Igor Volkov

This painting explores the symbolic dialogue between two archetypal forces — the cobra and the black cat — embodied as distinct kung fu styles currently practiced by the artist. Rath...

This oil painting on wooden plywood embodies a profound narrative of rupture, transformation, and renewal. Originally fractured by the artist’s own muse — a symbolic act of emotiona...

This artwork presents a cat as a disciplined martial artist, embodying the essence of kung fu through both form and spirit. The feline figure is poised with calm precision, its postu...

This abstract painting explores the tension and harmony between gold, black, and grey, creating a powerful play of contrast and energy. The composition evokes the spirit of calligrap...

“Heart and mind ” was created during a deeply transformative and challenging stage in the artist’s life — a time of tension between the heart and the mind, and a search for balance a...

“Inner Fight” was created during a deeply transformative and challenging stage in the artist’s life — a time of tension between the heart and the mind, and a search for balance amid ...

This mystical painting depicts a beloved figure dressed in soft blue, radiating an inner light that seems to awaken and blossom the surrounding flowers. The contrasting landscape amp...

This work presents a dynamic abstraction created with charcoal on a white canvas, exploring the tension between movement and stillness. The black traces of charcoal capture the immed...

The painting immerses the viewer in a space of pure emotion, where color becomes the primary language of expression. In the spirit of Mark Rothko’s abstract expressionism, the color ...

“Pink Flamingos” stands out in the artist’s oeuvre as a rare and playful exploration of subject matter. Departing from his usual themes, this mid‑sized work was inspired by a spontan...

This painting depicts the estate of close friends, envisioned as a dialogue between architectural geometry and the surrounding natural environment. The composition seeks a balance be...

Titled “Beloved Nude,” this work captures Anna, a model with whom I shared a passionate and tumultuous relationship. Many of my paintings of her were lost or destroyed, but this piec...

This impressionist cityscape depicts house observed from the artist’s studio window in Kyiv during the war in 2025. Painted in vivid brushstrokes, the work reflects the dialogue bet...

This impressionist cityscape depicts houses observed from the artist’s studio window in Kyiv during the war in 2025. Painted in vivid brushstrokes, the work reflects the dialogue bet...

This work captures the view from the artist’s studio in Kyiv, situated on a hill, where the landscape unfolds as if breathing with light and air. Executed in an expressive, impressio...

“Warm Day” is an impressionist painting created on Trukhaniv Island in Kyiv, where two pines stand as the central motif. Painted from life, the work captures the shimmering vitality ...

This plein air painting captures the vibrant essence of nature along the Dnipro River. The scene radiates with expressive brushstrokes, where fiery yellows and reds of the sunlit gra...

A still life rendered in oil with delicate pastel tones, where serenity meets vitality. Executed with the palette knife technique, the work carries a sculptural quality — every strok...

This work captures the energy of motion through an expressive dialogue of lines and shapes, where the circle expands beyond its boundaries. It conveys both balance and turbulence, re...

“Dance of the Wind” is an expressive painting that portrays trees bending gracefully over a river, their reflections rippling across the water like shifting memories. The scene is no...

The painting depicts red flowers dissolving into a sea of expressive green, their fragile forms merging with an almost turbulent energy of color. Painted in 2025, amid the full-scale...

The painting depicts dancers in traditional Ukrainian attire, inspired by an archival photograph of the artist’s mother, who once dedicated herself to folk dance. She is placed at th...

This work, executed in an abstract manner with collage elements, portrays a young woman absorbed in reading while seated in an armchair. The composition unfolds through a highly expr...

This abstract painting is created in an expressive, dynamic manner. Bold black strokes cut across the canvas like flashes of energy, forming a vortex of movement and intensity. Surro...

Created in 2025 in Kyiv amid the full-scale war, this still life interprets classical motifs through an expressive yet subtle approach. The work explores rhythm, color masking, and t...

Executed in 2025 amid the full-scale war in Ukraine, this still life is created in an expressive, deconstructive manner, incorporating collage-like elements that reference the abstra...

