Stefania Andreev creates intimate and contemplative works expressing her life in various mediums. At a young age, her parents noticed her interest in art and began taking her to weekend classes at the Rhode Island School of Design. As Stefania matured, so did her passion for art and painting. She continued her education at RISD and is now a senior graduating in June 2025.
Stefania’s work is defined by personal reflection, contemplation, and intimacy. Painting is a visual diary in which she can revisit moments, feelings, emotions, and relationships. As a result, almost all of her work is self-portraiture. Through personified and stylized self-portraiture she captures what it feels like to be in her body or mind as she reflects on moments in her life. Hands and eyes often recur as touch and sight are the primary senses with which she navigate the world. Watercolor is an important material in Stefania’s practice. The immediate intimate nature of the medium allows her to work quickly and intuitively. The transparent and flowy watercolor and the opaque and precise gouache become important to convey an in-between state, one Stefania finds herself in often.
“I exist in a constant in between. Between self-reflection and outward expression, between having a solid weighted body and a weightless one, between genders, and between body and soul. I express the unidentifiable, existence of being a human: in between yearning for attention and also wanting to be imperceptible."
Stefania’s creativity has been noted on multiple occasions. At her high school, Rocky Hill Country Day School, in 2018 she won the Alex and Ani charm design competition for her design “Citizen”. In 2019 she was accepted into the Newport Annual Juried Exhibition with her unique and colorful portrait of Paul Mccartney. In 2021 Stefania received multiple awards from the Scholastic Art and Writing competition including gold and silver keys for art portfolio, silver medal for art portfolio, Gold medal, and American Visions medal in mixed media. Stefania's piece "Hug" was selected and shown in the 2024 HMVC online gallery show "Moments" which was briefly on a screen in Times Square. Stefania has also had her work featured and written about in the 2024 publication of Digital Chroma E-magazine on page 80-88 which is linked below. Most recently in 2024 her painting "In the Zone" has been featured in the TAG Gallery "Echos of Surrealism" group show in LA.