Yana Stajno

I came to painting as a writer. A friend gave me pencils for Christmas 2002 and i took them to a life drawing class. Before that I had to find the right words to convey a mood,a character, a story. Now I found I could use a brush stoke or a colour or a texture to summon a whole world. It felt like I had sprouted wings. I never use pencils now. Not once I had discovered charcoal, pastels and glorious paint. I painted and drew wherever and whenever and now I have a studio and collectors of my work.

I studied Drama and English at Cape Town University, Creative Writing and Novel Writing at City University, London and Drawing and Painting at the Royal Drawing School, London.

Crouch End Open Studios May 2010 - 2017
Chocolate Factory Open Studios November 2009 - 2017
Spaniards Inn Solo November 2009
Karamel Club Solo Exhibition April 2014
Lauradale House Exhibition March 2015
Ply Gallery, London N8 November 2016
Whittington and James Gallery June 2017