Iryna Maksymova was born and raised in a small town in the western part of Ukraine called Kolomyia. In 2013 Maksymova graduated from the graphic design department of Lviv Polytechnic National University. She then began her artistic journey in 2020 with her first solo show in Lviv. Since that time, Maksymova participated in various group shows in Ukraine and around the world including New York (2022), London (2022), Madrid (2022), Beijing (2022), Los Angeles (2021), Golden Coast (2021), Berlin (2021), etc.
With her figurative and naive artworks Maksymova gives an innocent and easy voice to the world problems that touch her personally. In her works, Maksymova explores the female body as both feminine and masculine, empowering equality and interconnection. She constantly seeks and develops a way to add traditional Ukrainian motifs in fresh new visual forms and cultivates Ukrainian primitivism art.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
“Pieces”, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (UK)
“Pieces”, Svitlo, Lviv (UA)
ENTER art fair , Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Copenhagen (DK)
Art Busan, HOFA Gallery, Busan (KR)
Ukrainian Dream, We & The World Zozytskyi Charity Foundation, London (UK)
Dallas Art Fair, Sapar Contemporary, Dallas (USA)
“NEWDREAM WORLD”,Sapar Contemporary, New York (USA)
Art Central Art Fair, HOFA Gallery, Hong Kong (CN)
“Everywhere I look I see your eyes”, Casa Studio Granados, Barcelona (ES)
2022
“Kalyna”, Dzyga, Lviv, Ukraine
“She will win”, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin (GER)
“Kalyna”, Kristin Hjellegjerde Galler, London (UK)
” Untitled Art Fair”, Miami (USA)
“Odesia”, Contemporary Cluster Art, Rome (IT)
“NADA”, Miami (USA)
“Women and other wild creatures: matrilineal tales”, Sapar Contemporary”, New York (USA)
“The horses”, Galeria Herrero De Tejada, Madrid (ESP)
“The Flow”, Fir Gallery”, Beijing (CN)
“Paper”, Beer Gallery, London UK
2021
“Big opening”, Studio, Lviv (UA)
“Explosion”, Fest Republic, Lviv (UA)
“Back to School”, Shit Art Club, Los Angeles (USA)