BIO
Irina Cheremisina, (b. 1981) is a Ukrainian mixed-media artist based in Valencia, Spain. She developed a passion for photography and handmade techniques from an early age, but fully embraced her artistic path in 2023 after leaving Ukraine.
Throughout her artistic practice, Irina has participated in numerous exhibitions, including such museums as the DongGang Museum of Photography (South Korea), the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia (Italy), the Kyiv National Art Gallery (Ukraine), the National Museum of Ceramics and Arts "González Martí" (Spain).
Over the past two years, her work has received recognition from numerous international photo competitions, including the Black&White International Awards 2025 (Grand Winner), Monovisions Black&White Photography Awards 2025 (1st Place), Tokyo International Foto Awards 2024 (Gold), Budapest International Foto Awards 2024 (Gold), the CUTOUT Contemporary Collage Festival 2025 (Winner).
Irina’s work was featured in the book 100 Contemporary Ukrainian Photographers, by Form.Paris (2024) and Eyes On The World, by Kamira Institute, Paris (2025).
As a member of the School of Conceptual and Art Photography MYPH, she began her career as a mixed-media and conceptual artist in 2025.
Irina's artworks are held in private collections in Japan, USA, Germany, France, Ukraine, and Spain.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work navigates the fragile terrain of memory and psychological states, where images become vessels for emotion and trace. Through analogue photography, collage, installations, and art books, I engage the tactile—paper, thread, textile—as extensions of thought and touch. Materiality becomes language; lines, textures, and shapes operate as metaphors, mapping inner landscapes. This ongoing process of layering, deconstructing, and reassembling opens space for intuitive experimentation and embodied reflection, inviting viewers to connect with the invisible emotional layers beneath the surface.