Irina Matiash

Irena turned to artistic practice at the age of reason after having graduated from the Economic University in Minsk and having worked for three years as an accountant. Then she studied graphic design at the University of the Arts, but painting constantly attracted her.

Irena Matiash is often drawn to subjects that convey a certain independence, strength, and nonchalance. Liberated from the male gaze, her paintings celebrate femininity by depicting powerful women with their own agendas who resist objectification and subordination. Her subjects are literally bathed in bold colors. Irina creates her paintings using acrylics, oil paint, and decoupage. Experimenting with various techniques, textures, and patterns, Irena demonstrates mastery in graphic lines, composition, and color theory.
She lives and works in Poznan, Poland

2022- Concept art, Sowa, Poznan
2009-2012 - Belarusian State Art Academy - Graphic Design;
2016 - Fashion Illustrator at Fantasy Room Art School, Minsk
2016 - Commercial Fashion Illustration Kolocheva school (Alena Lavdovskaya);
2017 - "We draw a person. Portrait" at Kolocheva Art School, online;
2018 - Anatomy for Illustrator, at Miroedova Art School, online;

September 2023 - group exhibition "Human traces" CK ZAMEK, Poznan, Poland
October 2021 - CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2021 – THE SECRET GARDEN, international exhibition;
January 2021 - 3D Exhibition "Ultramarin". Gallery FIDA, Miami;
January 2020 - 3D Exhibition "The Power of Fashion Strokes", HAZEGALLERY, Berlin;
December 2020 - group exhibition "FSHN'ART Exhibition of Fashion Illustration" at Library and art-residence SHKAF, Saint-Petersburg;
August 2020 - group exhibition "VOGUE" at Boomer gallery, London;
August 2020 - group exhibition "Fine Appearances: The Fashion Illustration Exhibition", HAZEGALLERY, Berlin;
March 2020 - group exhibition “I am Monet, I am Shishkin, I am Malevich” at National Modern and Contemporary Art Center, Minsk;
November 2019 - personal exhibition “Fashion illustration” at National TV exhibition hall, Minsk.