May 20-21, 2023

                          Host: PAKS International Gallery

Dear IRENE VAN CELESTINE,

AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY is so proud to be showcasing your exciting and important art in our fabulous OCTOBER 8-DECEMBER 2022  'CHELSEA BIENNALE" Exhibition!

Herewith please find attached your OCTOBER  GROUP PRESS RELEASE along with your OCTOBER INDIVIDUAL PRESS RELEASE for your OCTOBER DECEMBER 2022 'CHELSEA BIENNALE" Exhibition at AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY:

IRENE VAN CELESTINE

Joan Miro proclaimed: "A painting should be like sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a

woman or a poem." International artist, athlete and medical doctor, Irene Van

Celestine's incandescent, oil on canvas female figurative paintings are spectral optical reveries

which ignite human consciousness into thoughtful contemplation of universal desires, emotions,

and experiences. Entering the glimmering world of her intriguing artistic vision, one finds a

horizon sparked by rich hue, magnetic texture, and visceral mood. Alluring and enticing, the

illuminated fluidity of her expressionist female figurative silhouettes seductively reveals personal

and subjective emotional reactions providing a window into the complexity of her poetic ideas

and intelligence.  With a powerful iconography that allegorizes love, sisterhood, beauty, and

eroticism, the alchemy of life is imperceptibly perceived as she opens sensorial portals to fresh

perspectives of femininity, love, life, and human relationships. 

The artist invites us to the "Irene Van Celestine Firmament"; which is inhabited by female

goddesses who exist outside any time, space, or cultural moment and who reverberate visceral

energy as well as radiate feminine sensitivity, strength, and pride. Magicalized and mythologized

as goddesses, her swirling female silhouettes celebrate the female realm where Irene Van

Celestine captures their celestial dynamism and magnetic power. Imbued with imagination and

fantasia, she re-contextualizes a dreamlike world with striking, undulating dancing figures

who pulsate with mysterious imagery and whisper romance and intrigue. Fantasy and whimsy

intermingle as romantic, floating, sensual female silhouettes enchantingly resonate in her visual

allegories.

Depicting mystical worlds that bypass time and space, Irene Van Celestine offers a private

rendezvous with the elemental forces of the universe.  An enchanting yet ominous vision of a

fire, demons and animals intertwine between powers of creation and destruction. Fluidly

interweaving colored, curvilinear female silhouettes into her expressive canvases, a panoramic

story unfolds heralding a deeper universal symbolism.  Expressing the inner depths of limitless

emotions through the dynamic beauty of the physical female form, Ms. Van Celestine is

intrigued by the psychology of her subjects, creating a visual narrative. Hidden emotions are

reflected through the natural beauty of the female face and figure as her luminescent canvases

are built up through layers of highlights and dark shading.

Conceptually provocative, Irene Van Celestine’s female figurative storytelling oeuvre offers an

illusory realm of female reverie to help us understand women, and to comprehend their platform

in the world. Imbued with life and all its intricacies, this kinetic conversation on canvas portrays

women in various states of clarity. Emblazoned with a hybrid blend of organic shapes and curved

lines, her female-centric silhouettes metamorphic on canvas with a cascade of chromatic paint.

Emigrating from Russia and Ukraine to the United States, the cosmopolitan Irina

Mezheritskiy, whose nom d'artiste is Irene Van Celestine, now resides in Florida and is a medical

doctor, an award-winning body-building athlete, and an artist. Reflecting a global perspective

spanning across cultures and countries, the multi-talented Ms. Van Celestine's paintings

symbolically empower women with positivity and hope, encouraging them to look ahead to a

brighter future. Timeless and eternal, her illusory figures transcend the canvas swirling and

dancing, fusing a visual symbiosis between energy and form. Amsterdam Whitney Gallery is

proud to shine the spotlight and showcase the artwork of this cosmopolitan global art star!