Halina Ivanova

HALINA IVANOVA

I am a contemporary artist working in the style of Fairy-Tale Romanticism — an artistic language that exists between reality, dream, memory, and imagination.

My paintings create poetic worlds where familiar spaces and objects become symbols of inner experience. Small houses, moonlit skies, roads, stairways, stars, solitary figures, and fantastical characters appear in my work not as illustrations, but as visual metaphors for emotional states.

I am interested in the fragile boundary between the visible world and the inner life of a person — in memories that remain with us, dreams that shape our perception, the search for a sense of home, and the quiet desire to preserve our ability to wonder.

A recurring idea in my work is the inner child: not childhood itself, but that part of us that remains capable of imagination, sensitivity, mystery, and an intuitive connection with the world. Beneath the gentle and dreamlike appearance of my paintings, there is often a more intimate emotional layer — solitude, longing, anticipation, hope, or the search for inner harmony.

Rather than depicting reality literally, I create emotional landscapes in which the viewer can pause and enter a personal space of contemplation. My painti...

Graduated from Minsk College-Gymnasium of Art in 2001.

A 2008 graduate of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts, where I studied decorative and applied arts.

2020

"Christmas conjoint art exhibition", Gallery DK, Minsk, Belarus

2019

“15eme Salon d’art contemporain” , Montreux Art Gallery, Montreux, Switzerland

"From congress to congress", The Republican Art Gallery of the Belarusian Union of Artists, Minsk, Belarus

2018

"6th Belarusian Biennale of painting, graphic and sculpture", the Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus

"Autumn salon with Belgazprombank", the Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus

"My secret garden", a personal exhibition, Belart gallery, Minsk Belarus

"The light of Christmas conjoint art exhibition", Artel Gallery, Minsk, Belarus

2017

"Skoriniana", a republican art exhibition, the Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus

"Apple smak", a republican art exhibition, the Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus

"Psychology of a character", a republican portrait exhibition, the Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus

"Sotvorenie art exhibition", Alley of Joy gallery, Ryazan, Russia

"Postulate the 3rd art biennale", the Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus

2016

"5th Belarusian Biennale of painting, graphic and sculpture", the Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus

"Sotvorenie art exhibition", Moscow, Russia

"Autumn salon Belgazprombank", the Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus

Art-project "Seeds", a republican art e...