.Lera was born in a closed Siberian town where nuclear waste is stored and grew up missing wild spaces and sun outside the barbed wire.
Making art was her favorite thing to do. She attended the college of Surikov and studied to become a theatrical painter hoping that one day it would allow her to move somewhere to follow her dream of being an artist.
Her first job as a theatrical painter was in Krasnoyarsk city - the heart of Siberian culture where she immediately found her true home. Surrounded by the wild nature she discovered a vibrant arts community where her love of art was able to grow.
In 2020 Lera opened an art school to follow and share her passion for making art and painting. Since then she has, and worked full time at finding and refining her voice in art. Always she has strived to make work that is unconventional and original, loving the challenge of learning new techniques and working in various genres. Ultimately her greatest interest had always been to develop her abstract work, to say something that has not yet been said with paint.
Studying with other artists at the university level as well as in many private workshops and studios, she has had many teachers and influences that have aided her development. Experimentation and exploration in the studio are bringing her to a unique and strong personal voice and style. Bold, colorful, and exuberant work is her offering to the world. A joyful celebration of life.
Cavan, Ireland
My artwork "JOY" was selected by Pepney Gallery, and I am delighted to be part of this exhibition!
Each painting that I create is a unique dance with a variety of materials. I often refer to methods of applying liquid acrylic when priming surfaces and then going on to oil painting. The quality of this work with layers enables me to build up diverse and rich textures, from which my characteristic images appear.
Valeria's two educations in the fields of painting and landscape architecture are closely intertwined in her artworks.
However, it could just be landscape painting, but it is impossible to approach unity with nature without connection with our closest nature - our body. That is why Valeria chose a woman's portrait as the main theme. She believes that deepening the connection between our deeply rooted nature and the real world, makes people careful with nature.
She wants to bring nature closer to the observer with her paintings. She would like to connect people with their roots and memories and she desires to decrease the number of such cities with nuclear burial grounds such as the one where Valeria grew up. The land is for plants, not for nuclear burial grounds.
Organic plant elements are also important for her, as they show the connection between our deep-rooted nature and the real world.
Each painting that I create is a unique dance with a variety of materials. I often refer to methods of applying liquid acrylic when priming surfaces and then going on to oil painting. The quality of this work with layers enables me to build up diverse and rich textures, from which my characteristic images appear.
