Jenka Barakina

With her unique painting technique – coarse and lively – Jenka Barakina is getting the canvas in motion. Her artistic process is mostly based on live model, which makes her portraits real and natural.

The subject of her artwork is mostly a figurative person – intimate and delicate – as if the spectator would have a personal relationship with the human on the linen.

Barakina’s paintings are often characterized by individuals who feel alone in a crowd. Another recurring topic is the way social media and technology affects our emotional live, not always for the better.

For Jenka Barakina painting is like telling a tale or expressing an emotion.

Every artwork has its own separate story.

It is Jenka’s reality. Try to see it.