Alina Ivanova

1968
born in Kiev, Ukraine

1980-1986
Art School Kiev

1987-1994
Ukranian Academy of Arts Kiev

since 1994
Member of the Union of Ukranian Artists

since 2001
Alina Ivanova works as a freelance artist in Germany

Alina Ivanova´s artworks take us into a colourful dream world being composed of many shades,
nuances and messages full of emotional and sensual contents.

Subtle poetry and excellent craftsmanship unify into a visual language
containing imaginative experimentiveness and factual clarity at the same time.

All of Alina´s artworks fascinate by their extraordinary complexity and diversity
and consistently surprise the art connoisseurs with the fact that often only after long observation
more and more representational metaphors and manifestations of the unconscious
reveal themselves out of a scene which is superficially appearing as confused.
 
“Each of my paintings tells a story. I am not a writer and do not play with words but with colours, shapes and images.
The viewer should look into another world like through a door gap and enjoy it.
When painting I always remain open to anything. The image takes my hand and tells me how to go on.
I paint spontaneously and initially do not know how the artwork will look like at the end – the result comes by itself.
In doing so I rely on my inspiration and play with my inner images, with my imagination, with the non-tangible
being revealed from my self within.
When painting, I am always happy. Therefore I solely create works which I perceive as nice and positive.”
Alina Ivanova


Exhibitions (a selection):

1993
Artists´House, Kiev, Ukraine

1994
Municipal Cultural Centre Brussels, Belgium

1996
Gallery Inko Art, Kiev, Ukraine

1997
O´Kane Gallery, Houston, U. S. A.

1997
Mainland Art Gallery, Texas City, U. S. A.

1997
U. S. Embassy, Kiev, Ukraine

1998
Tokyo Triennial, Japan

1999
Kawaleridse Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine

2000
Lawra Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine

2000
Grifon Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine

2000
International Triennial, Bitola, Macedonia

2005
Galerie du Four-A-Pain, Toulon, France

2005
Galerie Saint Louis, Toulon, France

2006
Galerie im Hof, St. Wendel, Germany

2010
Galerie Hardy Hennen, Mettlach, Germany

2011
TUFA Trier, Germany

2012
Galerie Kleiner Prinz, Baden-Baden, Germany

2014
Zeitgeist Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany