Liliа Varetsa received her education at Kharkiv Art and Industry Institute (now Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts), graduating from it with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting in 1975.
Gallery of Lilia Varetsa
University Embankment, 17, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 199034
From 1974 to 1975, Varetsa had her postgraduate study at the Russian Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.
Career
Gallery of Lilia Varetsa
Gallery of Lilia Varetsa
Gallery of Lilia Varetsa
Gallery of Lilia Varetsa
Gallery of Lilia Varetsa
Gallery of Lilia Varetsa
Gallery of Lilia Varetsa
603 Toorak Rd, Toorak, Victoria 3142, Australia
In 1996, Varetsa immigrated to Sydney, Australia, starting with her husband their own Varetsa Fine Art Studio, where she still works as an artist, educator, children's books illustrator and photographer and regularly exhibits her works around Australia.
In 1996, Varetsa immigrated to Sydney, Australia, starting with her husband their own Varetsa Fine Art Studio, where she still works as an artist, educator, children's books illustrator and photographer and regularly exhibits her works around Australia.
Liliа Varetsa received her education at Kharkiv Art and Industry Institute (now Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts), graduating from it with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting in 1975.
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Lilia A. Varetsa is a Ukranian-born Australian contemporary visual artist, photographer, children's books illustrator, educator, and author who currently manages with her husband their own Varetsa Fine Art Studio in Melbourne.
Background
Lilia Akhtyamovna Varetsa was born in Kharkov, Donetsk region, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kharkov, Donetsk region, Ukraine). From an early age, Lilia was passionate about art and grew up surrounded with coloured pencils and crayons.
Education
Lilia Varetsa received her education at Kharkiv Art and Industry Institute (now Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts), graduating from it with a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting in 1975. From 1974 to 1975, she also had her postgraduate study at the Russian Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.
From 1992 to 1995, Varetsa has also made yearly trips to Italy to study Italian history and to absorb the Italian culture and art, especially the Baroque period, which greatly influenced her work.
Since 1976, Lilia Varetsa has been working as an artist and interior designer. She has also been a participant in Ukranian and all-union group exhibitions as well as exhibitions abroad. In the middle of the 90s, she took up the illustration of children's literature while living in Belarus.
In 1996, Varetsa immigrated to Sydney, Australia, starting with her husband their own Varetsa Fine Art Studio, where she still works as an artist, educator, children's books illustrator, and photographer and regularly exhibits her works around Australia. Since 2006, Lilia and Valentin Varetsa have been living and working in Melbourne.
In her works, Lilia Varetsa is inspired by the classic Italian still life paintings, namely floral compositions, a ‘pronkstuk’ (or sumptuous still life). Her goal is to create artworks that are visually beautiful, calming and organic. Her current lively expressionistic style is full of whimsical characters with bright, bold colours in an expressive and unique perspective.
Quotations:
"The true artist does not create what exists in nature, nature serves him only as a key to organ in his soul."
Membership
From 1976 to 1996, Varetsa was a member of the Artist Alliance of Ukraine. Currently, she is a member of the Ukrainian Artists Society of Australia.
Connections
Lilia Varetsa is married to an artist, Valentin Varetsa. The couple gave birth to one daughter, Veronika. The family lives in Melbourne, Australia.