Maria Virzhe

Maria Virzhe is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, street art, performance, and installation. Her practice explores the intersection of personal experience and public space, transforming vulnerability, motherhood, and collective participation into immersive works.

Her ongoing project, The Walk of Tears, investigates the invisible emotional landscape behind success. Through participatory actions, the project invites people to contribute personal gestures and stories, dissolving the boundary between artist, audience, and urban environment.

In 2020, Virzhe founded the STARS & TEARS art group together with her children, developing collaborative projects that merge family authorship with contemporary public art.

Alongside participatory works, she creates paintings and sculptural objects that materialize emotional states into physical form.

Academy of art, Kaliningrad, Russia 2002
Master's degree in Philosophy, OmGU, Omsk, Russia 2014

Selected Exhibitions
2002Levaya nogaional Forum of Children's Creativity, Kaliningrad, Russia.
2003 - FLAG /group exhibition, “Kvadrat” gallery, Omsk, Russia/
2017 - SIMPLE /solo exhibition, ”Levaya noga” gallery, Omsk, Russia/
2018 - SIMPLE /solo exhibition, VIRZHE ART LAB, Los Angeles, California/
2018 - Solo exhibition /Kabbalah Center, Los Angeles, California/
2019 - SELECTION /art show, TOUCHON gallery, Los Angeles, California/
2019 - KITCHEN /solo exhibition, TOUCHON gallery, Los Angeles, California/
2020 - art show /TOUCHON gallery," Los Angeles, California/.
2020 - quarantine /installation, Venice beach< California/
2023 - "Stars and Tears" /solo exhibition, Polina Zaremba Gallery, Omsk, Russia/
2026 - LITTLE EASY gallery /opening, art show, Los Angeles, California/