About Me
I am an emerging artist who recently moved from Sydney to Brisbane, Australia. My abstract works explore color, shape and texture in context of the social events and visual stimuli I encounter, transformed through my personal reflections and experiences.
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Some of my works are directly inspired by Sydney’s Inner West colorful mixture of history and renewal. They reflect on personal narratives and the process of physical transformation of the built environment brought about by deterioration, growth of vegetation, renovation and adjustments to accommodate our everyday activities. I see the city in constant transition over time which I express with gestural drips of paint and textured surfaces.
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Another recurring theme in my art is the interaction of natural and human-made in the urban environment which I explore from different perspectives. I am responding to the beauty and intensity of nature, and the controlled environment in which we experience it. The organic forms and gestural marks are confined in the shape of the canvas or the grid of multiple panels. These works reflect on global issues as urbanization, globalization and climate change through the lens of my personal experiences.
Education and Affiliations
hART stART studio alumnus
Currently studying BA Fine Art and Visual Culture at Curtin University, Perth, WA
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Exhibitions
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2015 hART of Hearts, Group exhibition of members of hART stART studio, Balmain Watch House, Balmain, NSW
2016 A change of hART, Group exhibition of members of hART stART studio, Balmain Watch House, Balmain, NSW
2016 Living Laneways, Garden behind the Library/Town Hall, Rockdale, NSW
2017 hARTs on fire, Group exhibition of members of hART stART studio, Balmain Watch House, Balmain, NSW
2017 Scarborough Art Show, Scarborough, NSW, Australia
2018 From the hART, Group exhibition of members of hART stART studio, Balmain Watch House, Balmain, NSW
2018 Scarborough Art Show, Scarborough, NSW
2019 take hART, Group exhibition of members of hART stART studio, Balmain Watch House, Balmain, NSW
2019 Scarborough Art Show, Scarborough, NSW
2019 Living City, Solo exhibition, Clive James Library and Service Centre, Kogarah, NSW
2019 Glebe Art Show, Tramsheds, Glebe, NSW, Australia
2020 Belle Art Start, Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
2020 Interactions, Solo exhibition, Dragon's Leir Gallery, Hurstville Gallery and Museum, Hurstville, NSW
2020 Ashrei Art Prize, The Woollahra Seventh-day Adventist Community Hall, Woollahra, NSW
2021 The hART grows fonder, Group exhibition of members of hART stART studio, Balmain Watch House, Balmain, NSW
2022 Eternity, Virtual group exhibition, The Holly Art gallery, London
2022 The hART Grows Stronger, group exhibition, Balmain Watch House, Balmain, NSW
2022 Lockdown 2021, Solo exhibition, Clive James Library and Service Centre, Kogarah, NSW
2023 Ashrei Art Prize, The Woollahra Seventh-day Adventist Community Hall, Woollahra, NSW
2023 Ipswich Art Awards, Ipswich City Council Building, Ipswich, QLD
2024 Ipswich Art Awards, Ipswich City Council Building, Ipswich, QLD
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Awards
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2019 Finalist at Bay Side Visual Art Prize - George Hanna Memorial Museum & Mascot Library, Mascot, NSW
2020 Winner of Emotionally Thriving Category at Ashrei Art Prize - Australia
2021 Finalist at Live as well as possible, as long as possible, Palliative Care Australia 2021 Art Competition
2023 Winner of Physically Energized Category at Ashrei Art Prize - Australia
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Publications
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Bay Side Visual Art Prize 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTT-LIAVibY
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Ashrei Art Prize - Australia. 2020
https://www.facebook.com/ashreiartprize/
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Hurstville Gallery and Museum. 2020. "Exploring Interactions – Vyara Malcheva"
https://hurstvillemuseumgallery.wordpress.com/2020/07/27/exploring-interactions-vyara-malcheva/
Galleries
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