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

Irina has a painting practice of 35 years. She paints, draws and collages. Her style has evolved from realism to abstraction or a mix of them. 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 included her paintings in a traveling exhibition in Texas, “New American Talent in 2000 – 2001”. She had a solo show in NYC at Kravets/Wehby in 1999 and one in 2021 in Southampton NY. Her paintings are in the permanent collections of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary in Spain, the Parrish Art Museum in NY, and the Pomona College Museum of Art in CA. She wrote for Art Issues publication in 1998 and 99.