bio
Yana Beylinson is a contemporary American painter based in Holmdel, New Jersey, near New York City.
Beylinson’s paintings explore the dynamic relationship between light and surfaces, opaque or translucent. Drawing inspiration from 17th-century Dutch master paintings, she reinterprets them in her original work, where colors and shapes take on lives of their own, becoming as essential as the physical subjects they represent. Her brushwork fuses Eastern and Western principles, emphasizing the energy of the stroke itself.
Her work is included in private collections worldwide, as well as in a public collection at the Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island, NY. Beylinson has created large-scale public installations in Hong Kong and China.
Beylinson’s work has been exhibited in the Butler Institute for American Art, the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, The Butler Institute of American Art, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Principle Gallery, and First Street Gallery, among others. She has had two solo shows at Abend Gallery in Denver, CO, and served on the panel for Realism Live 2024.
Statement
My painting process is a continuous exploration of the spiritual, a search for the unseen forces that shape our reality. While my subjects remain consistent, they traverse different realms—some works are reinterpretations of 17th-century Dutch still life, others depict imagined landscapes, and still others emerge as contemplative still life compositions.
Each painting serves as a portal, inviting the viewer into a world beyond the visible. My work does not seek to merely depict objects but to reveal an essence beyond language—an unspoken, elemental truth.
Deeply inspired by the lineage of Western art, I fuse its traditions with the immediacy and presence of traditional Chinese brush painting. Through decisive, expressive strokes, I aim to capture energy in its purest form, merging discipline with spontaneity.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
The Feminine Divine, The FORMah, New York City
Allied Artists of America, 111st Juried Show, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2023
The Collective, Visionary Projects, The High Line Nine Galleries, NYC
Chroma - Create! Magazine, Philadelphia, PA
American Women Artists - Pushing Forward Reaching Back, Murrells Inlet, SC
LA Art Show 2023, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Synesthesia (Solo Show), Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Summer PoP Up Show, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL
PAINTING THE FIGURE NOW 2022, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
5 x 5 Project XI, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2021
31st Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
I Love Hue, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC
Fall Online International Exhibition, National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society
5 X 5 PROJECT IX, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Best of America Small Works Exhibition, National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC
Memento Vivere, Solo Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2020
30th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2019
29th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Painting the Figure Now II, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, NYC
In Bloom: Online Floral Exhibition, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
Annual Spring Online Juried Show, American Women Artists
NOAPS Best of America Small Paintings, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
Women Artists, Dacia Gallery, NYC
2018
Spring Online International, National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society
Healing Nature Exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2017
Deck the Walls Annual Small Works Show, New York Academy of Art, NYC
Single Fare 4, Highline Stages, NYC
Wildflowers Exhibition, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Mahwah, NJ
Art and Flowers National Exhibition, Ellington-White Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
Brush with Burden, Burden Museum and Gardens, Baton Rouge, LA
SELECTED PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
2023
Richmond University Medical Center, Emergency Room, Staten Island, NY
2021
Saiho Shopping Mall, Chengdu City, China
2018
‘Wishing Blossoms – A Prosperous New Year', the Peak Galleria, Hong Kong
AWARDS
2021
Certificate of Artistic Merit, Luxembourg Art Prize
2019
Finalist, 14th International ARC Salon, The Art Renewal Center
2017
Finalist, 34th Annual Competition, The Artist’s Magazine
First Place, Art and Flowers National Exhibition, Ellington-White Gallery, Fayetteville, NC
First Place, Wildflowers Exhibition, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Mahwah, NJ
PRESS
2024
The Artist Advisory, Interview: Artist Yana Beylinson on Painting with Mindfulness - March
Visionary Art Collective, Interview: Yana Beylinson: Ephemeral Nature - January
2023
Create! Magazine, Issue #41 - December
Arts to Heart Project, In Studio with Yana Beylinson: Painting like stepping into a clear healing stream
Arts to Hearts Project, Studio Visit Book Vol 2 - December
Art Seen Magazine, The Curators Salon - Autumn
Create! Magazine, Capturing Light and Essence: An Interview with Yana Beylinson - August
Canvas Rebel, Meet Yana Beylinson - July
Fine Art Connoisseur, 20th Anniversary Issue, “Is This a Golden Age for Realism” by Milene J. Fernandez - January / February
2022
New Visionary Magazine, Issue 3, curated by Danielle Krysa AKA The Jealous Curator - July
Featured on the Beautiful Bizarre website and the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize website - August
Special Mention by Dina Brodsky, Create! Magazine
2021
Small Wonders, American Art Collector, May
2019
Kloosterberger, Lorena. “Provocative Patterns,” Poets and Artists Magazine, September
2017
“Portfolio: The Juror’s Choice, an Interview with Yana Beylinson.” Southwest Art Magazine, December
Menendez, Didi. “Women Paintings WTF They Want - 40 Female Painters,” Buzzfeed.com, October
“Idiosyncratic Monochromes,” Poets and Artists Magazine, June
PUBLIC EVENTS / LECTURES
2019
Guest Speaker for Art Course, The Power of Color, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2015
Juror, Art Directors Club 94th Annual Awards, New York, NY
2014
Guest Speaker for with the Falmouth University Alumni, Cornwall, UK, at AIGA NY