Irina Alimanestianu is an American painter living in Southampton, NY. She received an MBA from Columbia University, NY, in 1989 and an MFA from Claremont Graduate University, CA, in 1998. She was raised in Switzerland, France, and New York. 

Irina has a painting practice of thirty-five years, twenty-five years of which were in Venice, CA. Environment and body memory are central to her practice. The vibrational tones of landscape, object, and personal history come forth in her works. She paints, draws and collages.  Her style evolved from representational to abstraction, now including a mix thereof. 

Her work has been shown in the USA and Europe. Shows include “LA Current” at the Hammer Museum in 1998 in Los Angeles, CA, “Artists Choose Artists” in 2019, chosen by Alexis Rockman, at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY. David Pagel, art critic and educator included her paintings in a traveling exhibition through Texas including The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX titled, “New American Talent in 2000 – 2001”. Solo shows include “Solo” in NYC at Kravets/Wehby in 1999 and “Strands, Threads, Metabolic Meditations” in 2021 at MM Fine Art Gallery in Southampton, NY. 

Her paintings are in the permanent collections of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary in Vienna, Austria, the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, NY, and the Pomona College Museum of Art in Pomona, CA. She wrote for Art Issues Magazine in 1998 and 1999.