Alina Eydel

Born in 1989, Eydel and her parents emigrated to the U.S. in 1992, escaping the dangerous remnants of the Chernobyl disaster. For years, they struggled as immigrants just to get by, but always supported their daughter’s creativity. She has been exhibiting professionally since 2000 and is best known for her mixed media mosaic techniques: Glass Bead Mosaic and Butterfly Wing Mosaic., Eydel is always striving to grow as an artist by exploring and expanding her creative potential with different themes and materials. 

The essence of Eydel’s new series of paintings is a simplified sophistication. Eydel takes her signature imagery of Glamorous Glass Bead Mosaics, lovingly monikered “Glamour Girls”, and expands it into larger-than-life proportions. Unlike the Glamour Girls, which focused mostly on the glass bead mosaic technique, the “Big Girls” showcase more painting: Eydel juxtaposes bold, almost color-blocked imagery, with subtleties of color and painted surface texture.
Eydel aims to evoke a simplified sophistication with a more minimalist technique. Taking inspiration from Alex Katz, Tamara de Lempicka, and Gustav Klimt, her paintings resonate with energy from the contrast of flat, pattern-rich surfaces and boldness of imagery. The...

B.A. from Florida Gulf Coast University

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY, FORT MYERS, FL

SYDNEY AND BERNE DAVIS ART CENTER, FORT MYERS, FL

CHABAD JEWISH CENTER OF NAPLES, FL

BEVERLY HILLS CITY HALL



GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECT):

2017-PRESENT
EYDEL FINE ARTS GALLERY, NAPLES, FL

2023
EVERYTHING IS COMING UP ROSES, VIRTUAL EXHIBIT, WWW.PRETTYGIRLSMAKINGCOOLSHIT.COM

2021
TRUNK SHOW AT RITZ-CARLTON BEACH RESORT, NAPLES, FL


2017
20/20 FGCU ART ALUMNI EXHIBITION, WASMER ART GALLERY, FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY, ESTERO, FL

2016
FLORIDA CONTEMPORARY 2016, BAKER MUSEUM OF ART, NAPLES, FL
GALERIE DU SOLEIL, NAPLES, FL
TRUNK SHOW AT RITZ-CARLTON BEACH RESORT, NAPLES, FL
 
2015
TURTLES ON THE TOWN PUBLIC ART PROJECT, NAPLES, FL
GALERIE DU SOLEIL, NAPLES, FL
RITZ-CARLTON BEACH RESORT, NAPLES, FL
 
2014
GALERIE DU SOLEIL, NAPLES, FL
ADAM WYATT GALLERIES, KEY WEST, FL

2013
INCOGNITO 2013 AT THE PATTY AND JAY BAKER NAPLES MUSEUM OF ART
GALERIE DU SOLEIL, NAPLES, FL
 
2012
BROADWAY PALM DINNER THEATER, FORT MYERS, FL
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR SEATTLE, PROMINENT ART GALLERY, SEATTLE, WA
NAPLES INTERNATIONAL ART & ANTIQUES FAIR, NAPLES, FL
GROUP SHOW AT THE FOLEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, FOLEY, AL
 
2011
SENIOR PROJECT, FGCU ART GALLERY, FORT MYERS, FL
ARTS FOR ACT CH...