Artworks by Diana Ivashkevich

I am a contemporary artist and professional tattoo artist based in Germany, with an academic background in art and design and 14 years of experience working with colour, composition and the human form.

My artistic practice exists between two worlds — painting on canvas and creating art on the human body. Fourteen years of tattooing have strongly influenced the way I understand anatomy, movement, colour and composition, while painting gives me the freedom to explore ideas and emotions beyond the limitations of skin.

My paintings explore emotion, memory, vulnerability and personal experience. I am interested in the things we carry within us — experiences that shape our identity, sometimes without being visible to others. My work moves between figurative and abstract art, often combining the human figure with expressive colour, texture and symbolic elements.

I work primarily with acrylic and oil on canvas. My process is both intentional and intuitive: I build compositions through layers, contrasts and spontaneous decisions, allowing each work to develop naturally rather than following a completely predetermined result.

For me, tattooing and painting are not separate professions. They are two forms of the same artistic language — one becomes part of a person, while the other continues its life in a space. In both, my goal is to create something individual, emotionally meaningful and lasting.