Iryna Sushelnytska works within a figurative tradition that has consistently interrogated the limits of representation - from the bodily extremity and distortion of form in twentieth-century painting to the symbolic density of post-Symbolist systems. Her work does not depart from this lineage; it continues it under different historical pressures.
Working in series, Sushelnytska constructs compositions as self-contained visual systems in which the human figure never exists as a stable image - it is subjected to structural, psychological, and historical forces that exceed the individual body. Dense layering, circular movement, and the deliberate erosion of form produce images that function simultaneously as psychological landscapes and symbolic architectures.
Her engagement with historical memory is not thematic but structural - manifesting through accumulation, density, and the refusal of resolution. The works do not illustrate: they bear witness.
Sushelnytska’s practice spans large-format painting, drawing, and performative approaches to painting in which the body becomes not only a subject of depiction but an instrument of inscription.
Works are marked by different forms of signature, including the artist’s name and the SILa monogram — a condensed sign constructed from the initials of the full name. These variations function not as stylistic choices but as elements of identification within the work’s internal system.
Archive & Documentation
Selected works may also be accompanied by certificates of authenticity and related archival documentation.
Art is process — continuous movement that can become a source of salvation and catharsis.
© Iryna Sushelnytska
Honoured Artist of Ukraine.
Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
Name variants used in publications and search:
Iryna Sushelnytska / Ірина Сушельницька / Ирина Сушельницкая / SILa