BIOGRAPHY

Ivana Orviska is a Slovak-born painter whose textured oil landscapes explore the fragile beauty of nature and the emotional resonance of place. Growing up during the socialist era, she found creative refuge in wild meadows and in the quiet discipline of painting. A treasured box of Gioconda pastels from her father sparked a lifelong devotion to art.

Influenced by the French Impressionists and shaped through self-study, workshops, and mentorship, she gradually developed her distinctive approach to oil painting. Her sold-out debut exhibition in Bratislava in 2012 marked the beginning of her full-time artistic journey.

Her work is meditation on memory, light, and the urgency of preservation. Through expressive brushstrokes and layered textures, Ivana creates atmospheric landscapes that balance emotion, tension, and poetic stillness. Each canvas becomes a quiet reflection on what remains, what fades, and what we choose to remember.

Ivana has exhibited across Europe, including Vienna, London, Prague, and Bratislava. She has participated in several prestigious artist residencies, including Château Orquevaux in France, NG Art Creative Residency in Provence, and the upcoming Château de Cerisay residency in Normandy. Her visual language resonates with viewers seeking depth, authenticity, and contemplative beauty. She continues to paint intuitively, allowing each piece to emerge from spontaneous emotion and inner reflection.

Her current work focuses on large‑scale oil paintings that explore movement, light, and emotional resonance. She works intuitively, allowing color, gesture, and atmosphere to shape each canvas. Provence, the Mediterranean, rivers, and shifting natural light appear as recurring themes that reflect both inner and outer landscapes.

Today she divides her time between Slovakia and France, continuing to develop her visual language through immersive observation and spontaneous expression. Her paintings have been exhibited in several European cities and are held in private collections across Europe.

In 2026, she was selected for the Atelier Artist in Residence program at Château de Cerisay in France, where she will create a new body of work inspired by the surrounding nature and atmosphere of the region.

Her artistic practice remains rooted in emotion, memory, and the quiet poetry of everyday moments — transformed into color, movement, and timeless visual stories.