Irina Schiwon was born in Altaj, Siberia (Russia) in 1958. After graduation in Computer Science in St. Petersburg, she moved to Germany in 1984, where she has lived for 40 years and considers her second home.  In fact, it was in Germany that she began creating her first works based on the models of Kandinsky, Miro and the  masters of Bauhaus. 
She worked for many years abroad, where she was also inspired by Poljakov and Max Ernst, and held her first exhibitions and created her first commissioned works for private clinics and cultural pubs.
Since 2010, she has exhibited in solo exhibitions in Moscow and Berlin. In 2015, she opened her own studio in Berlin and continued to present her paintings in various exhibitions in Magdeburg, Dresden, Cuxhaven, Innsbruck and Berlin. 
From 2023 to 2025, she has exhibited her works in solo exhibitions in Tuscany, Castellina in Chianti and Magdeburg, Germany, and in collective exhibitions in Venice, Matera and Bologna. She produces further commissioned works for organizations, companies and in collaboration with the interior designers “Picture & Frieze”.

Artist statement
“Abstraction is not chaos. Each of my paintings has its own signature. I let myself be guided by emotions and bring my feelings onto the canvas. In doing so, every basic idea is my focus, I do not make sketches and I think in the original. The color is an expression of my passion.

Every stroke is emotion, if I am not satisfied, the abstract allows me to wipe it off, cover it up, change it or even destroy it. In the abstract, color gives me the freedom to work through, edit, change or adapt until it finally fits my basic idea.”

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