ABOUT

Diana Raycheva – ArtLessons Custom Art is highly qualified multi awarded established Artist, photographer, art teacher for kids and adults, custom designer, storyboard artist with more than 15 y experience.Painting is something Diana has done since 2 y old. She gets inspired from the nature, the human body, architecture. She keeps the original signature showing her own emotions, feelings in colours, shapes stylisation and balanced composition. The balance between soft and hard shapes, black and white, grey nuances, colourful palette, light and darkness. Moreover she express the woman’s and man’s energy contrast and synergy. She underline the cold and hot nuances and the strength of the human connection with the nature and the limitless space. Her unique style combines a modern vision and technique that make her works impactful and recognisable..

Her atworks are featured in a private collections and explored in international exhibitions under the focus of important art collectors, art lovers, galleries and curators.

She is honored with title – Knighthood decree ‘’LADY DIANA RAYCHEVA’’ by Duke Dr. Thomas André Louis Maes, Count of Brasschaat, Consul, Duke of Gerani.

Languages: English BEC, Italian C2, French C1, Spanish, German, Luxembourgish A1, Bulgarian.

artlessonscustomart@gmail.com

(359)877965417 N ID TVA and N RC:180361588 Certificate of Authenticity

EDUCATION

Diploma – Knighthood decree ‘’LADY DIANA RAYCHEVA’’ bestowed by Duke Dr. Thomas André Louis Maes, Count of Brasschaat, Consul, Duke of Gerani and CEO of World of Crete, Chania, Greece

Professional qualifications, Certificates,University degree

University of California, Washington, Singapore
PMI-PgMP, Prince2Agile, PMP, BEC, Communicating with Impact.

Master of 3D design

Forselected, Italy , Torino

Bachelor of stage design

Accademia di belle Arti , Italy, Torino

Stage Design for Theatre, TV, Cinema , Fine Art, Graphic Art, Sculpture, Photography, Stage Design, Graphic Design, Design, Storyboard and Animation, Programming

High education

National Fine Art School ”Ilia Petrov”, Bulgaria, Sofia

Drawing,Painting,Graphic painting,Sculpture, Photography, Graphic design, Anatomy.

AWARDS & COMPETITIONS & RECOGNITIONS

2025: RECOGNITION AWARD| Diploma – Knighthood decree ‘’LADY DIANA RAYCHEVA’’ honored with the appointment as Knight Commander of the Sacred Imperial Constantinian Angelic Order of Saint George, bestowed by Duke Dr. Thomas André Louis Maes, Count of Brasschaat, Consul, Duke of Gerani, and CEO of World of Crete, Chania, Greece. With this distinction, Diana was granted the title “Lady Diana Raycheva”, in recognition of her faithful devotion to cultural enrichment, accomplishments in the fine arts, and special services to the noble and royal court.

2025/2026 International Prize “Artist in the Art History” at Florence by Francesco Saverio Russo and Salvatore Russo, Fondazione Effetto Arte.

Award cerémony on January 24th 2026 at the Palazzo Borghese (Via Ghibellina 110) in Florence to the presence of collectors, journalists, politicians andart lovers.

2025: Recognition -‘Diploma of partecipation ’‘International Biennale of contemporary Art and Design’ Florence Biennale 2025 XV edition 18-26 October – nominated from the international Curatorial Board

2024 – National Geographic competition ‘’mobile photography’’’ category

2024: SAATCHIART RECOGNITION – Artist featured in a collection.

20203/2024: upcoming competitions

1/12-31/12/23 Artist of the month December 2023, Art Boxy

2023: Artist of the week, Saatchiart gallery

2021: Award for Painting in a International competition Luxembourg-UK

2018: Award for ”Interior design and decoration”

2016: Award for ”Portrait drawing from photo”

2015: Special Award for Logo ” USA ”

2011:Award for Illustration of Czechand Slovak Fairy tale

2011: 1st place for Redesgn chair Milan,Italy

2010: 1st place of Sketch Body Drawing, Bulgaria Sofia

2009: participate in the exhibition for Palestine”GAZA” Italy,Torino

Award for ”movie and sound”

2008: participate in the competition”First International Youth drawing triennal Zakopane

2007: winner of Scolarship in competition for student talent in high school for sport and culturefor the Ministry of Culture

2007: second place for painting competition to particiape in the National Gallery of Foreign Art

2007: participate in a show in NDK

2007: first place for designer ” Artist Drawing”

2007: participate in ”Subject which lived 2 times”

2007: participate in the Exhibition ”Ex-Libris Anniversary” Cobaez 2007”

2006: participate in the ”Christmas Exhibition” event

2006: participate in the common moto ”Gorna Malina”

2006: participate in the ”Apolonia 2006”

2006: participate in the event organized by ”Ministry of Culture”

