Welcome to Mysterious Medieval World
Painting the Spirit of Ancient Cities
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The main theme of my paintings is medieval cities - amazing and magical world of antiquity, full of mystery, charm and legends. Their narrow streets lead to the mist of time. Sometimes they reveal their secrets and share with us incredible stories of their past...
For my paintings I use deep colors, free style, and mixture of reality, my imagination and hints of fairy-tales...
Two Palettes
I was born in Tallinn (Estonia), the fabulous medieval city on Baltic Sea. I was surrounded by ancient fortresses, cosy narrow streets, mysterious old buildings, and gothic churches. It seemed, that fairy-tales and ghosts were still living in the Old Tallinn...
I fell in love with Australia, the beautiful land, which inspired me to create and find new ideas and experiments.
But Tallinn, my hometown, and other parts of medieval Europe have always lived in my heart…
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Speaking in the language of colors, there are two main palettes in my life. My world today is the bright colors of the magnificent Australian nature, filled with the chirping of birds and the delightful smells of flowers. My past world is a world of slight nostalgic melancholy, with foggy twilight, inky evenings, dim lanterns, copper weathervanes, and green moss on old walls.
In my paintings, I combine these two palettes, enjoying the present, but remembering the past…
Exhibitions:
5 - 29 Aug 2025 - SALA, "Revelation of Sleeping Centuries", MYLK BAR, Waymouth St, SA
1 - 31 Aug 2025 - SALA, "Days of Middle Ages", Town Hall, The Parade, Norwood, SA
1- 31 Aug 2025 - SALA, "Back to Past", Foodland Store, SA
1-15 Aug 2025 - SALA, "Old Times in Colours", part of group "Beyond the Frame", RCC, Norwood
2024 - "Stories of the Past", group of "Stories on Canvas", RCC, The Parade, Norwood, SA
2024 - "Autumn Nostalgia", part of group Glenside Art Show, Burnside Ballroom, SA
2024 "One Day in Old City", Walkerville Art Show, St Andrew's College, Walkerville, SA
2024 - SALA, "Autumn Fairy-Tales", part of COAF group "Meliorism", Art Gallery, Glenelg, SA
2024 - SALA, "Touch of Autumn", Old Reynella Foofland, SA
2024 - "Canis Major", part of Group "Star Stories", Port Adelaide, Visitor Centre Gallery, SA
2024 - "Spring in Old Town", part of group "Serotonin", Event Glenelg Cinema, Glenelg, SA
2023/24 - "Past Whispering..." Transform Orthodontic Care, St Peters, SA2024 - "Spring in Old Town", part of group "Serotonin", Event Glenelg Cinema, Glenelg, SA
2023 - "Stone and Water" part of group "50 Shades of Blue", Glenelg Event Cinema, Glenelg, SA
2023 - WALKERVILLE ART SHOW, "Dreaming of the Past", St Andrew College, Walkerville, SA
2023 - SALA. "Ancient Cities Melodies", Norwood Town Hall, Norwood, SA
2023 - SALA. "Night in Old City", Glenelg Event Cinema, Glenelg, SA
2023 - "Old Cities Mystery", part of group "Ode to Red", Glenelg Event Cinema, Glenelg, SA
2023 - ART on PARADE, "Mist if Time", Prasad's Home and Garden, The Parade, Norwood, SA
2023 – Fringe 2023, “Back to the Past”, Glenelg Art Gallery, Glenelg, SA
2023 – “Back the Past”, part of group ”I am Woman”, Glenelg Event Cinema
2022 – “Twilights of the Past”, Glenelg Event Cinema, Glenelg, SA
2022 – WALKERVILLE ART SHOW, “Journey to the Past”, St Andrew College, Walkerville, SA
2022 – SALA, “Misty Ages of Antiquity”, Event Cinema, Glenelg, SA
2022 – SALA, “Misty Ages of Antiquity”, Glenelg Art Gallery, Glenelg, SA
2022 - "Autumn Melancholy", Glenelg Event Cinema, Glenelg, SA
2022 - "Women from the Past", part for Group Exhibition "I am Woman", Glenelg Art Gallery, Glenelg, SA
2022 - ART on PARADE, "Autumn Dreams of Ancient Cities", ARGO on Parade, Norwood, SA
2021/22 – "Unique World of Ancient Cities", Transform Orthodontic Care, St Peters
2021 – SALA, “Music of Ancient Cities”, Glenelg Art Gallery, Glenelg, SA
2021 – SALA “Pearls of Adriatic”, Event Cinema, Glenelg, SA
2021 – ART on PARADE, “Echo of the Past”, The Parade, Norwood, SA
2021 – “Small stories of Great Cities”, Margaret Preston Gallery, RAH, Adelaide, SA
2020/21 – “Daily Life of Ancient Cities”, Glenelg Art Gallery, Glenelg, SA
2020 – SALA, “Medieval Tallinn in Colors”, “In the maze of Old Cities”, “Spirit of the Past” /online/
2019 – SALA, “Living on Water”, Glenelg Art Gallery, Glenelg, SA
2019 – SALA, “The Streets of Medieval Towns”, Majestic Minima Hotel, North Adelaide, SA
2019 – ART on PARADE, “Cityscapes”, Dignity and Impudence, Norwood, SA
2017, 2018 – "Ancient Cities", "Playing Colors", Private Residence, Marden, SA
2015 – Group Exhibition, Estonian House, North Adelaide, SA
2013, 2014 – Group Exhibition, Maylands Community Library, Perth, WA
"Irina invites the audience to take a trip to the past centuries and wander through the narrow, slightly shabby streets in search of fairy tales…"
Transform Orthodontic Care, St Peters, 2021
“Irina’s paintings depict intimate snapshots of colourful worlds and ancient cities, transporting audiences to another time and place."
