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About me

Ilze Preisa is a visual artist whose work merges Art Nouveau aesthetics, mythological symbolism, and contemporary expression. Her paintings and graphic art create a unique world — a visual space where reality and fantasy converge into a metaphorical language.
Preisa’s creative universe is deeply infused with the multifaceted nature of the feminine, themes of identity and transformation, and symbolic imagery referencing Greek mythology and ancient cultures. In her works, garments become masks, birds take on both exotic and ominous roles, and the red theater curtain reveals the hidden landscapes of the human psyche.
Her art speaks of human nature — its passions, strength, fragility, and mysteries. Her visual language balances classical academic foundations with contemporary abstraction, forming imagery that reflects both aesthetic delicacy and existential meaning.
Color plays a vital emotional and symbolic role in her compositions — the contrasts of black, red, and white not only shape structure but also reveal inner and outer worlds.
Preisa has exhibited in Latvia and internationally, and her works are included in museum and private collections across the globe. The world she creates is a space where art becomes a bridge between the visible and invisible, between reason and intuition, between cultures and eras.
Ilze’s painting is an invitation to beauty, life, and art, that brings new energy which has nothing to do with matter but shines with a supernatural light/Simona Scopelliti / Art Historian