
Katarina Chyrva
Born: 1992
Hometown: Aleksandria
Based in: Warsaw
Katarina Chyrva is a multidisciplinary artist who spans visual art, fashion design, and architecture. She received her master's degree in architecture in 2014 and continues to work as an architect. However, she has gained widespread recognition for her captivating paintings that evoke a sense of infinity in the viewer. Katarina experiments with various media combinations. Her innovative blending of traditional painting techniques and computer graphics creates otherworldly compositions with a distinctive style.
Katarina's artistic vision has been exhibited in two museums - CICA useum in Korea and Kopernik science center in Warsaw, numerous exhibitions across Europe, including two solo shows in Poland and a showcase at the prestigious Art Nordic art fair in Copenhagen in 2022. Her artwork has also been prominently featured in international fashion and art magazines, including her illustrations gracing the front and back covers of the Milan-based Hunter Fashion Magazine in 2021. Additionally, Katarina's painting 'Transcendence' was recognised with an honourable mention in the esteemed Luxembourg Art Prize competition in the same year.
In addition to her visual artistry, Katarina has contributed to the fashion world through her unique collection of clothing and accessories that feature her artwork as ornate designs on silk fabric. Each piece, from silk scarves to dresses, is a wearable work of art that seamlessly merges Katarina's artistic sensibilities with her fashion design expertise. In addition, Katarina is a beautiful model to present her fashion, showcasing her clothing and accessories with effortless elegance.
With a diverse portfolio that highlights her wide range of creative talents, Katarina Chyrva is an artist who consistently pushes the boundaries of artistic expression and blurs the lines between different mediums.
More About Katarina Chyrva
What inspires you?
I'm inspired by the world we live in, with its mystery and infinite beauty of the cosmos. We are a mere speck on the universe's grand canvas, but through artistic expression, I transcend boundaries, revealing the endless horizons that lie within and beyond.
Describe your creative process.
I constantly look for new media and technologies and mix them with their traditional repertoire. My search for an ideal merge drives me while experimenting with varieties of their combinations. For example, I merge classical oil painting with digital graphic. My work is an interplay of unconscious flow, which sparks the creative process, and conscious, deliberate perfecting of an image, giving the form to the infinite energy of the flow. Thus, every detail, every colour and shape, and surrounding elements have their meaning and are precisely constructed – like in baroque ornaments.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
Infinity, flow, boundless
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
Oil painting, silk ribbons, computer
Credentials
Education
National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic»
Ukraine, 2015
Exhibitions
"Breathe" CICA Museum
South Korea, 2023
Group exhibition. Connected Art
Poland, 2023
Solo Exhibition. Kaleidoscope
Poland, 2021
Press
Interview. Business Woman & Life magazine
2023
"Season's Nature" . Life is Art
2021