LILYA
ABOUT THE ARTIST
52 solo shows and 200 group exhibitions in Paris, New York, Washington, London, Los Angeles, Brussels and
Hamburg.
Lilya was born in Topola, American nationality.
B.A. in Painting, Frescoes, and Mosaics, Academy of Fine Arts, Belgrade, 1970
British Council scholarship London, 1972; Master of Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Arts, London, 1973
Invited to ‘Painters Week’, Austrian Ministry of Cultural Affairs, 1975
Professor at the School of Fine Arts, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, 1975 - 1977
She lived and worked in London: 1971 – 73, San Francisco: 1974, Los Angeles: 1975 – 78, Paris since 1978
Listed in the Bénézit Art Dictionary, Drouot Art Market Quotations, Akoun Art Dictionary
Appointed Chevalier Artistique, Accademia Internacionale Greci Marino, Italy in 1998
Silver Medal in the Arts category, Le Mérite et Dévouement Français, 1998
Lilya’s works are in private and public collections in Europe and the USA.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Chevalier Artistique, Accademia Internacionale Greci Marino, Italie, 1998
Silver Medal, Arts Category, Mérite et Dévouement Français 1988
European Arts Prize, Léopold Senghor, 2007
Grand European Prize Botticelli 2008, for her art book Marco Polo on the Silk Road
PRINCIPAL EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Lilya’s works are in private and public collections in Europe and the USA: Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles ; Museum of Modern Art, Madrid ; Dix Ans Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris ; Minerve Museum, Yzeures ; Musée Juif, Musée d’Arts décoratifs, Belgrade ; Musée Neue Galerie, Graz ; National Museum of Kraljevo, Kraljevo Museum, Beyrouth ; Musée National de Kragujevac, Kragujevac ; Bibliothèque Marciana, Library, Londres ; New York Public Library, American Museum of Natural History, New Washington D.C. ; American Embassies Permanent Collection; Office of the Chief Financial Development, Washington D.C. ; Fondation Paul Ricard, Ile de Bendor (France); Council of Europe, Shaanxi Museum of Art, Xi’an, China
Listed in le Dictionnaire d’Art Bénézit, la Cotation d’Art Drouot, Dictionnaire d’Art Akoun.
ONE PERSON SHOWS
2024 – Satellite Show / Basel Miami, Miami
2024 – Aktinos Gallery, Paris
2023 – Aktinos Gallery, Paris
2022 – Day of Creativity, Venice
2021 – Orenda International Galerie, Paris
2021 – Aktinos Gallery, Paris
2020 – Galerie Tholosan, Bandol, French Riviera,
2020 – Aktinos Gallery, Paris
2019 – Orenda International Galerie, Paris
2019 – Cultural Forum, Shenzhen, China
2019 – Shenzhen Art Fair, Shenzhen, China
2019 – Aktinos Gallery, Paris
2018 – Galerie Thomé, Paris
2018 – Aktinos Gallery, Paris
2017 – UNESCO , Venice
2017 – Confucius Academy , Guiyang, China
2017 – Library of Congress , Washington D.C.
2017 – Aktinos Gallery, Paris
2016 – Galerie Marie Laure de l’Ecotais, Paris
2015 – Fondation Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy
2014 – Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York
2013 – Gallery of The Council of Europe , Strasbourg
– Gallery J. Ravaisou, Bandol
2012 – Aktinos Gallery, Red Dot Art Fair, Miami
– E. Ferrel Gallery, New York City
– Aktinos Gallery , Paris
2011 – Paris Gallery , Washington D.C.
– Aktinos Gallery , Paris
– Foundation Taylor , Paris
– E. Ferrel Gallery, New York
2010 – Galerie Feuillantine , Paris
– AUP Gallery , Paris
– Europrestim , Paris
2007 – Royal Geographic Society, London
– Centre Culturel Peugeot, Paris
2006 – Galerie Gérard Hadjer, Paris
– Centre Culturel, Bandol, France
2005 – Parish Gallery, Washington D.C.
