THE NEW COLLECTORS

“Through observing the sky, clouds and weather, nature has taught me to paint images that breathe.” Maria Andrievskaya is a painter based between Cyprus and London. Her practice explores the inner landscape and painting as a form of sensing rather than seeing. Through colour, texture and the preparation of the surface, she approaches painting as an act of attention, guided by intuition, memory and bodily sensation. Her process begins in the landscape of Cyprus, where she work

From October 23 to 25, 2026, with Preview Days on October 21 and 22, Art Basel Paris will return to the Grand Palais for its fifth edition, bringing together 211 galleries from 41 countries and territories. The 2026 edition marks the first under the direction of Karim Crippa and arrives at a particularly significant moment for Paris, a city whose position within the international art market has continued to strengthen while its institutional and gallery landscape becomes incr

Qualified Arts and Humanities Goldsmiths 2006 A practicing Abstract Expressionist Artist since first lockdown, 2020. With a background in Secondary School Teaching and Theatre Practice, Physical Theatre – inter-relationship, and the ‘figurative’, influences my Art and Painting practice. I am interested in the corporeal, physical manifestation of movement patterns through space – I also explore the metaphoric and philosophical.

My photorealistic painting technique distinguishes itself through exceptional attention to detail and astonishing depth of field. In comparison to traditional painting techniques, which often involve a certain degree of interpretation and abstraction, I strive to depict my subjects as lifelike as possible.I use a combination of digital tools for preparation and traditional techniques to reproduce textures, light effects, and shadows with the utmost precision. My ability to ca