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.
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.
Solo Exhibitions
2023
"Pieces", Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery(London, UK)
"Pieces", Svitlo(Lviv, Ukraine)
2022
"Kalyna", Dzyga(Lviv, Ukraine)
"She will win", Circle Culture Gallery(Berlin, Germany)
"Kalyna", Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery(London, UK)
2021
"Big opening", Studio(Lviv, Ukraine)
2020
"Wild cats in circus", Apartment 31(Lviv, Ukraine)
Group Exhibitions
2024
"YOLO" (You Only Live Once) show, GÄRNA ART GALLERY(Madrid, Spain)
MUSEAUX, GALERIE BESSAUD(Paris, France)
Charity Exhibition/Auction, “The Collectyv”(Kyiv, Ukraine)
“Love and affection”, Yagallery(Lviv, Ukraine)
2023
Сharity exhibition “Mariya’s Dreams”(Vienna, Austria)
Regards Croisés, Cohle Gallery(Paris, France)
Сharity exhibition, weandworld.bfk(Lugano, Switzerland)
ENTER art fair, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery(Copenhagen, Denmark)
Art Busan, HOFA Gallery(Busan, South Korea)
Ukrainian Dream, We & The World Kozytskyi Charity Foundation(London, UK)
Dallas Art Fair, Sapar Contemporary(Dallas, USA)
"NEWDREAM WORLD", Sapar Contemporary(New York, USA)
Art Central Art Fair, HOFA Gallery(Hong Kong, China)
"Everywhere I look I see your eyes", Casa Estudio Granados(Barcelona, Spain)
2022
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)
"The horses", Galeria Herrero De Tejada(Madrid, Spain)
"The Flow", Fir Gallery(Beijing, China)
"Paper", Beers Gallery(London, UK)
2021
"Explosion", Fest Republic,(Lviv, Ukraine)
"Back to School", Shit Art Club(Los Angeles, USA)
19karengallery(Golden Coast, Australia)
"Conscious"(Kyiv, Ukraine)
"Arch & Posed", Weserhalle, Online show(Berlin, Germany)
Art residency
2023
Giorni Culturali Svizzera - Ucraina(Lugano, Switzerland)
Residence Chapelle Sté. Catherine(Loire, France)
2022
La Maison de Temps(Kauffenheim, France)
Hangar(Lisbon, Portugal)
2021
Vysoko(Richka, Ukraine)
Contacts
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