Iryna Maksymova - Contemporary Figurative Artist
I am a Ukrainian figurative artist talking about things that touch me personally.
I was born and raised in a small town in the western part of Ukraine called Kolomyia. In 2013 graduated from the graphic design department of Lviv Polytechnic National University. I began my artistic journey in 2020 with my first solo show in Lviv. Since that time I participated in various group shows in Ukraine and around the world.
Currently there are two shows for visit in Avangarden (Kyiv) and "Odesia" (Rome).
With my figurative and naive artworks I give an innocent and easy voice to the world problems that touch me personally. I am exploring woman body as both feminine and masculine, empowering equality and interconnection as well as constantly seeking and developing the way to add traditional Ukrainian motifs in a fresh new visual forms and cultivating Ukrainian primitivism art.
Currently living in Lviv, Ukraine.
Exhibitions
Solo
2022
"Kalyna", Lviv, Ukraine
2022
"She will win", Berlin, Germany
2022
"Kalyna", London, UK
2021
"Big opening", Lviv, Ukraine
2020
"Wild cats in circus", Lviv, Ukraine
Group
2022
"Untitled Art Fair", Miami, USA
2022
"Odesia", Contemporary Cluster Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
2022
"NADA", Miami, USA
2022
"Women and other wild creatures: matrilineal tales",
Sapar Contemporary, New York, USA
2022
"The horses", Galeria Herrero De Tejada, Madrid, Spain
2022
"The Flow", Fir Gallery, Beijin, China
2022
"Paper", Beers Gallery, London, UK
2021
"Explosion", Fest Republic, Lviv, Ukraine
2021
"Back to School", Shit Art Club, Los Angeles, USA
2021
19karengallery, Golden Coast, Australia
2021
"Conscious", Kyiv, Ukraine
2021
Weserhalle, Berlin, Germany
2021
"Arch & Posed", Online show
2022
Avangarden art gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
Private collections
Ukraine, USA, Australia, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Poland, Israel, South Korea, Switzerland, China, Belgium, Sweden, Scotland, Taiwan, Canada, Singapore, Ireland, Czech Republic, Thailand, Netherlands, Latvia