Iliana Ilieva is a contemporary Bulgarian artist. Observer, visionary, storyteller, documentarian, provocateur.
She skillfully handles the classic technique of oil painting in a contemporary context. She puts deep emotional meaning into her paintings. Her canvases carry messages about freedom, authenticity, mastered spontaneity and refined power. She says about her art: "I believe that art has the power to build bridges, but also to destroy borders, to disarm, but also to be a blade."