Lilia Varetsa
I put a little heart in every art I do.
Biography
Lilia Varetsa has worked as a professional artist, illustrator and interior designer since 1976. She developed her painting and illustration skills in a variety of media including acrylic, watercolor, pen and ink and color lithography.
Lilia Varetsa studied art at The Kharkov State University of Fine Art & Design where she received her BFA and MA degrees in Fine Art and Interior Design.
Lilia Varetsa work has many varying themes which include her relationship with nature, childhood memories, influences of pop culture, dreams, and psychology. Her style can best be described as a type of modern realism, combined with surrealism and folk art.
Lilia Varetsa work has received numerous regional, national and international awards. Her work has been widely exhibited and now are in private collections in the USA, France, UK, Italy, and Australia.
It can also be found at The National Museum of History &Culture Belarus, at the Fine Art Museum in Kiev, Ukraine, at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne and other corporate collections.
Influences
Matisse, Jan Vermeer, Hieronymus Bosch, SALVADOR DALI
Education
1969-1975 interior designer Kharkov, Kharkiv, Ukraine
1972-1975 a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting in 1975 Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, Kharkov, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Ukraine
The artist at work
Prizes and Awards
2007 Exhibition Prize Frankston, Melbourne, Australia, Victoria, Australia
Solo Expositions
2009 “The Cycle of Life In and Out”, Kingston Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia, Victoria, Australia
1992 Lilia Varetsa Centre of Culture and Fine Art St.Andrea, Parma,, Parma, Italy
Collective Expositions
2013 Several exhibitions at Toorak Art Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2008 She-Who Explores”, Walker Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2006 “A Moderne Woman”, Cobbity Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Permanent Collections
1995 «Асобы ў гісторыі» National Museum of History and Culture, Minsk, Belarus •, Minsk, Belarus, Belarus
1994 Sigismund Augustus and Barbara Radziwill Astafjevs Volovich Polatzk Museum of History and Culture, Polatzk, Belarus, Polatzk, Belarus, Belarus
Publications & Press
1996 The Children's treasury: fairy tales, nursery rhymes & nonsense verse by Alice Mills( Book ) Publications: Books published:9 works in 14 publications in 4 languages and 116 library, Victoria, Australia