Valeria Ocean

Valeria Ocean is a contemporary marine artist born in Russia and now based in Belgrade, Serbia.

She is deeply inspired by water and the emotional states that appear within its movement. Through atmospheric seascapes and detailed studies of light, color and flow, she explores how the shifting surface of the ocean reflects human feelings and quiet inner transitions.

Valeria sees the ocean as both an external scene and an inner landscape. Her practice revolves around subtle changes between calmness and intensity, stillness and motion, clarity and depth. She works mainly with oil and acrylic, creating layered and luminous surfaces that draw the viewer into a space of reflection, presence and serenity.

Her inspiration comes from the transformative character of nature and the way water carries memory, energy and emotion.

Valeria aims to create paintings that bring beauty and calm into contemporary living.
For her, water is not simply a subject but a symbolic language that expresses renewal, emotional clarity and the ever-changing rhythm of life.

self-taught artist

Personal exhibitions:

2024 “Shades of blue” art exhibition, 4.04-24.04, galerija Nikola Radošević, Belgrade, Serbia.
2024 “Valeria Ocean” VR exhibition, 1.04-1.07, Ducon Cyber Gallery, South Korea.

Curated exhibitions:

2024 “Flow: art in Dynamics” art exhibition, 5.08-15.08, Galerija Nikola Radošević, Belgrade, Serbia.

Selected group exhibitions:

2025 «Book with Art», book launch exhibition, 11.11-6.12, Groslok, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2025 «The Extension Field», art exhibition, 8.11-21.11, E-Gallery, Shanghai.
2025 “EAF: Edinburgh Art Fair”, 19.09-21.09, Edinburgh, Scotland.
2025 “Tvoj letnj stil”, 7.06-9.06, Nikola Radošević gallery, Belgrade, Serbia.
2025 “Look at the world through the window”, 4.06-6.06, St. Margaret House, London, UK.

2024 “9th International art exhibition of Alanya”, 14.11-18.11, Alanya, Turkey.
2024 “International modern group Painting & Sculpture exhibition”, 25.09-25.10, Modern Sanatlar Galerisi, Antalya, Turkey.
2024 “One heart lost. Retry?” Art exhibition, 25.09-27.09, by Askademia organization, Belgrade, Serbia.
2024 “Serendipity” art exhibition, 26.08-21.09, The Gallery Steiner, Vienna, Austria.
2024 “Between heaven and earth” art exhibition, 21-18.07, Amove gallery, Farnborough, UK.
2024 “T...