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Some people collect art only to invest. Others collect it because a painting stopped them mid-scroll and they couldn’t forget it.I paint for the second kind. 


I’m Irina, painter, architect, and member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine as well as of Munich, now living and working in Munich.

My work spans many themes: architecture, abstraction, flowers, people. But my heart keeps returning to one place nature. Mountains. Light on water. The quiet resilience of a landscape that asks nothing of you.

In a world that has lost its sense of beauty, I believe painting can bring it back.

Not trendy. Not provocative for its own sake. Just honest, skilled, aesthetically alive work that makes a room  and a life  feel more complete.

I’ve been painting since childhood, studied at Kharkiv Art School, trained as an architect, and spent decades exhibiting across Ukraine. Today I show my work in galleries across Europe and teach master classes in Munich.

If you’ve been looking for a painting that carries real emotion and craft; something that earns its place on your wall I’d love to show you what I’m working on.

 

CV​

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  • Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine

  • Based in Munich, Germany

  • The member of National Union of Artists of Ukraine and Munich Artist Union 

  • Education:

    • Kharkiv Art School, 1977

    • Masters degree in Architecture. Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture, 1985

    • Masters degree in Pedagogy. The National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute", 2012

  • Exhibitions in 2026:

    • 1-3 May ARTMUC Munich, stand A236​

    • 27 Feb-18 Mar Mariam Cremades, Alicante 

    • 'Hearts of project' journal, New York, Volume 12​

    • In July Galerie Helligkeit group exhibition in Munich

    • in December RED DOT Miami 

  • Exhibitions before 2026:  national/local in Ukraine, participated in over 30+

"Through the years I realized that the rhythms of the life of a modern person often do not allow to notice the beauty and uniqueness of our world around us. Over the years, you understand that the most difficult thing is to see, put it through yourself and then reproduce what you see! I am very glad that now this period has come in my life when I have an opportunity, time and desire to share my emotions, experience via the artworks with you." (c)

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ARTIST STATEMENT

Irina Osetrova explores the fragile relationship between human presence and the vastness of space, both natural and constructed. Working with expressive brushwork and layered textures, she creates landscapes and architectural scenes that oscillate between memory and perception.

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Her paintings do not depict specific locations, but rather psychological terrains, places shaped by light, atmosphere, and inner states. Mountains dissolve, skies expand, and structures stand in quiet tension, as if suspended outside of time.

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A recurring element in her work is a small figure, often marked by a subtle red accent. This presence functions as both a point of orientation and a measure of scale, a quiet witness within overwhelming environments. It invites the viewer to enter the space, to experience solitude, distance, and reflection.

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Whether depicting remote alpine landscapes or silent urban fragments, Osetrova’s work is concerned with what remains — traces of presence, echoes of place, and the shifting boundary between the external world and internal experience.

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