Center for Creative Health, Adelaide, 2021
"To Estonia-born painter Irina Mirosnitsenko, ancient cities are places of mystery, charm and beauty waiting to be explored.” SALIFE, August, 2020
From Baltic Sea to Southern Ocean
SALA 2025
August 2025
"Revelation of Sleeping Centuries"
Mylk Bar, 82 Waymouth Street, Adelaide
5-29 August 2025
Mon, Tue, Wed - 9.00am-5.00pm
Thu, Fri - 9.00am - 7.00pm
Sat, Sun -closed
"Days of Middle Ages"
Norwood Town Hall,
The Parade, Norwood
1 - 31 August 2025
Mon-Fri - 9.30am - 5.00pm
"Back to the Past"
Foodland Store
detals: Foodland website
"Old Times in Colours"
Part of Group "Beyond the Frame", RCC
239 The Parade, Norwood
1 - 15 Aug 2025
Mon-Fri 1-4pm
Exhibitions 2024
"Stories of the Past"
part of group "Stories on Canvas"
RCC, THe Parade, Norwood, SA
5 - 15 Dec 2024
"Autumn Nostalgia"
part of group "Glenside Lions Art Show"
Burside Ballroom, Tusmore, SA
12 - 18 Nov 2024
"One Day in Old City"
WALKERVILLE ART SHOW
4 - 12 October 2024
St Andrew's College, Walkerville
SALA 2024
"Touch of Autumn"
Old Reynella Foodland
1 - 30 August 2024
SALA 2024
"Autumn Fairy-Tales"
part of group "Meliorism"
Glenelg Art Gallery,6 Sussex Street, Glenelg
12 August - 17 september 2024
"Spring in Old Town"
part of group "Serotonin"
Glenelg Event Cinema, Glenelg
10 Jan - 5 April 2024
Exhibitions 2023
"Stone and Water",
part of group "50 Shades of Blue"
Glenelg Event Cinema
24 October - 24 December 2023
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WALKERVILLE ART SHOW
"Dreaming of the Past"
St Andrew College, Walkerville
5 - 14 October 2023
"Old Cities Mystery"
part of group "Ode to Red"
16 May - 28 July 2023
Glenelg Event Cinema, Glenelg
Art on Parade
"Mist of Time"
Prasad's Home and Garden
1 - 30 April 2023
Fringe Festival
"Back to the Past"
Glenelg Art Gallery, Glenelg
18 February - 4 April 2023
"The Past Whispering..."
St Peters Transform Orthodontic Care, St Peters
11 October - 1 November 2024
"Back to the Past"
part of group "I am Woman
Glenelg Event Cinema, Glenelg
11 January - 17 February 2023
SALA FESTIVAL 2023
SALA 2023
"Ancient Cities Melodies"
Norwood Town Hall Norwood, Norwood, 1- 30 August 2023
SALA 2023
"Night in Old City"
Glenelg Event Cinema, Glenelg
1 August - 5 September 2023
Proudly Supported of the City of Norwood, Payneham and St Peters.
Exhibitions 2022
"Twilights of the Past"
Glenelg Event Cinema, Glenelg
9 November 2022- 9 January 2023
WALKERVILLE ART SHOW
"Journey to the Past"
St Andrew's College, Walkerville
5 - 15 October 2022
"Autumn Melancholy"
Glenelg Event Cinema
1 June - 8 September 2022
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"Women from the Past"
Glenelg Art Gallery
1 - 30 May 2022
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SALA
"Misty Ages of Antiquity"
Glenelg Art Gallery, Glenelg Event Cinema
1 August - 30 September 2022
Art on Parade
"Autumn Dreams of Ancient Cities"
ARGO on Parade, Norwood
1 - 31 April 2022
"Unique World of Ancient Cities"
Transform Orthodontic Care, St Peters
1 November 2020 - 30 March 2021
Art on Parade
"Echo from the Past"
Yogafusion, Norwood
1 - 30 April 2021
Exhibitions 2021
SALA
"Music of Ancient Cities"
Glenelg Art Gallery, Glenelg
1 August - 30 October 2021
SALA
"Pearls of Adriatic"
Glenelg Event Cinema, Glenelg
1 August - 30 October 2021
"Small Stories of Great Cities"
Margaret Preston Gallery, RAH, Adelaide
9 January 2020 - 29 March 2021
"Daily Life of Ancient Cities"
Glenelg Art Gallery, Glenelg
10 October 2020 - 6 January 2021
SALA
"In the Maze of Ancient Cities"
online
Exhibitions 2020
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SALA
"Medieval Tallinn in Colors"
online
SALA
"Spirit of the Past"
online
Exhibitions 2019
SALA GALA
"Living on Water"
Glenelg Art Gallery, Glenelg
1 August - 30 September 2019
SALA
"Streets of Old Towns"
Majestic Minima Hotel, North Adelaide
1 - 31 August 2019
Art on Parade
"Cityscapes"
Dignity & Impudence, Norwood
1- 30 April 2019
Paintings SOLD: 164
