The works of Irina Levchenko are awash in sharp color.  Her hues do not blend or fade one into the other; rather, they stand together in contrasts so sharp that even abstractly-rendered objects clearly reveal their forms.  There is a lyrical whimsy to her creations that might leave the viewer with the feeling the each is an ocular children’s tale, were it not for the complex pastiche of oblique visual narrative that runs through them.  Ultimately, Levchenko wants to stir the beholder to notice the beauty of our world—and her chief utensil is color.  “I believe Malevich’s thesis, which claims that the emotional influence of color is equal to the sound of music, is absolutely correct,” she says.  “A good painting is similar to melody in a large musical work, which strikes you and creeps on the skin.” 

Irina Levchenko’s artworks are often three-dimensional, and in them one can trace influences ranging from American pop art to the constructivism of her native Russia.