Who is

KARINÉ SUTYAGINA

MY STORY

I was born in Uzbekistan, at the crossroads of the Silk Road, and from an early age I dedicated myself to painting and drawing. My artistic path led me to continue my studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, before expanding internationally through projects in Moscow and collaborations within the worlds of art, design, and luxury.

Over the years, I have worked as a designer and curator for international brands and cultural spaces, developing projects that combined visual identity, spatial awareness, and aesthetic research. These experiences refined a sensitivity to proportion, light, and the relationship between objects and environment — elements that now naturally inform my artistic practice.

Living and working across different cultural contexts has shaped a distinctive language expressed through painting and the development of two central projects: “Soul Portrait,” which connects art and inner identity, and the “Sphere” series, contemporary works in acrylic that explore light and spatial transformation.

Today, my work brings together art, space, and personal dimension, creating pieces conceived not as isolated objects, but as living presences in dialogue with their environment.

Exhibitions

2023: – Group exhibition at Palazzo Santoni in Jesi (ITALY)

2021: – Solo exhibition at Quality, Craftsmanship, Luxury Studio Design in Lugano, Switzerland.

2019: – Group exhibition at Milan Art Gallery (ITALY)

2018: – ARMORY ARTWEEKS NEW YORK (USA)

2017: – Basel Airport (SWISS)

2016: – Group exhibition at the Franciscan Convent in Muro Leccese (ITALY)

2016: – Group exhibition at the former Customs House in Rome (ITALY)

2006: – Solo exhibition at the "Le Dune" Hotel in Sabaudia (ITALY)

1997: – Group exhibition at the Teatro Vascello in Rome (ITALY)

1993: – Solo exhibition at the Uzbekistan Union of Architects in Tashkent (UZBEKISTAN)

1991: – Personal exhibition at Center of Young Artists' Creativity in Tashkent (UZBEKISTAN)

Press & Critical Essays