Tatiana Harizanova

Tatiana Harizanova is a successful contemporary artist who works in oil painting. Her unique techniques, based in highly stylised figures and objects, and abstract expressionism, make her work instantly recognisable. She has participated in over 15 solo and 23 group international exhibitions. Born on 12 November 1977 in Sofia, Bulgaria, she graduated from the Professional High School of Fine Arts "Professor Nikolai Raynov", majoring in Graphics and Textiles. Throughout her studies she also apprenticed with master jewellers. She graduated from New Bulgarian University with a degree in Geology in 2002, and was a successful jeweller for five years. After 2007 she devoted herself entirely to painting. Recent solo exhibitions include "Passeggiata nella mente" at ZMV Gallery, Biella, Italy (2026); "Visible Secrets" at INTRO Gallery, Sofia (2025); "Dreaming Awake" at UPARK Gallery, Plovdiv (2024); "238 grams" at INTRO Gallery, Sofia (2023); "45 grams of myself" at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Rome (2022); and "For a while without me" at Home Wittgenstein, Bulgarian Cultural Institute, Vienna (2021).