Thea Kelekhsaeva is a highly regarded contemporary artist with a worldwide reputation. Her paintings represented with a unique talent, artistic language and manner, exquisite and colorful sense of color fill the surrounding world with very light and life-affirming feelings.

She was born in Kakheti, Georgia, where she graduated from the Children's Art School of Akhmeta, Kakheti region, Georgia.
Graduate from North Ossetian State University after K.L. Khetagurov, Faculty of Arts in 1999.
Permanent Member of All-Russian Trade Union of Artists since 2000.
Member of the International Association of Fine Arts - UNESCO AIAP.
Laureate of the State Prize of the State Fine Art Museum of Chemnitz (Germany)
Award holder of Certificate of Honor from Mr. S.I. Menyailo, the Head of the North Ossetia–Alania Republic, for valuable contribution in the field of fine arts.

Since 2000, Teya Kelekhsaeva has been permanently living and working in Moscow.
In 2008, she lived and worked for a long time at the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Brussels, and in 2010, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, she worked and exhibited in Luxembourg for some time.

In 2013, she represented the Russian Federation at the State Fine Arts Museum of Chemnitz, Germany, where she worked for continuous time, held a personal exhibition and was awarded the State Prize of Chemnitz, Germany.
From 2010 to 2019, she had a permanent exhibition on display at the Central House of Artists in Moscow.

In 2022, a personal trade show “Breathe Easy” was held at “Europe” Art Gallery Yekaterinburg with the support of Sberbank of the Russian Federation, with the support of the Ural Bank of Sberbank of Russia, the Rustaveli Society of Georgian Culture, the Sverdlovsk Regional Public Association for Development of Friendship of "Ural-Ossetia" Peoples, the Sverdlovsk regional public organization", Ossetian Culture Society named after Aslan-Girey Galati.

In 2022, a grand personal exhibition of the artist was held at the National Scientific Library of the North Ossetia Alania Republic in Vladikavkaz with the support of the Moscow Ossetian Community.

Paintings exhibited in more than 100 group and solo exhibitions, in particular:

• 2002 Moscow, All-Russian Youth Exhibition;
• 2003 Moscow, Personal Exhibition, Central House of Artists;
• 2004 New York, Group Exhibition of Russian Artists;
• 2005 Moscow, Central House of Artists, Art Salon;
• 2006-2011 Moscow, Art Manezh (Trade Show Hall);
• 2008 Brussels, Russian Center for Science and Culture;
• 2008 Antwerp;
• 2009 Samara, Personal Trade Show "Spring Festival";
• 2010 Luxembourg, Russian Center for Science and Culture;
• 2011 Moscow, Central House of Artists;
• 2013 Award Holder of the State Prize of the State Fine Art Museum of Chemnitz (Germany);
• 2010-2019 Permanent Exhibition of paintings in the Central House of Artists, Moscow;
• 2020 Exhibition of Painters of the Moscow Union of Artists, House of the Artist on Kuznetsky Most, Moscow;
• 2021 - “Breathe Easy” Personal Exhibition at the State Budgetary Institution of the city of Moscow “Moscow House of Nationalities”;
• 2021 - “Breathe Easy” Personal Exhibition in the public organization “Moscow Ossetian Community”, Moscow;
• 2022 - Personal Exhibition at the National Scientific Library of the North Ossetia Alania Republic in Vladikavkaz;
• 2022 - “Breathe Easy” Personal Exhibition at “Europe” Art Gallery, Yekaterinburg;
• 2022 - "Rozhdestvenskaya" (Christmas) Exhibition of the Moscow Union of Artists at the FINEARTS Gallery Moscow;
• 2022 -The Christmas on Begovaya Annual Exhibition in the Exhibition Hall of the Moscow Department of the Russian Union of Artists;
• 2023 “Visible and Invisible World" Exhibition held by Moscow Union of Artists;
• 2023- XIV Moscow International Exhibition "Art of Doll" at Moscow EXPOCENTER;
• 2023 - Charity Trade Show at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Moscow.
• 2024- Personal exhibition "My Angel" at the WTC (World Trade Center) Moscow with the support of the Moscow Ossetian community and with the support of the WTC. Awarded a Certificate of Honor from the President of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania S.I. Menyailo.
• 2024 -Exhibition as part of the project "Golden Leopard of Silver Mountains", dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Republic of North Ossetia - Alania. Awarded a Letter of Gratitude from the General Director of the Moscow Victory Museum. The painting by Teya Kelekhsaev was selected and transferred to the permanent exhibition of the Victory Museum in Moscow
• 2024 -Exhibition within the framework of "Fairy Tales of BRICS" ARVE with the support of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation
• 2025 (03Feb-17Feb)- Exhibition "Ossetian Palette" at the Federal State Budgetary Institution "House of Peoples of Russia" with the support of the Cultural and Educational Center "SHULUUN-ART".
• 2025-(05Feb-17Feb25) Exhibition "Ossetian Palette" in the ancient historical Morozov's Family Estate in Moscow
• 2025 (open until 31Mar2025) - Exhibition "My Angel" at the WTC (World Trade Center) in Moscow with the support of the Moscow Ossetian community and with the support of the WTC.

Her paintings can be found in numerous private and public collections in Russia, England, Belgium, Germany, USA, France and Japan.