Artist Statement:
For me, painting is not a reflection — it is a tool of transformation.
I work in realism, abstraction, and symbolic expression, blending classical techniques with contemporary conceptual thought. I create landscapes, portraits, animals, and metaphysical scenes — all of them exploring the hidden structure of reality through light, form, and inner codes.
What makes my work unique is its intention: not to depict, but to shift perception — and, through it, reality itself.
I don’t paint to contemplate. I paint to awaken.
I live and work in Switzerland.
Education:
Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture ( Russian Academy of Arts), Saint Petersburg, Russia
Qualification: Artist-Restorer
Major: Easel Oil Painting (Department of Painting)
Year of graduation: 2000
Awards & Distinctions:
2025
Bronze Award – Global Painting Conclave (Landscape Painting)
2024
Winner of The Future of Art — Global Masterpiece Award by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, 2024
Distinguished Recipient of the Persona Art Honours – Contemporary Art Station
2023
Harmony for Humanity – The Global Consciousness Art Prize – Contemporary Art Collectors
MERIT Prize Award – “8th OPEN”, Teravarna Art Gallery
Artistic Excellence Certificate – March 2023, Circle Foundation for the Arts
Honorable Mention – “6th PORTRAIT”, Teravarna Art Gallery
Artistic Excellence Certificate – Artist of the Year 2023, Circle Foundation
2022
TALENT Prize Award – ART SHOW INTERNATIONAL (5th OPEN, 4th LANDSCAPE, 6th OPEN)
Bronze Award – Global Painting Conclave
Finalist – “7th ABSTRACT”, ART SHOW INTERNATIONAL
Finalist – Animal Painting Competition, Global Painting Conclave
Honorable Mention – “4th ABSTRACT”, ART SHOW INTERNATIONAL
Artistic Excellence Certificate – Circle Foundation for the Arts
2021–2022
Shortlisted – Visual Art Open UK & International Emerging Artist Awards
ARTBOXY Art Grant Winner – 2021
Thomson Award Finalist – ARTBOXY Artists Promotion
Exhibitions:
2025
KREATION. Zeit für neue Formen ,INSPIRA ARTHAUS, Celle, Deutschland
Global Horizons:A Celebration of Artistic Expression, Artio Gallery, Toronto,USA
2022
Art Week Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
Little Treasures — Trevisan International Art Exhibition, Galleria de Marchi, Bologna, Italy
URBANSIDE Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
BIENNALE ARTBOXEXPO, Venice, Italy
LELIE GALERIJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
THOMSON GALLERY, Zug, Switzerland
Casa del Arte Palma, Palma, Spain (November)
Art Basel Art Week, MIAMI ARTWEEKS, Wynwood District (November)
ART SHOW INTERNATIONAL GALLERY, Los Angeles, USA — Exhibition of winning artwork (January 2022)
Personal exhibition, ART SHOW INTERNATIONAL —
http://www.artshowinternational.com/artists/lusie-schellenberg
2021
ARTBOX.PROJECT World 1.0, ARTBOX.GALLERY Zurich, Switzerland
ARTBOX.PROJECT Zurich 3.0, Zurich, Switzerland
“Art as Self-Realization and Expression” — MAMAG Modern Art Museum, Schloss Hubertendorf, Austria
MAMAG Autumn 2021
???? Personal & Regional Exhibitions (1995–2016)
“Assorted” — Munich, Germany. 2016
“Cities” – Karlovy Vary, 2013
“Nothing but beauty”, St. Petersburg, 2010
“I see it this way”, Moscow, 2007
“Breathing”, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, 2004
“Peace through the prism”, Samara, 1998
“The World of Beauty”, Saratov, 1995
Artistic Influences:
Three forces shaped me as an artist: the classical school, nature — and an inner need to express what words cannot.
Art began as a way to explore the world, and became a way to transform it.
Artist Tags:
seascape, modern art, portrait, abstract, landscape, nature, contemporary, oil painting, figurative, colorful