– St John the Divine Cathedral, New York
2004 – Minerve Museum, Yzeures, France
– MAC 2000, Paris
– Espace D’Art Mompezat, Paris
2003 – Galerie Mensch, Hamburg
– Zen Art, Hamburg
2002 – MAC 2000, Paris
– Foire Internationale des Arts, Metz
– Galerie Mensch, Hamburg
2001 – Holland Art Fair – Gallery Artatra, Utrecht
– Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris
– Donnel Library, New York
– Galerie Mensch, Hamburg
2000 – Greeley Square Gallery, New York
– Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris
– Foire Internationale des Arts Contemporaine, Zurich
1999 – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
– Centre Culturel Yougoslave, Paris
– Rathaus Rellingen, Hamburg
– Asyl Gallery, New York
1998 – Belgrade Cultural Center, Belgrade
– Asyl Gallery, New York
1996 – Centre Culturel de Nogent sur Marne, Nogent sur Marne
1995 – Clare Spitler Gallery, Ann Arbor
– Galerie Saint Remy, Meaux
1994 – Wice, Paris
1992 – Cacak Cultural, Center Cacak
1991 – Clare Spitler Gallery, Ann Arbor
1990 – Atrium Gallery, Detroit
1988 – Mussavi Gallery, New York
1987 – Musée de la Corderie Royale, Rochefort
1986 – National Museum of Kraljevo, Kraljevo
1985 – Galerie Camille Renault, Paris
– Galerie Prevot, Paris
1983 – Assoc. pour la Recherche et Dév. des Arts, Paris
1982 – Galerie Camille Renault, Paris
1981 – Gertrude Van Dyck Galerie, Brussels
1977 – Wexler-Weiss Gallery, Los Angeles
1976 – Graficki Kolektiv, Belgrade
1974 – American Institute of Architects, San Francisco
1974 – Zara Gallery, San Francisco
1973 – Graficki Kolektiv, Belgrade
– Bradford University Gallery, Bradford
1972 – Prudhoe Gallery, London
She has participated in 200+ group shows in the United States and Europe, and include the following:Premi Internationale de Dessin Joan Miro, Barcelona 1973-75, 1981 ; 10th International Painters Week, Graz, 1975 ; Premio International, Biella, 1976 ; Ljublijana International Graphic Arts Biennial, 1977, Weintraub Gallery, New York, 1977 ; International Biennial of Young Artists from New York, 1977 ; Washington International Art Fair, 1977 ; Frederick Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, 1977 ; Salon d’Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, 1980, 86 ; Salon de Mai, Grand Palais, Paris, 1981, 87, 89 ; Museum of Modern Art Madrid, 1981 ; Art and Architecture, UNESCO, Paris 1988, Cleveland Drawing Biennial, 1981-85 ; International Mini Print Exhibition, Cadaques, 1982-99 ; Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris, 1988-98 ; Clare Spitler Gallery, 1989-00 ; Dix Ans d’Acquisitions, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 1991 ; Galerie Bénézit, Paris 1992-98 ; Salon Figuration Critique, Paris, 1996-98 ; SAGA, Paris, 1997 ; Galerie Sculpture, Paris, 1996-99; Triennale Mondiale d’Estampes Petit Format, Chamalières, 1997, 2000 ; Salon Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris/Brussels, 1998, 99; UNESCO Museum, Beirut, 2000; Parcour d’art, Avignon, 2001;New York Art Fair, New York 2002; Gerdsen Gallery, Hamburg 2003-4-5, Wesley-Dadian Gallery, Washington DC, 2003; Caelum Gallery, New York 2004; IPCNY, New York 2005; Mathaf Gallery, London, 2008 ; N.A.W.A Gallery, New York, 2009; Salon Capital / Comparisons, Paris, 2010; Myrtis Gallery 2011; New Century Artists, New York, 2012; Artists Wanted, Times Square, New York, 2012;
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