Irina Kuprijanova

Irina Kupriyanova is a Montenegrin-based contemporary artist whose vibrant and multi-layered works blend elements of metarealism, decorative painting, and symbolic narrative. Born in 1970 in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Irina began drawing in early childhood and held her first solo exhibition at the age of 13. Her path to art includes a diverse educational background—first in finance, later in interior design at the Guildford Design School (2008), and finally in fine arts at the Moscow Academy of Arts (2012), where she specialized in painting and easel graphics.

Irina’s creative expression is deeply rooted in nature, the sea, light, and the subtle poetry of everyday life. Her paintings are often dreamlike, filled with textured surfaces, fantasy elements, and meaningful details that invite introspection and spark imagination. She works across a wide range of genres, including portraiture, landscape, life drawing, and figurative abstraction, often combining materials such as canvas, wood, glass, and textiles with oil, acrylics, gold leaf, batik, and structural pastes.

Now living on the Adriatic coast, Irina finds inspiration in the Mediterranean light and the sounds of the sea. Her artistic practice is guided by inner contemplation and a...

Received her first education in the field of financial and economic sciences.
In 2008, she graduated from the Moscow Guildford School in nail art.
In 2010, she received an education as an interior designer.
Graduated from the Moscow Academy of Arts named after N. Krupskaya (2012) in the specialty "painting and easel graphics".

Collective exhibitions
2025 Art Gallery Budva, Montenegro
2024 Esenja Fešta HERCEG NOVI, Montenegro
2023 Fešta Od Naranja HERCEG NOVI, Montenegro
2023 Mimosa Festival Herceg Novi, Montenegro
2021 Artists Of Herceg – Novi (Galerija Josip Bepo Benković) Herceg – Novi, Montenegro
2012 International Exhibition And Fair Of St. Dominic Gdansk, Poland,
2012 A Midsummer Night's Dream - International Festival Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
2010 Baltic Vernissage Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
2010 Волшебный Фонарь Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
2009 And The Angels Will Come Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia

Personal exhibitions
2018 Mechanical Universe Gurevsk, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
2017 Mechanical Universe Svetly, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
2013 Slavic Roots Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
2013 My Silk Road Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
2013 My Silk Road Svetly, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
2012 My Silk Road Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad region, Russia
2010 My Silk Road Zelenogradsk, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
2009 Painting On Glass And Ceramics "Bright Colors Of Life" Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Region, Russia
1983 Sakhalin Childhood Kholmsk, Sakhalin region, Russia