Iryna Kanishcheva
“Freedom” by Alex Maksiov for Art United Us in Kiev, Ukraine
“Freedom” by Alex Maksiov for ArtUnitedUs in Kiev, Ukraine. Alex Maksiov recently completed a mural in Kiev, Ukraine for the ArtUnitedUs initiative, curated by Geo Leros, Iryna Kanishcheva, Waone Interesni Kazki. About the message behind the mural Alex said: “The bird on my mural symbolized the freedom which is watching for people who is in the …
Interview: Rustam Qbic
Rustam Qbic specializes in street art that seems larger than life. His paintings are saturated with lush storybook colors and are defined by a playful sense of the absurd. Popping up in both expected and unexpected locales, his murals beautify not only the crumbling walls of derelict buildings but also that of apartment buildings. There’s …
Guido van Helten’s New Piece to Commemorate Chernobyl 30 year anniversary
The Chernobyl disaster on April 26, 1986 is one of the most famous and controversial tragedies of our time. It happened at the Lenin Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (which consisted of four reactors) near Pripyat in the Soviet Union. The Chernobyl plant is located only 93 km from Ukraine’s capital Kiev. A one-off test of whether …
Is Gainesville the new Wynwood?
352walls / The Gainesville Urban Art Initiative that was founded and curated by Iryna Kanishcheva is an art movement aiming to transform Gainesville and to position the city as a cultural destination, fostering economic development and promoting urban renewal. The first phase of this initiative began in October 2015, where more than 10 local artists …
Add Fuel in Gainesville, FL
Diogo Machado aka Add Fuel from Portugal was recently in the USA for the first time to paint in Gainesville. Invited by the curator of 352walls, Iryna Kanishcheva, he created his biggest series of works on electrical boxes including a mural. 10 separate interventions in total, mixing 8 different patterns that he prepared exclusively for this project. All of these …
Blog: Rachel Sommer at 352walls
Rachel Sommer was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida. She got into street art after taking a gap year right after high school to travel around Australia. It was in Melbourne, Australia, where she started practicing in some of the lane-ways there and happened to stumble upon a Street Art Festival one day where she met a …
Interesni Kazki in Gainesville, Florida
INTERESNI KAZKI IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA Interesni Kazki, the talented duo from Kiev, Ukraine were in Gainsville, Florida last month to participate in the second phase of the 352walls urban art project that began in October of last year. The 352walls which is founded and curated by Iryna Kanishcheva, is a visionary multi-site project aiming to transform several existing …