[New] arts and culture

Irina Taneva Iri IR is an internationally renowned artist, art teacher and designer, currently living and working from her studio in Kingston upon Thames. Irina, Master of Art, BA (hons) in Teaching art and BA (hons) in Fashion design, has studied in UAL, Central Saint Martins, London, and in the National Academy of Arts, Sofia. Her works are collectable and can be found worldwide in museums and private collections.

Irina’s latest series of paintings are named “Dancing Tulips” and feature flowers in imaginary spaces. She started working on these series during lockdown when she realised how much she misses nature and being surrounded by its beauty. The artist has no interest of painting realistic flowers, instead she uses their shapes as a basis for creating an emotional connection between nature and the inner self. Explosion of colours is what we see in her art works, explosion of emotions is what we feel instantly looking at each painting that tells a different story.

Iri IR

She influenced many people to follow in her footsteps and continues to do this through her other passion of teaching others. At a recent exhibition some of the best artworks of her students of over 100 drawings and paintings in different mediums and themes were on display.

The talented artists range in age from 4 to 64 years. A tour through the art space, you will display paintings of nature and natural phenomena, animals, children, favourite cartoon characters, and vehicles; on themes like favourite games and friendship.

Irina has had many exhibitions in different countries so far, but for the first time she was showing her works alongside her students. Whether creating colourful paintings, tutoring people in art and fashion, Irina attracts an international audience.

For further information, please see the artist’s website: www.irinataneva.com