Arist Biography

Iryna Maksymova, is a remarkable emerging artist based in Lviv, Ukraine.

Iryna’s journey into full-time painting began just several years ago, although her passion for art has been a lifelong companion. With a background in Graphic Design, she masterfully combines vibrant domestic scenes with enigmatic, often magical creatures. These creatures, depicted with expressive faces conveying distress or agony, challenge our perceived dominance over the animal world.

Iryna’s figurative expressionism is deeply rooted in her personal experiences and the issues that resonate with her. Her narratives, colour contrasts, and characters offer a glimpse into her innermost emotions. Each artwork serves as a statement, a manifesto, and a call to action.

Iryna’s talent has not gone unnoticed. She was recently invited to join a Los Angeles gallery that also represents another of 19 Karen’s promising new artists, Loser Angeles (Zac Hoffman).

ARTIST STATEMENT

‘I am always striving to reflect experienced emotions and impressions of what really bothers me. Rueful feelings concerning the world and me.

The storyline, the colors contrasts, characters – so simple at the first sight, but they reflect the deepest part of my inner feelings. Every work is a voice, a manifesto, it’s a call for action.

I believe that my practice has power to influence people and to make them reflect not only on the visual part but also on the idea and concept that might motivate to change and to be changed.

Feminism, sexism, ecology, any cruelty towards people or animals. Some might say that all these themes have been on everyone’s lips already long time ago. Although, why be silent if you’ve got something to say!’

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