Varvara Efimova

My name is Varvara.
I seek to explore the depths of human psychology through my paintings, using art as a means of self-expression and understanding.

My sensitivity to the world around me — and to the people I depict — is filtered through internal emotional experience. This allows me to create paintings that reflect complex states of the soul, both my own and those of my subjects.

In my oil technique, I combine thick, expressive strokes with transparent, delicate layers. This contrast becomes a powerful emotional tool that brings each story to life.

For me, painting is an open dialogue with the viewer. Through it, I invite others to feel, remember, and reflect — to touch those subtle inner strings and immerse themselves in a nostalgic kaleidoscope of emotion.

2017-2024 The Repin Academy of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

2009-2016 The Ioganson Academic Art Lyceum at the Russian Academy of Arts.

Selected group exhibitions:
2025 “Spring-2025”, Union of Artist;
2024 “Youth of St. Petersburg”, Union of Artists, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2021 “Neon” Community.Russia, The Main House of the Saltykov-Chertkov Estate, Moscow, Russia;
2021 “Internal and external” Gallery Kvartira S, Artplay, Moscow, Russia;
2021 “Spring of St. Petersburg”, Union of Artists, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2019 “Poetic Petersburg”, The Scientific Research Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2018 “First impression”, Cultural Center, Pushkinskiye Gory, Russian.
2018 “Family values” The Scientific Research Museum of the Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia;
2016 “Self-portrait like a painting”, Academic Art Lyceum named after Boris Ioganson, St. Petersburg, Russia.