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The Emotion of Portraiture: Ioanna Stefou
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The Emotion of Portraiture: Ioanna Stefou

Ioanna Stefou (born 1981 in Lamia, Greece) is a contemporary painter based in Athens. Her work focuses on the exploration of human nature, using painting as an intimate and direct form of communication capable of revealing emotional states, inner tensions, and profound psychological aspects of the human experience.

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Kateryna Reznichenko: Exploring Human Duality in Contemporary Painting
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Kateryna Reznichenko: Exploring Human Duality in Contemporary Painting

Born in 1997 in Lviv, Ukraine, Kateryna Reznichenko is a contemporary artist whose practice centers on figurative painting. She currently lives and works in Seattle, United States. Her work reflects a deep interest in emotional states, human vulnerability, and the concept of duality—how opposing aspects of identity coexist within a single individual.

With a background rooted in classical training and monumental art, Reznichenko brings technical precision to works that remain intuitive and emotionally open-ended.

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