Leda Patasheva

Guest artists
Leda Patasheva
Bulgaria | Sofia | 1974
Artist, photographer, curator and translator, her research spans visual arts, photography, poetry and contemporary culture, with solo and group exhibitions in Rome, Sofia, Vienna and Pleven.
Currently exhibiting
Events
Faces Everywhere
Leda Patasheva
Faces Everywhere
01-07 Jul 2026

From 1988 to 1992, she attended the Diplomatic High School at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bulgaria.

From 1992 to 1998, she studied at the Université de Genève (UNIGE), Faculty of Letters and French Literature, specializing in French Language and Literature and Translation Techniques.

In 1997–1998, she worked at the United Nations (UN) in Geneva as a translator, working in four languages: French, English, Russian and Bulgarian, her mother tongue.

Until 2000, she worked professionally as a translator. She also uses Italian fluently, both in writing and speaking.

From 2000 to 2004, she worked as a curator and gallerist at Galleria Gaya.

From 2004 to 2019, she worked as a freelance artist, developing her research in the fields of visual arts and photography.

From 2005 to 2008, she attended a three-year master course in photography under the guidance of photographer Nikolay Treyman.

In 2018, she took part as dramaturgical consultant in the theatre performance “Interviews with the Soul”, directed by Yuliana Saiska.

From 2019 to 2023, she was a board member of the VAVA Cultural Association at the Holy See, responsible for Culture and Social Activities.

In 2021, she presented the solo photography exhibition “Face Box” at KOU Gallery in Rome.

In 2022, she created and took part in the following exhibitions:

• “Angels”, Dom Wittgenstein, Vienna;
• “Angels”, Rome, as part of the European Night of Literature, on the initiative of the French Ministry of Culture;
• “Angels of the Annunciation”, Spazio PortA, Sofia;
• “Reflections – Christian Culture in Contemporary Art”, group exhibition at Sredets Gallery, Sofia.

In 2023, she presented the solo photography exhibition “Carpe Diem” at Spazio PortA in Sofia.

In 2024, she published the photo book “Carpe Diem”.

In 2025, she created the exhibition “Angels of Christmas Eve” at Spazio Bontadi in Sofia.

Also in 2025, she took part in a group exhibition at the Ilia Beshkov Civic Gallery in Pleven, together with Prof. Gredi Assa.

From 2025 to 2026, she is the author and host of the radio programme “Art and Us” on Radio Ave Maria.

Her interests focus on literature, poetry, visual arts, photography and all contemporary forms of visual expression characterized by artistic value and cultural content.