Biography
Yana Pagul, a Dubai-based figurative artist, was born in 1995 in Southern Russia – Krasnodar. Since 2013, Yana has lived and worked in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where the key style of her art was born and developed.
Painting has been Yana’s greatest passion since early childhood. Her artistic jo...
Yana Pagul, a Dubai-based figurative artist, was born in 1995 in Southern Russia – Krasnodar. Since 2013, Yana has lived and worked in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where the key style of her art was born and developed.
Painting has been Yana’s greatest passion since early childhood. Her artistic journey began at a young age when she attended a local art school. Although she didn't pursue a formal diploma, her time there instilled in her a deep base of academic drawing and classic painting techniques.
In 2013, Yana moved to Dubai to pursue a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at the University of Wollongong Dubai. While Yana's formal education led her down a different path, her devotion to art remained unwavering. Even during her studies, she continued to paint. After graduation, she worked in the fashion industry, combining her business education with her love for art. However, her passion for painting never waned, and she eventually decided to focus on it full-time in 2019.
Yana's artistic style is characterized by her painstaking work with oils on canvas. Each painting is created in multiple stages, starting with a charcoal sketch, underpainting, and a few layers of color, to make her artworks deeper, but at the same time with very soft and smooth shadows, and edgy thin contours. Her palette is often limited, with black, white, grey, beige, and occasional hints of brown forming the basis of her compositions, and no more than one extra color.
Her subjects are primarily women, depicted in a style that transcends realism, aiming to capture the essence of the human soul rather than mere physical beauty. Drawing inspiration from her own life experiences, Yana's paintings reflect universal themes and inner dilemmas that resonate with viewers on a profound level.
As Yana continues to refine her craft, her goal remains simple yet profound: to evoke emotion, provoke thought, and inspire connection through her art. With each brushstroke, she invites viewers into a world where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur, leaving an indelible mark on those who encounter her work.
