Irisha Pavlenko

My name is Irisha Pavlenko, I am 29 years old. I usually call myself a self-taught artist, but a few years ago I received an academic base of drawing and painting in the private art workshop of Sergei Pavlov (a graduate of the V.I. Surikov Institute and a teacher of the S. G. Stroganov Academy) and after that my free swimming in the world of art began. Now I am a member of the Professional Union of Artists . Over the past 10 years ,I tried myself in various fields of creativity , including 3D graphics and 2D illustration . But nevertheless, painting has always been love. In my works, I like to combine the received academic base and vivid images peculiar to illustrations.
I started drawing at an early age, but life turned out so that for 10 long years I forgot about the brush and thought about anything but painting. After graduating from the History Department of University, I returned to painting again, but with a firm desire to become an artist and make it my second profession. Since then, I feel myself in my place, despite the fact that the artist's path for me is a constant emotional swing, similar to waves of disappointment and inspiration.
The source of inspiration for me are characters, nature, stories, events and, of co...

I got education in the private Academy of Arts, a member of
The Professional Union of Artists

February 2022
- bronze medalist of Camelback Gallery INTERNATIONAL JURIED VISUAL ARTS COMPETITION

April 2022
- exhibition at URBANFRESCO Gallery, Moscow
- Kunstgegenpolitik project."ART OUTSIDE POLITICS. INDEPENDENT ART PROJECT"

July 2022
– 1st place St. Petersburg Art Week. Nomination : Figurativism

September 2022
- Russian Art Prize in the West Wing of the New Tretyakov Gallery

November 2022
- Laureate of the International Academy of Contemporary Arts. ART EXCELLENCE AWARDS -2022. The bronze medal of the competition.

November 2023
- Artlife Fest 2023 in the Manezh