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.
My future solo show "Pieces" is planned for the 26th of May in Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (London).
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
2023
"Pieces", Svitlo, Lviv, Ukraine
2022
"Kalyna", Dzyga, Lviv, Ukraine
2022
"She will win", Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2022
"Kalyna", Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK
2021
"Big opening", Studio, Lviv, Ukraine
2020
"Wild cats in circus", Apartment 31, Lviv, Ukraine
Group
2023
Ukrainian Dream, We & The World Kozytskyi Charity Foundation, London, UK
2023
2023
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
Art Central Art Fair, HOFA Gallery, Hong Kong, China
"Everywhere I look I see your eyes", Casa Estudio Granados, Barcelona, Spain
Avangarden art gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
"Untitled Art Fair", Miami, USA
"Odesia", Contemporary Cluster Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
"NADA", Miami, USA
"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, Beijing, 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
"Arch & Posed", Weserhalle, Berlin, Germany, Online show
2023
"NEWDREAM WORLD", Sapar Contemporary, New York, USA
2023
Dallas Art Fair, Sapar Contemporary, Dallas, USA
2023
Art Busan, HOFA Gallery, Busan, South Korea
Art residency
2023
Residence Chapelle Sté. Catherine, Loire, France
2022
2022
2021
Collections
Iryna Maksymova’s work can be found in various international private and public collections such as the Bunker Artspace Museum, the W Art Foundation and
Hong Art Museum in Suzhou.
Also her works can be found in various private collections around the world including 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