This work blends a classical still life with contemporary expression and dynamic energy. The artist incorporates collage and assemblage elements, deconstructing the stretcher frame u...

“Flowers on the Board” combines a classic floral motif with an unexpected contemporary context — the chessboard as a canvas. The painting is finger-painted, adding a raw expressivene...

The painting is created in an expressive manner, where the classical symbol of Ukraine — the trident — emerges not as a static emblem but as a living impulse of energy and power. Dyn...

In this work, the artist explores the theme of abstract balance through the interplay of color, material, and form. The sharp contrast of yellow with black and white generates a sens...

In this painting, the artist explores the theme of guidance and protection in a cubist–abstract manner. Mentors and angels are not depicted literally but emerge through the rhythm of...

The painting is created in an abstract-dynamic manner, where the classical motif of flowers transforms into a stream of energy and movement. Contrasts define its atmosphere: the nobl...

In this work, the still life unfolds in an expressive style, where objects lose their usual silence and tranquility, erupting instead with the energy of color. The artist employs a b...

This abstract painting expresses the intense emotions of the artist, who was unlawfully detained by Ukrainian authorities but managed to escape and return home. The work reflects a d...

A triangular canvas executed in an expressive manner, where colors resemble streams of luminous energy refracting and flowing as if through a prism. The artist conveys the movement o...

A triangular-shaped canvas executed in an expressive manner, reminiscent of light refracting through a prism. The artist explores the transformation of light as it spirals into motio...

“Fragments of Bloom” is a diptych that reimagines the classical still life through fragmentation, rupture, and reconstruction. Composed of two separate yet dialogic canvases, the wor...

This expressive still life, titled “Flowers Through Silence”, was created amidst the full-scale war in Ukraine, yet it pulses with life, defying the surrounding quiet and chaos. The ...

Created in Kyiv, Ukraine, during the full-scale war of 2025, this artwork reimagines the classical still life through a contemporary lens. The artist employs asymmetry as a deliberat...

This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...

This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...

The series of flowers shows a classical motif with a subtle attention to the subtle movement and rhythm of the flora, with the help of paint, abstract vision and expressive handwriti...

This artwork is part of a series dedicated to guides and mentors who appear as angels. The works are created with oil paints on watercolor paper.It embodies the search for rhythm, th...

This painting, executed in an expressive style, depicts a woman holding a carnival mask, evoking both historical and artistic references, particularly the use of African masks, famou...

“A power of intention ” delves into the concept of focused determination and the power of intention, inspired by the dynamic image of a Soviet-era athlete in motion from a postage st...

This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...

The painting “Doors of Perception”, named after the book of the same title, is a symbolic work exploring human perception. The right side of the composition depicts logical connectio...

This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...

This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...

This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...

This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...

This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...

This painting captures the raw energy and vibrancy of wild dancers immersed in the rhythm of motion. The composition is alive with dynamic forms that seem to pulse and vibrate with c...

This series of paintings explores the depth of human relationships and the spiritual world through dynamic compositions, where lines and color planes create a sense of constant movem...

This painting depicts a vibrant bouquet of flowers in a traditional Japanese vase, infused with deep, intense red emotions. The expressive brushstrokes and bold color palette create ...

This painting, created with bold, dynamic strokes and abstract forms, captures a vibrant interplay between figures and their surroundings. The composition is dominated by dark outlin...

This artwork is a captivating abstract composition that reflects the elusive nature of human relationships through figures of people, particularly feminine forms. Amorphous shapes an...

“Trinity” is a contemporary reinterpretation of a classic theme, celebrating the timeless joy of leisure and the beauty of femininity through the symbolic resonance of the number thr...

This artwork is a captivating collage that pays homage to the iconic “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” by Pablo Picasso while embracing a minimalist aesthetic. Through the use of paper cu...

Thai artwork is a captivating abstract composition that reflects the elusive nature of human relationships through figures of people, particularly feminine forms. Amorphous shapes an...