About

Vania Goshe

Vania Goshe

Vania Goshe was born in 1976 and grew up in Chirpan, South East, Bulgaria, where she showed an early interest and talent for Art. She furthered her studies at the New Bulgarian University in Sofia graduating in Cinema, Television and Advertising. At the same time she was actively pursuing her artistic interests by attending classes in drawing and painting. After leaving university, she worked as a videographer in television and as cameraperson for international film companies.

In her spare time, she began to take part in joint and solo art exhibitions as well as accepting commissions. Since settling in Malta in 2008, she has been working as a freelance artist and participating in numerous exhibitions, local festivals and events.

Although she works in a variety of media and materials, she prefers acrylics and pastels. She finds that these suit her style and method of working. Pastels give softer tones and lend themselves perfectly for creating very subtle gradations of colour necessary in portraiture to achieve a realistic and natural result. For other subjects they can be used successfully on a white or black background to enhance the effect.

Acrylics, on the other hand, with their more vibrant colours are particularly suited to her abstract work. She favours the brighter end of the spectrum which reflects her optimistic and energetic approach to life and art. She likes to use acrylics with other materials to create 3D effects in collages especially on subjects which combine realism and fantasy.

She finds that landscapes lend themselves to both media depending on the intended mood and effect desired.

Her mission is to help viewers to escape for a few moments from some of the harsher and uglier realities of life. She strives to lift their spirits and to instill a sense of optimism by portraying harmonious and colourful compositions as well as to accentuate the positive through the use of colour and aesthetically pleasing arrangements of shapes and forms.

She finds inspiration in many aspects of Maltese life and culture with its wealth and variety of traditions and activities. She is particularly attracted to the predominance of the Mediterranean sun on the sea as well as the creamy limestone architecture, changing its attractive shades at different times of day. This came as a somewhat unexpected, but welcome, revelation after having grown up in the extremes of a continental climate and since coming to live in Malta has given a new dimension to her work.

Individual exhibitions:

  • 2009 Wedding Fever-Artfusion,Floriana,Malta

    • 2009 Birgufest-Artfusion,Birgu,Malta

      • 2009 Notte Bianca-Artfusion,Valletta,Malta

        • 2009 Wedding Fair,Hotel Phoenicia,Floriana,Malta

          • 2006 Bohomania,Palitra Gallery,Sofia,Bulgaria

          Group exhibitions:

          • 2011 Art festival at Baystreet,Paceville,Malta
          • 2011 BIRKIRKARA VISUAL ART GROUP EXHIBITION,Rabat,Malta
          • 2011 5th Annual Exhibition of The Pastel Society of Malta
          • 2011 Art Club 2000 Group Exhibitions,Mdina,Mellieha/Malta/;Victoria/Gozo/
          • 2011 Strada-Art an Wine Festival,Valletta,Malta
          • 2011 EPOKA,Valletta Waterfront,Malta
          • 2011 SENGLEA MARITIME FESTIVAL,Senglea,Malta
          • 2011 GĦANAFEST,Floriana,Malta
          • 2011 Art Club 2000 Exhibition at the President Palace San Anton
          • 2011 Great Spring Show at San Anton Gardens,Attard
          • 2011 True Colours at Malta Society of Art,Valletta
          • 2010 4th Annual Exhibition of the Pastel Society of Malta
          • 2010 9th National Art Competition and Exhibition at Pallazzo de la Salle,Valletta
          • 2010 Art Club 2000 Group Exhibition,Mdina local Council Hall
          • 2010 Art Club 2000 Group Exhibition,Radisson Blu Hotel,St Julians
          • 2010 The Annual Membership Art Exhibition by Malta Society of Arts
          • 2010 Dog Show,MFCC Ta'Qali
          • 2009 Pastel Society of Malta-3rd Annual Exhibition
          • 2009 Strada,Malta Arts Festival,Valletta
          • 2009 The Annual Membership Art Exhibition by Malta Society of Arts
          • 2009 Earth Garden & Echo Fest,Ta'Qali National Park,Malta
          • 2009 Senglea Maritime Festival,Senglea,Malta
          • 2009 Great Spring Show
          • 2008 Art Academy Gallery,Mosta,Malta
          • 2008 Awarded 'Honourable Mention' in 7th National Art Competition and Exhibition by Malta Society of Arts
          • 2008 Second Annual Exhibition by The Pastel Society of Malta,Palazzo De La Salle,Valletta,Malta
          • 2006 Gallery”Palitra”,Sofia,Bulgaria
          • 2006 New Bulgarian University Gallery,Sofia,Bulgaria
          • 2001 Stulbata Gallery, Sofia,Bulgaria
          • 2000 Gallery of The Union of Bulgarian Artists, Group Exhibition of Visual arts Department /NBU/, Sofia,Bulgaria
          • 2000 Gallery of New Bulgarian University, Group Exhibition of Professors and Students, Sofia,Bulgaria
          • 1997 Club of Cultural Functionary, Group Exhibition of Chirpan`s Artists, Chirpan,Bulgaria
          • 1996 Club of Cultural Functionary, Group Exhibition of Chirpan`s Artists, Chirpan,Bulgaria
          • 1996 Ata-Ray Gallery, Sofia; Region Gallery Stara Zagora; Art Gallery Radnevo, Group Exhibition from International Plener in Chirpan,Bulgaria
          • 1995 Club of Cultural Functionary, Group Exhibition of Chirpan`s Artists, Chirpan,Bulgaria
          • Winner of an Honourable Mention of the 7th National Art Competition,Malta Society of Arts
          • Member of Malta Society of Arts
          • Member of The Pastel Society of Malta
        • Member of Malta Institute of Professional Photography (MIPP)
        • Member of BIRKIRKARA VISUAL ART GROUP