Contemporary Artist · Spain

Figurative painting that explores the human body — its diversity, movement, and emotional presence.

Mariia Zhurykova is a contemporary figurative artist based in Spain. Her work approaches the human body as a field of tension between form, perception, and emotional presence — focusing on gesture, posture, and rhythm rather than facial detail.

Working across the People, Body Line, Freedom of Beauty and Mediterranean Garden series, she explores different dimensions of human presence — from physical intelligence and femininity to light, nature, and atmosphere. The Mediterranean Garden series is abstract in nature, bringing colour, southern light, and the sensory world of the landscape as an extension of the human experience.

Since 2020, her practice has evolved toward a more conceptual direction — investigating the relationship between individuals and their material and immaterial worlds. Influenced by experiences of war and displacement, her paintings balance fragility and resilience.