Iryna Chaboryk’s work represents a collective memory, visually encapsulating how ordinary, everyday scenes can be turned extraordinary through an artist’s eye. Born in Ukraine just before the fall of the Soviet Union, Chaboryk childhood years had been surrounded by art. Learning...
Read MoreIryna Chaboryk’s work represents a collective memory, visually encapsulating how ordinary, everyday scenes can be turned extraordinary through an artist’s eye.
Born in Ukraine just before the fall of the Soviet Union, Chaboryk childhood years had been surrounded by art. Learning how to draw and paint from a young age, her early work is a reflection of personal identity and a woman’s attempt to find individuality. Chaboryk became fascinated with fashion, fusing old styles with modern usages. Having simultaneously attended Fashion design school and Art School, Chaboryk had successfully earned an art degree in 1998 that qualified her for further education in the arts, but her interest remained in the fashion world. After several years of fashion, Chaboryk discovered a passion for landscape design; enamored in the ability to design beyond the stretch of a single canvas, she majored and earned a degree in landscape design from National Academy of Culture and Art Management in 2004. She continued to work in the field for seven years, working in tandem with the fine art trade and outdoor design. With a constant background in art, with a family history in the subject, Chaboryk was making her mark. Upon immigrating to the United States in 2007, Chaboryk had taken a keen interest in the role of a fine artist; finally fusing her previous learnings of fashion to give a unique design and fresh breath to a canvas.
Upon completion of College of Culture and Arts , Chaboryk began drawing and painting at every spare moment. Following in her mother’s artistic footsteps, Chaboryk’s work ranges from classical paintings to avant-garde mixed medias. Using common scenes as inspiration, her boundless imagery is only paralleled by the breadth and soul found within her work.
Chaboryk’s oeuvre includes paintings of oil, watercolor, textile painting and acrylic. The physical elements of her art work - ranging from nature scenes full of rocks and trees, to studies of people and places, to snapshots of the fun and whimsical - perfectly capture the heart and mind of Chaboryk. By integrating contemporary tastes into her well-schooled techniques, Chaboryk has been able to expand the limits of creativity and fuse styles in a way that brings life into her memories.
