Alina Dalinin is a Ukrainian artist.   Times are tough right now for Alina and her family. She recently had to escape to Poland because the Russians were shelling her town.  Then she traveled to Spain, with her children, to stay with friends while her husband fights to save their country.   

Alina has been painting for 12 years, but she devoted the first 9 years of her professional life as the head lawyer for a regional bank. She is a very accomplished individual holding master’s degrees in math, physics, business, and law and a bachelor's degree in design and Art.   

However, as Alina will tell you, “My work did not bring me happiness and inner content! Everything changed when I met my second husband and gave birth to a son and daughter. I started to draw. I studied hard and fast in order to achieve mastery of oil painting. While my little children were sleeping, every night I sat for hours at the easel and trained in painting. 

One of the most important events in my professional activity was the opening of my art studio, where I teach both adults and children oil painting. My studio became one of the first private schools in the city. It is very popular and brings me inexhaustible pleasure. 

In 2019, the head of our city handed me the title of Honorary Ambassador of the Zhytomyr Region for my artistic work and cultural development of the region. 

My studio is 5 years old this year and over a thousand students have studied there. I became a truly happy person, because I can do what I love every day and teach my students that!   

I’ve already had about 10 personal exhibitions and even more collective exhibitions in Ukraine and Spain. I also took part in the All-Ukrainian exhibition of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. I work in many styles, such as contemporary painting, pop art and portrait.”