Simona Ruscheva
Glow
Oil on canvas
2022
My name is Simona Ruscheva. I graduated Fine Art Painting in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. I am currently living and working in London, UK
I had my first UK solo show “Transitions” in London, 2022 and my first international solo show “The source” at Keep Contemporary Gallery in Santa Fe, USA in 2021.
I have also participated in various international group shows and across London, including Royal Institute of British Artists Annual exhibition, where my work was Highly Commended by the De Laszlo Foundation, and Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition.
I was longlisted in Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize 2022 in the Portraiture category. I was also shortlisted for Kate Bryan art prize in July 2021 and for Artrooms Awards in 2019.
My works are also part of the global art collection of Standard Chartered Bank.
My works explore the theme of culture and tradition in the modern age, creating a fusion between traditional elements, which have been appropriate throughout Eastern Europe, and a contemporary adaptation.
Soft gradients and aura-like radiances contrast sharp edges and bold shapes, creating a hazy atmosphere that surrounds the subject with a reinvented tradition.
Neo-folkloric costumes in vibrant colours correspond to the digital age and inner shifting of perception. Delicate threads construct the fabric of our world. Emerging from the past, their infinite weaving unfolds the present before our eyes and alters the future within ourselves first
The transition carries the symbolism, mysticism and power of culture into the new form – narrating the reimagined tradition, embedded into the works, continues its existence with a stronger connection to the past and its forces.
