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Nevena Bentz

“Our need to create is driven by the desire to manifest our subconscious and to give our soul tangible form. Art is nothing but a means to explore and catch a glimpse of our inner space.”

Nevena Bentz was born in 1976, in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. She earned a Master’s degree in international law at the Universite de Bourgogne, France in 1998 as well as a J.D from Texas Tech University in 2003. She practiced law in Texas and lectured at the campus of the American University in Bulgaria for several years before reconnecting with her artistic side.

​Nevena’s current series, “One,” continues the quest for understanding the human condition but widens the aperture from the individual to the collective level. The series examines the unprecedented role of humanity today, as a geological force with planetary impact. As in her earlier work, she continues to play with the notions of fragmentation and duality. She uses mixed media in a process that is uniquely hers and creates an aesthetic that vacillates between the abstract and the figurative. Her work seeks to achieve a harmonious aesthetics where the human form dissolves into Nature’s rich textures and patterns, and the notion of separation gives way to the idea of oneness.

“Ordering the chaos of our fragmented selves is a starting point in our quest for purpose, yearning for wholeness, and our need to make sense of our isolated and seemingly unrelated experiences.”

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Transcendence<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
36 x 36

Transcendence
Mixed media on canvas
36 x 36

Clairvoyance <br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
36 x 36

Clairvoyance
Mixed media on canvas
36 x 36

Current of Gold II<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
40 x 40

Current of Gold II
Mixed media on canvas
40 x 40

Wilderness <br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
36 x 36

Wilderness
Mixed media on canvas
36 x 36

Entangled I<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
20 x 16

Entangled I
Mixed media on canvas
20 x 16

Entangled II<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
20 x 16

Entangled II
Mixed media on canvas
20 x 16

Thought<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
24 x 18

Thought
Mixed media on canvas
24 x 18

Flowers of the Sea <br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
60 x 40

Flowers of the Sea
Mixed media on canvas
60 x 40

Sunset Light <br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
60 x 40

Sunset Light
Mixed media on canvas
60 x 40

Petals of Joy <br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
24 x 24

Petals of Joy
Mixed media on canvas
24 x 24

Better than Ever<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
24 x 24

Better than Ever
Mixed media on canvas
24 x 24

I Feel like Smiling <br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
24 x 24

I Feel like Smiling
Mixed media on canvas
24 x 24

Rise<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
40 x 40

Rise
Mixed media on canvas
40 x 40

Pale Light<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
40 x 40

Pale Light
Mixed media on canvas
40 x 40

Twilight (SOLD)<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
24 x 18

Twilight (SOLD)
Mixed media on canvas
24 x 18

Continuity (SOLD)<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
20 x 20

Continuity (SOLD)
Mixed media on canvas
20 x 20

Departure (SOLD)<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
20 x 20

Departure (SOLD)
Mixed media on canvas
20 x 20

Inner Worlds (SOLD)<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
20 x 20

Inner Worlds (SOLD)
Mixed media on canvas
20 x 20

Contemplation (SOLD)<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
36 x 36

Contemplation (SOLD)
Mixed media on canvas
36 x 36

Coral Breeze (SOLD)<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
40 x 60

Coral Breeze (SOLD)
Mixed media on canvas
40 x 60

Ripples of Sunlight (SOLD)<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
40 x 40

Ripples of Sunlight (SOLD)
Mixed media on canvas
40 x 40

Boreal Winter (SOLD)<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
36 x 36

Boreal Winter (SOLD)
Mixed media on canvas
36 x 36

Currents of Gold (SOLD)<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
40 x 40

Currents of Gold (SOLD)
Mixed media on canvas
40 x 40

River of God (At the Artist Studio)<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
48 x 48

River of God (At the Artist Studio)
Mixed media on canvas
48 x 48

The Depth of You (At the Artist Studio)<br />
Mixed media on canvas<br />
48 x 48

The Depth of You (At the Artist Studio)
Mixed media on canvas
48 x 48