Irina Sheynfeld grew up in Odesa, Ukraine, and later moved to New York City, where she continued her studies at Parsons School of Design. She is an artist and writer whose interdisciplinary practice spans visual art and critical writing. Her artistic work employs a wide range of media, including pastel, watercolor, oil, acrylic, printmaking, and computer-generated mixed-media collage.
Sheynfeld has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. She has participated in the Affordable Art Fair, New York, represented by Artios Gallery (Fall 2024; Spring and Fall 2025), including presentations at the Metropolitan Pavilion. In 2024, she was included in Artists on Antisemitism I at 81 Leonard Gallery, New York, and held a solo exhibition, Magic Mountain, at Ceres Gallery, New York. She was also selected for the 43rd Annual Western Spirit Juried Show at the Old West Museum in Cheyenne, Wyoming. In 2022, she participated in The Other Art Fair in Los Angeles. She is a recipient of COJECO’s Blueprint Fellowship and Grant and has been selected four times as an NYC Sing for Hope Piano Artist.
Alongside her visual art practice, Sheynfeld is a freelance journalist and art writer, and a regular contributor to CrossCurrents, an academic journal, and April Commons.
Sheynfeld is a co-founder of the Odesa Peace Fund, which provides humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and she regularly donates proceeds from her art to support the organization’s work. She lives and works in New York City with her three sons and a miniature labradoodle named Luke Skywalker.
WRITING & JOURNALISM
Freelance Writer & Art Journalist 2022-now
Regular contributor to CrossCurrents, an academic journal focused on interdisciplinary cultural analysis, and April Commons, an independent platform for contemporary art, criticism, and visual culture.
Sheynfeld writes exhibition reviews, artist interviews, and long-form essays at the intersection of contemporary art, craft, identity, and cultural history.
Personal Blog
Magpie Collect
https://www.magpiecollect.com/blog-1
An ongoing writing project featuring original essays, reflections on exhibitions and travel, artist profiles, and meditations on material culture and visual storytelling.
SHOWS
Affordable Art Fair, represented by Artios Gallery
Spring and Fall 2025
New York City
Affordable Art Fair, represented by Artios Gallery
Fall, 2024
Metropolitain Pavilion, New York City
Artists on Antisemitism I
June 9 – August 30, 2024
81 Leonard Gallery, 81 Leonard Street, New York, NY
Ceres Gallery New York , Magic Mountain. Solo Show
January 30-February 24, 2024
547 West 27 Street, Suite 201, New York City
43rd Annual Western Spirit Juried Show
March 2–April 14, 2024
Old West Museum
Cheyenne, Wyoming
IN THE PRESS
NIV MAGAZINE
THE WASHINGTON POST
The Ukraine war through the eyes of Ukrainian and Russian New Yorkers
WHITE HOT MAGAZINE
Review: “Ugly” at Lazy Susan Gallery
JEWISH ART SALON
Collectively Independent: Exhibit of Young Russian-American Artists
DNA INFO
TriBeCa Art Auction Helps Holocaust Survivors in Need
RECENT SHOWS
Fall into Art Small Works, The Texas Jewish Arts Association, TJAA, November, 2023
Migratory Birds, Governors Island, New York City, Summer 2023
The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, September, 2022
Hysterical, Juried group show at Ceres Gallery, NYC, 2022, January, 2022
Birds of Hudson River Basin, Sing for Hope 2020 Piano in Hudson Yards
Spinoza: Marrano Of Reason, The Amstelkerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands March 7 – April 4, 2019
Plant Revenge, Solo Show, Ceres Gallery, NYC, October 18 – November 10, 2019
Generations X | RAZZLE DAZZLE, A.I.R. GALLERY, 55 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn January 7 – February 7, 2016
Floating Landscapes, Solo Show, Ceres Gallery, 547 West 27th Street, New York City, New York City November 3 – November 28, 2015
Visaural: Sight, Sound and Action, Juried Group Show, Nave Annex, Davis Square, 53 Chester St, Somerville , MA October 8-31, 2015
Collectively Independent: The Exhibit of Young Russian-American Artists, Trask Gallery, The National Arts Club, New York City, 2015
PAST SHOWS
2014, April 1, Steven Wise Synagogue, Solo Show/Concert with Inna Barmash
2014 Blue Card Benefit, a group show at One Art Space, NYC
2014 Three Decades of Ceres Ceres Gallery, NYC
2013 Works on Paper, a group show, Victoria, Australia
2013 Wandering Stars, a solo show at Ceres Gallery, NYC
2013 Speak, Memory, a group show at The Kraft Center, NYC
2012 Strange Pilgrims No More Solo Show at the JCC in Manhattan
2011-2013 Jazz Divas Ongoing Show at Iridium Jazz Club, NYC
2011 Jazz Nights Solo Show at TAGINE GALLER, NYC
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2007 – 2011 ALM (American Law Media) – Senior Designer/Illustrator
2007 – 2010 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Photo Editor/ Illustrator
2004 – 2007 DAILY NEWS Senior Designer
2002 – PARADE MAGAZINE Freelance Art Director
1999 – 2000 OXYGEN MEDIA Designer and Illustrator
1997 – 1998 MONEY MAGAZINE Designer and Illustrator
1995 – 1997 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Designer/Illustrator
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1994 – 1996 MFA. School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1990 – 1994 BFA. Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
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