Dara Zhelyazkova

I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Painting from the National Academy of Art in 2020, and in 2022 I defended my Master's degree in the same specialty. During my studies I participated in the Erasmus+ program and in 2019 I studied for one semester at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. I have participated in several plein air workshops organized by the National Academy of Fine Arts (Shishkovtsi, Kunino, Lakatnik, Balchik). I have participated in several joint exhibitions and recently I made a solo one.

For me painting is my life. I have recast my paintings purposefully with authenticity and they have become not only an image of the referential nature, but also an introspective object. The feel and handwriting used in the works are based on a personal sense of colour, contrast, form and matter. The paintings are situated between two fields - between figurative art and abstract sensuality. The deliberate reduction of object descriptiveness in favour of foregrounding the medium evokes a minimalist approach; on the other hand, the uneven amplifying mask, the slight imperfections of the lines highlight the tradition of abstract expressionism.

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