Le mensonge est parfois plus vrai que la vérité, 2024

Irina Bellaye BlanXs  

A multidisciplinary artist. 

Irina was born in Kazakhstan and grew up in Estonia, at the time located in the USSR. Since she was a child she studied art. First, in an art school for children, then ceramics in a studio in Tallinn, then the Tallinn School of Fine Arts (Estonian Art Academy), and finally the Ateliers de sBeaux Arts in PARIS for 4 years. 

In 2009 Irina moved to France. She participated in the Biennale de Bourges where she lived the first year. In 2011 Irina moved to Paris. 

She has exhibited in several galleries, festivals, fairs in Paris, other cities and other countries like Italy, China, South Korea, Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg and etc. 

In 2011-2012 she participated in auctions of Drouot and Drouot Montagne where she sold her paintings during public and charity sales. 

She has spent several years in artist residencies in Estonia, Venice, France and Russia. 

She was coordinator and president of the jury of the international children's competition "Draw me Peace". 

Her pseudonym BlanXs, Irina took it in 2017 when she realized her street art work in front of the Fondation Cartier, 7 meters long. This was done with her medative technique as in her drawings. 

Today she works as an artist in Chartres and Paris.