Emma Vakarelova Paintings

Emma Vakarelova Paintings

I’ve been meaning to feature Emma Vakarelova’s work on MoMa for a while – it’s fun, quirky and full of narratives we can only make tentative guesses at.

Emma’s work follows on nicely from the recent feature on Tahnee Lonsdale. They’re both painters who seem to channel colourful, surreal, self contained worlds through their creative process.

I’ve always admired artists who boldly trust their intuition to point them in the right direction and commit themselves fully to expressing whatever inner landscape emerges. A world that bubbles up from the subconscious – where interpretation and intent lag several footsteps behind.

Emma talks of her work in suitably dreamlike, enigmatic language: “When I paint, I fly over a magic garden, full of secrets, that I can illuminate only with the light of the fireflies.”

These Emma Vakarelova paintings reveal as much as they obscure – we can listen to what they’re saying or just watch what they’re up to and enjoy the ride.

About The Artist

Emma Vakarelova hails from Sofia, Bulgaria where she studied at the National School of Fine Arts. As well as painting she also studies animation filmmaking at La Poudrière in Valence, France. See the video below for some of Emma’s animation work.

Emma Vakarelova Online

• Emma Vakarelova · Website
• Emma Vakarelova · Instagram
• Emma Vakarelova · Vimeo
• Emma Vakarelova · Saatchi Art