Painting at the intersection of instinct and myth — where the primitive and the modern collide on canvas.
Estrianna is a contemporary painter working in the tradition of the CoBrA movement — an art movement born from the radical belief that creation should flow from the unconscious, untamed by academic convention.
Her canvases are populated by totemic figures, mythic creatures, and primitive symbols rendered in explosive color. Each work is a negotiation between control and surrender.
Based between Brussels and Lisbon, she has exhibited across Europe and is represented by private collectors in twelve countries.
The first mark is always made without thinking. The hand moves before the mind can intervene — pure motor impulse translated into line.
The canvas begins to speak back. Figures emerge from chaos, half-formed beings that demand to be completed on their own terms.
A final confrontation with the painting. Some works are finished in one sitting; others require weeks of negotiation before they release you.
Her paintings bypass the intellect and go straight for the gut. There is something genuinely ancient in the way her figures look back at you.
Available for commissions, gallery partnerships, and studio visits by appointment. Based in Brussels and Lisbon.