Polina Aitkulova

Iamshell is a painter who works in the expressionist art field, resident of Dubai. A sea shell inspires her as a notion of infinity and elegant femininity.

She aims to convey her love for life, vibrancy and passion, for its rich and bright side. She wants to immerse the spectators into the colorful and dazzling world as she sees it, with characters who are refined and intriguing. What she aims to convey is that the bright side of life is something we can always relate ourselves to disregarding the circumstances.

Iamshell was born in Moscow, Russia, and is now a Dubai resident. She graduated from Moscow School of Modern Art (MSCA) in Contemporary Art in 2020. In 2024 she will be exhibitied her works at World Art Dubai.

She creates her paintings intuitively, working extensively with abstraction as a first layer, and leaving large parts of it in the finished work. Iamshell uses mixed media technique in her work, enabling to portray her more vividly the theme and state of each painting.

In future she wants to combine the visual arts and music disciplines in her work.

She says: "creation [for her] is like a deep well. The more you take from it, the more depth you see. That’s the most exciting part, to go deeper and deeper. All of this happens in your imagination".