“I create to find what cannot be explained, only felt.”

Iva Urban (Ivanna Urban) is a contemporary artist whose work moves between abstraction, portraiture and conceptual formats. Her practice is grounded in painting and material exploration, often engaging with broader questions of memory, identity and collective experience.

Combining academic training with an intuitive process, she works with rhythm, texture and minimal aesthetics to develop a visual language that engages with both personal and shared realities.

Originally from Ukraine and currently based in London, she draws on diverse influences while maintaining a focus on clarity, form and emotional depth.

Her work spans series and formats but remains united by a sensitivity to surface and a commitment to thoughtful, process-driven expression.

Selected Exhibitions

2025 – Thresholds, University of Greenwich, London

2024 – Serendipity, HJ Gallery, London

2024 – What is Art?, group exhibition, London

Education

2024–present – London Metropolitan University, UK – Fine Art

2003–2010 – Lviv National Academy of Arts, Ukraine

1999–2003 – Kosiv Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, Ukraine