2006: special award for design for anniversary exhibition ”competition for ” National fine art school Ilia Petrov”

2006: participate in competition ”Organized from Bulgarian Olympic Committee in support of Sofia, for winter Olympics Games 2014”

2nd place for Poster ”Olympic games 2014” Let’s do it together’

2006:second place and special prize from Fashion company”Camara Moda” in competition for artistic design 2006:national contest ”Fashion”

> Night dress

> Haute couture

>Intimate underwear

MAGAZINES & CATALOGUES & PUBLIC RELATIONS

2026>part of ‘m Master Artist to Collect” Vol. I – 2026.> Fondazione Effetto Arte

2026> part of Catalog “International Prize Artist in the Art History”.> Fondazione Effetto Arte

2026 > part of ARTNEWS TOP 200 COLLECTORS: part of ARTnews Top 200 Collectors magazine.

2026 >part of Art Database and the Book,

promoted among the public, collectors, critics, and the following media outlets and museums:Media:

The NY Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsday, Metro New York, Time Out New York, New York magazine, The Village Voice, The New York Observer, The Daily News, The New York Post, Huffington Post, Avenue,, Paper Magazine, NY1, WNBC TV’s Weekend Today in New York, WNBC TV’s LXTV, WABC-TV, WCBS-TV, NYC-TV, the

Bloomberg News, Artnet, Artforum, ARTNews, The Art Newspaper, Artinfo, Artery, Modern Painters, Art in America, ARTNewsletter, Manhattan Arts International, Art Journal, ArtNews, The Brooklyn Ra

Museums:

Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, Guggenheim, Whitney, New Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art LA, Los Angeles County Museum, Contemporary Art Museum Houston, San-Francisco Museum of

Contemporary Art, The Broad, Center Georges Pompidou, Fondazione Prada, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Kunsthalle Basel, Moderna Museet, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto, Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, Museum of Contemporary Art Beijing, Hamburger Bahnhof, Deichtorhallen, National Museum of

Contemporary Art Athens, National Museum of Modern and

Contemporary Art Seoul, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Madrid,

Musée d’art Moderne.

2024- part of the Official Catalogue of the Florence Biennale XV. The catalogue will be distributed in Italy through Messaggerie Libri, Amazon.it, and the most important book fairs (such as those held in Bologna, Turin, Rome, and Frankfurt). Copies of the volume will also be sent to Italian libraries in London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid and other European cities. Furthermore, the Florence Biennale Catalogue will be made available at the bookshops of the Venice Biennale, Triennale di Milano, and Artefiera Bologna as well as in the museums of Padua, Bologna, Florence, Rome, and Verona.

2024 – part of the catalogue ‘’SOUL-Tsukumogami” International art exhibition Jonishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo

2024 – part of the catalogue ‘Night of Contemporary 2024’´WOC,World of Crete, Greece

2024-part of the catalogue ‘Select Art’2024’’ WOC, World of Crete, Greece

2024-part of the catalogue ‘’Internationa Art Guide’’ World Wide Contemporary’m
Rome -Florence- London- New York- Flyerartgallery

EXHIBITIONS:

2026> ONLINE EXHIBITION: featured on http://www.artupclose.com. > ARTIFACT Projects

2026 > GALLERY EXHIBITION: gallery in Manhattan to all visiting collectors>ARTIFACT Projects

2026 > LA ART SHOW: exhibition at LA Art Show, Los Angeles, January 7-11,2026 > ARTIFACT Projects (Sylvester Stallone solo exhibition, collectors )

2026> ARTEXPO: exhibition at Artexpo New York, New York, April 9-12, 2026. > ARIFACT Projects

2026. HAMPTONS FINE ART FAIR: exhibition at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair, Southampton, July>ARTIFACT Projects

2026 ARTSY: exhibit at Artsy http://www.artsy.net.

2025 – XV FLORENCE BIENNALE

2024 – International Exhibitions in Toronto, Sapporo – Japan, Dubai , Europe – Spain, Switzerland, Germany, France, Greece, Italy.
2024- NYC Times Square

2024- Featured in a collection

2024- ANNE GLACE- upcoming

2024- BURNBAY ART- upcoming

2024- Montresso Art fondation- upcoming exhibion- Marocco,Marakesh Jardin Rouge

2024- Upcoming Gala events, Charity events

2024 – Upcoming exhibition in Cercle Cicle Luxembourg

1/05/24-31/08/24 ART Boxy- BIENNALE VENEZIA 2024

27-30/09 WOC – Night of contemporary -annual physical and digital publication. Featuring local and international news in Art, Events, Art Fairs, Design & Architecture, and much more. Distributed over Crete, Greece, Monaco, Belgium, France, UK, USA.

