Press kit

Short texts, facts and images for articles, catalogues and exhibitions. Images may be used with the credit “© Valentina Reina”.

Short biography

Valentina Reina (born 1990) is a Ukrainian painter who lives and works in Kyiv. She calls her work transformational painting: layered canvases of oil, wax and natural stones such as obsidian, jade and quartz.

Facts

Born: 1990, Ukraine
Lives and works: Kyiv
Medium: Oil, wax, texture paste and natural stones on canvas
Training: Individual training with the painter Oleg Karavaev, Kyiv, 2016–2017

Statement

I am not an artist in the conventional sense.

I am a researcher of states, an alchemist of matter, an observer of how energy takes form.

Since early childhood I have watched how everything moves, renews and transforms. The human body. Consciousness. Habits. Beliefs. Everything is subject to change.

And if everything is constantly changing, where is the “I” in all of this?

My painting is a form of dialogue with that which cannot be touched, but can be felt. I don’t paint objects. I create energetic structures, reflecting vibrations, collapses, resurrections and inner processes.

It is art through which you may encounter a version of yourself you have never met before.

Exhibitions

2022Solo exhibition: MonologueLive Love Space art venue, Kyiv
2022Group exhibition: Young ArtistsAnniversary of Wizoria, Kyiv
2021Solo exhibition: AwakeningKurazh Bazar, Kyiv
2021Solo exhibition: MonologueKyiv
2020Group exhibition: Young ArtistsOpening of Studio Artzebs, Gorodok Gallery, Kyiv
2017Group exhibition: Diplomatic Collection of PaintingDiplomatic Academy of Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Selected works

Press contact

Valentina Reina · valentina.masjuk@gmail.com · +380 63 974 85 00 · Instagram @valentina_reina_art