Irena Grazuliene

Irena GrazulieneBorn in 1966, in the current territory of Lithuania that was part of the former Soviet Union, I have been residing in London, UK for nearly two decades. For most of my life, I have been enthralled by various artworks, paintings and artists, particularly abstract art. I never studied art professionally. One day I simply picked up the brush and painted my first works. This hobby of mine led me to the New Artist Fair exhibition in 2022 and in Oxo Tower

and the NYC AIDS Memorial

Throughout history

Peter Hujar (born 1934) died of AIDS in 1987

Alongside her personal work

He is a Professorial Fellow at UCA

selling upcycled (or ‘artcycled’) vintage and preworn clothing

Lubaina represented Britain at the 5th Havana Biennale and has shown work at the Studio Museum in New York

which was the first time a national flag had been 'queered'

The Busan Museum of Modern Art

Bridget Riley and the geometry of Islamic patterns and abstract artists such as Fahrelnissa Zeid

My tshirt image is a cyanotype of a blue delphinium

pencil and acrylics to emphasise a more organic and naturalistic element with a fine line to give definition