Iryna Belova-Smorzh

Iryna Belova-Smorzh was born in Kyiv in 1964 into the family of a teacher at the Aviation University and an editor of a scientific journal. Drawn to art since childhood, she would sketch quietly in notebooks, even at public transport stops, long before art became her life’s calling.

She entered the Faculty of Architecture at the Kyiv Civil Engineering Institute with ease, and later founded an interior design studio in 2001, followed by the Iryna Belova-Smorzh Author’s School of Architecture and Design in 2005. After returning to drawing during the crisis of 2008, she began a deep search for her own artistic “handwriting” through oil, watercolor, and graphic work…

Her path is also marked by profound personal testimony: in 1999 she was delivered by God from severe alcohol addiction, in 2006 healed by Him from cancer, and in 2013 restored to life by God’s power. Her book "Being Healed And Staying Alive" has since been translated into 18 languages. A wheelchair artist, she creates with resilience, faith, and a rare tenderness that gives her work both spiritual depth and human warmth.

Since 2020, she has worked almost entirely in pastel and graphics, where her faith, sensitivity, discipline, and contemplative vision are especially fu...

Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture - Architecture - 1981-1987

2025
* Contemporary Artists Exhibition — Tauvers Gallery International, Kyiv, Ukraine (May) •
* Salon International d'Art Contemporain — Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France (October)
* ART BAR GRENADA GALLERY — St. George's, Grenada (October)
2026
* Solo Show «Spring Power: Resurrection And Life» — Tauvers Gallery International, Kyiv, Ukraine (May-July)
* Extinction 2026 - Galerium, Biafarin Online Exhibition (April-May)
* Rise and Shine 2026 - Biafarin Online Exhibition (June-July)
* Blue Line Arts Gallery Gala - Benefit Art Auction (October)