Exotic flowers from the Madeira market Painting by Irina Markevich

My name is Irina Markevich I was born in Moscow, Russia. I am a professional designer and artist. I was very lucky, and since childhood I have always been engaged in creativity. I graduated from Art school, then Stavropol Regional school of Design, I studied at the Higher school of Design with the famous enamel artist Nikolai Vdovkin, I was educated in Fine Arts from Stavropol State Pedagogical Institute. And a year studied in Italy, at the school of Fashion-Milan Fashion Campus. From 2003 to 2009 I was the head of the Department of "Costume Design" in the Stavropol regional school of design. Where I taught drawing, painting, composition, modeling and costume history. This amazing time has given me a lot. It was a great practice and communication experience with many students, artists and designers. In 2004, after the regional exhibition I was accepted to the Creative Union of Artists of Russia and International Federation of Artists. Since 2009 I have dedicated myself to launching and developing my brand of clothes in the style of family look - same clothes for mother and daughter - MARK'A. I am the mastermind and chief designer of the company. Our feature is bright unusual prints, many of which I create myself. We ourselves print drawings on fabrics, from which we then sew clothes. The last few years, I've been traveling a lot. Literally every 2 months I make new trips and discover our beautiful world. I do a lot of sketches, paint landscapes or create unusual compositions. Different places of our planet, meetings, people and events give me completely different impressions - and correspondingly different techniques of execution Sometimes I just don't have the patience to wait for the moment when I can finally draw. I started with small formats, but now I have moved to oil and acrylic painting on large canvases. I devote a lot of time to spiritual practices and self-development. This experience helps me to be realized in creativity. I love color and light, its shades and iridescence. I like to try new materials and techniques, mix them in the most unusual variations. I do not want to limit myself and create art objects in several directions. Abstract painting on impressions from my trips. Graphic compositions on very exciting topics for me. History - that's what I call a series of works with a fabulous. Landscapes and sketches from travels.