Irene Gendelman was born and raised in Crimea, Ukraine, where she pursued her formal education and took her earliest steps into the art world.

The Black Sea, majestic mountains, and the narrow winding streets of Old Crimea provided all the inspiration young Irene needed to dream of becoming an artist. From a very early age, her fascination with the visual arts was unmistakable, and this passion flourished throughout her education, from school through university, where she immersed herself fully in painting and music.

Her artistic curiosity was shaped not only by landscapes, but by movement. She has always been drawn to dynamic compositions—busy street scenes full of life, movement, and character. These scenes captivated her imagination early on, offering endless layers of stories, expressions, and architectural rhythms. Irene seeks not simply to depict a place, but to convey the pulse of its atmosphere and emotion.

Her technique is central to this expression. Irene paints with a high relief of texture, building sculptural surfaces through multiple layers of pallete knife applications. This technique gives her work extraordinary depth, creating shadows, contours, and dimensionality that shift as the light moves across the canvas.

With a distinctive balance of palette knife and brushwork, she shapes each scene with emotion and intent. Broad pallete knife strokes evoke the weight and solidity of the scene, while refined brush details breathe softness into the composition.