I suppose its the reference material that informs my paintings. What are the most indispensable items in your studio and why? We spoke to the artist about how she parts with her sought-after paintings and what, exactly, is on her mood board (hint: it involves Lady Gaga).įlora Yukhnovich’s studio, February 2022.

Ahead of the show, she was busy in her studio producing vibrant paintings that explore depictions of Venus throughout history, while also prepping for her debut at the Ashmolean in 2023, in which she responds to the Oxford museum’s historic collections. On Tuesday, Yuchnovich opens her first show at Victoria Miro since the blue-chip gallery, which also represents stars like Njideka Akunyili Crosby, María Berrío, and Wangechi Mutu, signed her in 2021. (Since then, three more works have surpassed that threshold.) (After her first dealer, Matt Watkins of Parafin, spotted her paintings on Instagram, he made an exception to his rule of not representing artists straight out of school.) She first gained the attention of the wider international art world last June, when one of her luscious canvases passed the $1 million mark at Phillips, smashing its $80,000 high estimate by more than a factor of 12. To make her large-scale works, the artist culls from sources ranging from Old Masters like Tiepolo to such contemporary iconography as Kim Kardashian’s famous wet look from the Met Gala in 2019.īorn in 1990 in Norwich, Yukhnovich developed her semi-abstract style as a graduate student at City & Guilds of London Art School. There is something captivating about Yukhnovich’s candy-colored Rococo references, which feel both historically grounded and modern. If you want to buy an artwork available on Artland you have the opportunity to 'Buy Now' and 'Make an Offer', in addition to our 'Contact Gallery' method of inquiry and purchase, giving you three distinct ways to be in touch with a gallery for the acquisition of an artwork.The paintings of London-based artist Flora Yukhnovich don’t last long on the walls once they’re dry-the in-demand London-based painter’s work has been selling out at shows and art fairs almost as soon as it is hung, leaving the scores of collectors who missed out to drive prices for her work into the seven figures at auction.

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