Inside the world of Alena Martsyanava

Art nevercomes fromhappiness

Some things cannot be said.
They can only be painted.

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Between the lines

01 / The TramOil on canvas · 2013

The things we feel

An independent artistic universeScroll to discover

A portrait in paintings

Every painting
A part of me

From a distance, the artist. Up close, her entire world.

Thousands of tiny paintings come together as Alena’s portrait. Move closer. Every fragment has a story.

82original paintings20 480pieces of one portrait

ALENA / SELF-PORTRAIT IN ART

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01 — A private viewing

Stay a little
Feel something

Six fragments of an inner world.
Every painting, an open door.

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The tune

Confessions should be better planned

Acrylics on canvas, 50x70cm

Honey and lemon

Bits and Pieces

50×50, oil, canvas. March 2013

Lisbon Tram

Big City Life

Oil on canvas. 50x70. 2013 - Sold

Pansies

Little Pleasures

Pastel, paper. Size A4. May 2019.

Connection

Confessions should be better planned

Acrylic paint on canvas. 50*60cm. October 2021

Irises

Flora

Oil on canvas. 50x60cm. July 2016

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The chromatic cabinet

Life tastes
like colour

A flash of violet. A burst of citrus. A secret hidden in blue. Ordinary things, felt extraordinarily.

Find your colour

Made to
be felt

Get closer. There is a whole world in the details.

Three works, infinite sensations

An artist in motion

Beyond
the still

A brush. A breath. A moment.
Step into the world behind the paintings.

Every painting
begins with
a feeling

Watch original ↗01:21 / A closer encounter

02 — The collections

Different worlds
The same heart

All collections

Big City Life

Bits and Pieces

Little Pleasures

A door into every mood

Follow
a feeling

Some days, a city.
Some days, an ocean.
Always, something of yourself.

Seven collections, many ways in

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Big City Life

Rain on the pavement. Light in the windows. Cities that stay with you.

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Confessions

Hidden truths, unspoken words, and the beautiful chaos of being human.

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Flora

Fleeting flowers. Lasting feelings. A little beauty that refuses to fade.

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At the Seaside

Salt in the air. Room to breathe. Somewhere between stillness and freedom.

Keep wandering

Bits and Pieces Little Pleasures Mind Games

03 — The art of becoming

A life, written
in colour

Not a straight line
A constellation

Four moments. One persistent need to turn experience into art.

Alena Martsyanava with black wings — Alena Martsyanava · The artist

Fragments of a life

Germany · The first portraits

Learning to
be seen

Born into an artistic family in Eastern Europe, Alena found her first commercial success painting portraits in Germany. Black, red and white became the colours of a language all her own.

Meet the artist

New York · 2012

The world
opens up

A visit to New York changed her relationship with art. The city widened her view, fuelled her inspiration and pushed her to take painting more seriously.

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Alena in New York — New York · A different way of seeing

The Tram · 2013

A feeling
finds its form

A deeply personal experience became The Tram. Its dramatic city scene brought Alena her first major success, with versions of the painting finding homes in Europe and the United States.

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Confessions · An ongoing story

What words
cannot hold

Life between different worlds grew into Confessions should be better planned: a collection of hidden truths, unspoken words and emotions too strong to keep inside.

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