Los Angeles, CA, United States
VALERIA LG BARRETT - aka Valeria Leczycki Goncharova Barrett, is a Belarusian-American visual artist...
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Joined In 2022
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About the artist
Joined In 2022
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VALERIA LG BARRETT - aka Valeria Leczycki Goncharova Barrett, is a Belarusian-American visual artist, fashion stylist, costume designer, book author and a conscious lifestyle advocate.
Valeria set on the board of directors as a program chair for the Fashion Group International of New York (LA chapter); is an honorary member of the Academy of Couture Art (currently known as Beverly Hills Design Institute); is the Founding Charter Member and a Patron at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles and the Alumni Member of the extension program at the Harvard University.
Valeria is an academically trained artist who embarked into her professional journey in the Republic of Belarus over three decades ago. When she moved to the United States from her native Belarus in early 90’s, her groundbreaking fusion of the conscious lifestyle, futuristic designs and
metaphysical artworks were an uncharted territories for the young “movers-and-shakers” of the
San Francisco and New York art scenes. She was critically-acclaimed by the New York and Los
Angeles fashion critics as one of the new up-and-coming designers to watch for and was called “a
young visionary who is ahead of her time.” After more than twenty five years of experi...
Valeria holds credentials from the following:
-Harvard University, Visual Arts;
-New York Parsons School of Design, Fashion Design and Business;
-City University of New York, Publishing and Graphic Design;
-Novgorod Art College, Art History and Painting;
-Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, Fine and Decorative Arts and Cultural Affairs.