Maryna Gradnova

Maryna Gradnova is a London-based contemporary artist working primarily in black-and-white ink on paper. Her practice explores memory, displacement, nature, human vulnerability and psychological states through a distinctive gestural language she calls Fieriness.

Developed through decades of professional visual practice spanning contemporary art, theatre, opera, film and costume, Fieriness transforms movement and emotional tension into dense, fluid compositions between figuration and abstraction.

Her works often begin with a place, encounter or unresolved emotional experience and develop through an intuitive process in which ink becomes both image and physical force. Oceans, weather, architecture, human figures and fragments of memory recur throughout her work.

Gradnova’s work has been exhibited internationally across the UK and in Switzerland, Poland, Latvia, Greece and Canada.

Master’s Degree – Decorative & Applied Arts
Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, Ukraine (2000–2005)

French Language & Literature (C1 CECRL)
Sorbonne Université, France (2023–2024)

12 June–22 July 2026
Art as a Response to Mental Health 2026 International Exhibition — Chinwe Russell Art Gallery
Online International Exhibition

16 July–31 August 2026
Wayfarers Contemporary Art Fair — Wayfarers Arcade, 311–317 Lord Street, Southport PR8 1NT, UK
Physical Art Fair: 16–18 July 2026; Exhibition extended through 31 August 2026

June 2026
WILDFLOWERS — Lumen Art Gallery
International Online Exhibition / Art Competition

20 May–30 June 2026
3rd International COSMOS Graphic Mail Art Project 2026 — Toruń, Poland
International Mail Art Project / Exhibition

06–30 May 2026
PROMEMORIA — l’ICAM (Institut des Cultures Arabes et Méditerranéens – L’Olivier), Rue de Fribourg 5, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland
Physical Exhibition

06–10 May 2026
Looking Through the Fog of Uncertainty — Scent and Art Festival 2026, Creative Factory Veldze (Radošā rūpnīca Veldze), Matiša iela 8 (entrance via Bruņinieku iela 25), Riga, LV-1001, Latvia
Physical Festival Exhibition

06 March–30 April 2026
Open — The Paxton Centre, 52 Anerley Hill, London SE19 2AE, UK
Physical Exhibition

03–10 December 2025
OFF THE WALL — Propeller Art Gallery, 30 Abell Street, Toronto, ON M6J 0A9, Canada
Physical Exhibition

15 May–17 June 2025
Freedom — Domio Gallery
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