia
2016, "Mood of spring", Pop Up gallery, Riga / Latvia
2016, "Pa De De", the Mentzendorff’s House, Riga / Latvia
2016, "Latvian Landscape" in honor of the Latvian landscape Jazepa Pigozhnisa, Church St. Peter, Riga / Latvia
2016, “Constellat...