Emilya Padlowski is an award-winning artist, interior designer and art historian.

She has a multicultural background which manifests itself in her style and her art. She was born in Poland, but spent her formative years growing up in the Soviet Union under the careful, ever-present eyes of the communist government; this gives her knowledge of life and different cultures and a depth to her art.

Trained as a Russian and French Literature and Language teacher in Baku, Azerbaijan, she had to adjust her life after immigrating to the United States. Her love for art brought her to the Montclair State University (NJ) where she received her Master’s degrees in Fine Arts and Art History. She also studied design and painting at the International American University and the Marshutz School of Art in Aix-en-Provence, France.

She has now dedicated herself to painting and making soft sculptures from recycled materials.

Her soft sculptures, both whimsical and quirky, are based on mythical stories, operas and fairytales. Emilya’s paintings have a very personal cast: the marriage of Russian, Azerbaijani and Eastern European cultures. Her art is unpredictable and uniquely attractive. Her paintings sometimes express sadness and despair, while at other times they are bursting with happiness and colors. She calls her art a “symbolic fantasy”. Each painting contains a certain symbolic meaning. Her paintings while contemporary and often non-conformist, are also influenced by classical literature and art.

While visiting South Carolina, she was charmed by the beauty of its nature and found inspiration everywhere: majestic mountains, enchanting forests, flowers and gifts from the garden often became a subject matter for her paintings.

After permanently relocating to South Carolina from the NY metropolitan area, she became an actively exhibiting member of Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild, Charleston Artist Guild and Seacoast Artist Guild.

Presently she resides in Conway, SC with her husband and little cat Lin