Viktorija Bulava
Adroitly rendered human figures frame the golden inner workings of a Grand Piano. Gently contorted bodies eschew gravitational limits in a luscious dance of rhythm and grace. The beautifully executed musculature dares the viewer to compare a more perfect form. Surrounding architecture and the piano’s surface are adorned with gold and silver leafing. It shimmers with the adjoining lush reds, sapphire blues and always the masterfully realized colors of sensuous flesh tones.
Viktorija (pronounced “Victoria”) Bulava approaches her work with many highly acclaimed academic accomplishments. They include a Master of Art Science Degree from the Latvian Academy of Arts in 1996 as well as several prestigious international awards and scholarship grants. The artist’s home is Riga, Latvia. It is a city renown for its rich heritage of great painters and sculptors throughout the centuries. Riga is also home to the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe. That influence is decidedly apparent in many of Viktorija Bulava’s works.
Bulava renders her mixed media canvases with precise draftsmanship and at times a liberal incorporation of varying surface treatments. Her techniques are complex and refined. Often in her imagery she marries the classical rules of good composition with modern, nearly kinetic, background styles. Other works are augmented with a buildup of plaster-like areas, which are then hand etched or incised with flowing patterns producing a brightly colored cloisonné effect. Viktorija Bulava is a painter of beautifully aesthetic renderings. Her work exemplifies the gifted talent of civilizations most masterful artists.
Review of “Concerto for Piano” by Sean Taylor, Director of Whitt/Krauss Gallery,
San Diego, California
VIKTORIJA BULAVA
Education
1983-1990 Janis Rozentals Riga Art School
1990-1997 Art Academy of Latvia , Painting Department
1996 Master in Arts Degree
1996-1997 Graduation Painting project "Republic of Lucia" , Master Studio of
Professor Vilis Ozols and Professor Imants Vecozols
Awards and Scholarships
1995 Scholarship of the Latvian Cultural Foundation
1995 Award of the International Artist Association B13 , Art Academy of
Latvia
1996 Competition Prize of the Youth group "Earth and Water"
UNESCO Center of Visual Arts , France
1997 Scholarship of the K.Sipolins Foundation, Ottawa, Canada
Since 1999 Member of Artists Union of Latvia
Solo Exhibitions
1984 Solo Exhibition at Janis Rozentals Art School of Riga , Latvia
1998 Exhibition at Latvian Cultural Center , St.Petersburg , Florida
1999 - 2004 Show at Ziegenfuss Gallery , Sarasota , Florida
2005 Show at Dabbert Gallery , Sarasota , Florida
2006 Show at Onessimo Fine Art
Selected Exhibitions
1994 Janis Rozentals Riga Art School 50th Anniversary Exhibition , Art
Museum “Arsenals” , Riga , Latvia
1995 Latvian Artist's Annual Exhibition “Rudens“ , Riga , Latvia
1996 Art Academy of Latvia Series of student Exhibitions, Goethe
Institute, Riga , Latvia
1996 Graphic Art Exhibition , Gallery M6 , Riga , Latvia
1997 Master Studio of Professor Vilis Ozols and Professor Imants
Vecozols Exhibition , Art Academy of Latvia
1998 City of Riga 800th Anniversary Exhibit , Riga , Latvia
1998 Group Exhibit in Gallery “Laipa” , Liepaja , Latvia
Viktorija (pronounced “Victoria”) Bulava approaches her work with many highly acclaimed academic accomplishments. They include a Master of Art Science Degree from the Latvian Academy of Arts in 1996 as well as several prestigious international awards and scholarship grants. The artist’s home is Riga, Latvia. It is a city renown for its rich heritage of great painters and sculptors throughout the centuries. Riga is also home to the finest collection of art nouveau buildings in Europe. That influence is decidedly apparent in many of Viktorija Bulava’s works.
Bulava renders her mixed media canvases with precise draftsmanship and at times a liberal incorporation of varying surface treatments. Her techniques are complex and refined. Often in her imagery she marries the classical rules of good composition with modern, nearly kinetic, background styles. Other works are augmented with a buildup of plaster-like areas, which are then hand etched or incised with flowing patterns producing a brightly colored cloisonné effect. Viktorija Bulava is a painter of beautifully aesthetic renderings. Her work exemplifies the gifted talent of civilizations most masterful artists.
Review of “Concerto for Piano” by Sean Taylor, Director of Whitt/Krauss Gallery,
San Diego, California
VIKTORIJA BULAVA
Education
1983-1990 Janis Rozentals Riga Art School
1990-1997 Art Academy of Latvia , Painting Department
1996 Master in Arts Degree
1996-1997 Graduation Painting project "Republic of Lucia" , Master Studio of
Professor Vilis Ozols and Professor Imants Vecozols
Awards and Scholarships
1995 Scholarship of the Latvian Cultural Foundation
1995 Award of the International Artist Association B13 , Art Academy of
Latvia
1996 Competition Prize of the Youth group "Earth and Water"
UNESCO Center of Visual Arts , France
1997 Scholarship of the K.Sipolins Foundation, Ottawa, Canada
Since 1999 Member of Artists Union of Latvia
Solo Exhibitions
1984 Solo Exhibition at Janis Rozentals Art School of Riga , Latvia
1998 Exhibition at Latvian Cultural Center , St.Petersburg , Florida
1999 - 2004 Show at Ziegenfuss Gallery , Sarasota , Florida
2005 Show at Dabbert Gallery , Sarasota , Florida
2006 Show at Onessimo Fine Art
Selected Exhibitions
1994 Janis Rozentals Riga Art School 50th Anniversary Exhibition , Art
Museum “Arsenals” , Riga , Latvia
1995 Latvian Artist's Annual Exhibition “Rudens“ , Riga , Latvia
1996 Art Academy of Latvia Series of student Exhibitions, Goethe
Institute, Riga , Latvia
1996 Graphic Art Exhibition , Gallery M6 , Riga , Latvia
1997 Master Studio of Professor Vilis Ozols and Professor Imants
Vecozols Exhibition , Art Academy of Latvia
1998 City of Riga 800th Anniversary Exhibit , Riga , Latvia
1998 Group Exhibit in Gallery “Laipa” , Liepaja , Latvia
