Irada Umarova

Irada Umarova (b. 1987, Shymkent, Kazakhstan) is a contemporary painter currently based in Salzburg, Austria. Her artistic practice focuses on expressing inner emotional states, memory, and personal experience through color and form.

Working intuitively, she combines elements of modernism, impressionism, and contemporary expressive painting. Her works often feature female figures, still life, landscapes, and symbolic objects connected to themes of identity, migration, and belonging.

Color plays a central role in her work as a language of emotion. Through vibrant palettes and expressive techniques, she explores memory, transformation, and the inner world.

Her works are held in private collections internationally.

2004 – Secondary School Diploma, Kazakhstan
2004–2009 – Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design, International Kazakh-Turkish University “Hoca Ahmet Yesevi”, Kazakhstan

2023 – Solo Exhibition, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
2023 – Group Exhibition with the Artists’ Union of Shymkent, Kazakhstan