24-26/05/2024 WOC – Select Art 2024 Art&Antique Fair

02/2024 WOC- World of Crete IKE – part of the WOC Magazine

01-21/02/2024 WOC- VIFAF 2024 Virtual International Fine Art Fair 7th edition

21-25/08/2024 SWISS ART EXPO- Art festival – FSS Zurich hall

22/03-24/03/24 THE HOLY ART GALLERY- AOL New York

05/04-07/04/24 THE HOLY ART GALLERY- AOL Paris, France

29/03-31/03/24 THE HOLY ART GALLERY- AOL Barcelona, Spain

02/03-01/04/2024 Arte Laguna Prize , Venice 18th edition

20-23/04/2024 Milano -Flyerart Gallery – Long term exhibition -Worldwide art show 2023-2024

09- 16/03/2024 Florence – Flyerart Gallery – Long term exhibition -Worldwide art show 2023-2024

24-30/11/2023- Rome- Flyerart Gallery – Long term exhibition – Worldwide art show 2023-2024

15/01/24-24/02/24 ART BOXY- THOMSON ARTPRIZE 2024

1/12- 17/12/2023 THE HOLY ART GALLERY- AOL-Art on the loop in London and Athen

Temporary virtual exhibition

Saatchiart gallery, USA
Balthasart gallery, Paris – France
Artboxy- collaboration in exhibition with worldwide galleries – Spain, Germany, Dubai, Greece
Artsper- online platform for sales of art
Christies-world-leading art and luxury business.

ARTBOXY- permanent exhibitions with galelries

11/12- 31/12/23 CASA DEL ARTE PALMA- Spain 1/12-31/12/23 ANDAKULOVA GALLERY DUBAI 6/12- 10/12/23 ART BASEL MAIAMI WEEK 01/2024 NICOLETA Gallery, Berlin, Germany

01/2024 ANDIE ART , Athens , Greece

2023-2024 upcoming ”Luxembourg ART3F” and ”ART Fair USA”

2018, 2019 – solo Exhibition in Luxembourg

2013: solo Exhibition in Sofia, Bulgaria

2012: participate in the Exhibition in Torino/Italy: ´´Inner Reflections´ in Embassy in Torino

2011: participate in the Exhibition in Torino/Italy: ´´Internationality’´Photography in Embassy in Torino

2010: participate in the Exhibition in Torino/Italy: Installation, Sculpture,Video in Art Gallery

2008: participate in the Exhibition ”Bulgaria”

2007: participate in the Exhibition ”Sredez”

2006: participate n the exhibition ”Competition Anniversary of Mozart”

2005: participate in Nexhibition ”NUII Ilia etrov” in NDC National Culture Center in Bulgaria,Sofia

2005: participate in the gallery show ”Debut”

2004: partcipate in the anniversary exhibition contest for the writer ”Yordan Radichkov” in Sofia art Gallery

MEDIA

2026>Artist’s name and work is promoted among the public, collectors, critics, and the following media outlets and museums:

Media:

Bloomberg News, Artnet, Artforum, ARTNews, The Art Newspaper, Artinfo, Artery, Modern Painters, Art in America, ARTNewsletter, Manhattan Arts International, Art Journal, ArtNews, The Brooklyn Ra

Museums:

Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, Guggenheim, Whitney, New Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art LA, Los Angeles County Museum, Contemporary Art Museum Houston, San-Francisco Museum of

Contemporary Art Athens, National Museum of Modern and

Contemporary Art Seoul, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Madrid,

Musée d’art Moderne.

2025 >Artist work and name is promotef trough the Florence Biennale XV Catalogue distributef in Italy through Messaggerie Libri, Amazon.it, and the most important book fairs (such as those held in Bologna, Turin, Rome, and Frankfurt). Copies of the volume will also be sent to Italian libraries in London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid and other European cities. Furthermore, the Florence Biennale Catalogue will be made available at the bookshops of the Venice Biennale, Triennale di Milano, and Artefiera Bologna as well as in the museums of Padua, Bologna, Florence, Rome, and Verona.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2005 – till now: Painter and Photographer for private clients and online and offline galleries USA, CANADA, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, JAPAN.

2010 – till now: Art teacher for kids and adults online and offline in EUROPE, USA, MIDDLE EAST,Saudi Arabia-Riyadh (Luxembourg-Italian and Spanish culture center), workshops,events,painting, graphic painting,graphic design,storyboard, illustration, animation, stage design, costume design, character design, anatomy, fast sketching, sculpture, architecture, history of art competitions, exhibitions etc.

2008 – till now: Freelancer, Concept artist, Storyboard, Graphic and Web designer, Stage and Costume designer on different projects in EUROPE, USA and MIDDLE EAST for different industries such as automotive, cinema, television, advertisement (Have Films Luxembourg, Europea Grafica Editoriale, Carma design, Baggie design etc.)