{"id":2294,"date":"2022-03-12T11:05:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T10:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pegase-21.com\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2022-03-15T14:42:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:42:00","slug":"n-14-iryna-kalyuzhna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pegase-21.com\/index.php\/en\/2022\/03\/12\/n-14-iryna-kalyuzhna\/","title":{"rendered":"n\u00b0 14 – Iryna KALYUZHNA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Iryna Kalyuzhna \/ \u00a9 Alex Korol <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Iryna is a Ukrainian visual artist originally from Kharkov where she spent her childhood and studied art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open to the world through her many travels, she does not forget her roots and the love of her country is found in particular in her portraits with colorful traditional clothes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

P\u00e9gase-21 invites you to discover this fascinating artist and to support her in the painful ordeal she is currently going through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You were born and you spent all your childhood in Kharkov?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I was born in Kharkov (spelling Kharkiv used from Ukrainian translation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember it like very happy time even it was Soviet Union time, so sometimes we didn\u2019t have even ice cream in the markets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Iryna as a child<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Mostly my grandma was taking care of me. My parents were always busy making ends meet. I had lots of friends and much activity ouside the school. We had deferent kinds of active games sometimes we invent something of our own because we didn\u2019t have gadgets we spent our free time in communication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I love those time it was happiest time of my life! Even I know now it was simple and pure but I felt quite free in doing what I like to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    At what age did you start being interested in painting ?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I start being interested in painting after finished the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Did your parents encourage you ?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My parents didn\u2019t encourage me because that want me to study law and have more secure profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Where did you study art ? Did yo<\/em><\/strong>u<\/strong><\/em> get any degrees ?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I finished art college in Kharkiv and graduated Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Art (2005) degree of specialist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Iryna at the end of his schooling \/ \u00a9 Alex Korol<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Did you have any favorite painters ? Did they influence your work ?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sure I have favorite painters. Impressionists all of them. I love Klimt and Schiele. Love Pre-Rafaelites artists. And of course they influenced my work, but I try to search for my may to express myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Did you have any favorite subjects ? (for example, you do a lot of portraits). <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My favorite topic is the beauty of the world, beauty of women, ethnic topics beauty of women from deferent cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    \u00ab\u00a0Everything going to be all right!\u201d \/ 2022. 150 x 100 cm
    \u00a9 Iryna Kalyuzhna <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Is it for this reason that you paint African women ? Where did this inspiration come from ?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yes, because I admire and respect the cultures of the world I feel myself attached and inspired of the beauty and sincerity of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    On the left : \u201cAfrican beauty\u201d \/ 2021. 180 x 100 cm
    On the right : \u201cAfrican beauty 3\u201d \/ 2021. 120 x 60 cm
    \u00a9 Iryna Kalyuzhna <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    You also do a lot of self-portraits ?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yes, I like to do it because I can express my feelings through it. And I am the model for myself always at hand !<\/p>\n\n\n\n