ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT
I'M ZHENY SHEN - WHO?!
I paint in candy colors, but the stories run deeper.
My work blends pop surrealism, neo-folk, and street iconography into a vivid visual language — part ritual, part rebellion. These are icons for a strange world, where childhood memories mix with protest, humor, and a craving for sincerity.
Rooted in post-Soviet visual culture, baroque excess, and Slavic folklore, my art celebrates emotional honesty in a time of noise and irony. I believe in soft chaos, visual overload, and the quiet power of sincerity.
I grew up between cultures, trained in Kyiv’s strict academic tradition before breaking away in Wrocław, where I found my own voice.
My Icons series — combining folk symbols, criminal tattoos, and sacred forms — marked a turning point: raw, emotional, direct.
After years of intense work and burnout, I landed on the other side of the world — in Hawaii. That shift led me to watercolor, to slow down, to feel. I started painting with softness again, not from theory but from the body.
I’m back in Europe, building new work that fuses everything I’ve lived through — the edge and the tenderness, the folklore and the urban mess.
I paint to make sense of the overlapping histories around me — and inside me.
Every piece I create is a small, vivid map of chaos, care, and contradiction.
I’m not here to explain. I’m here to resonate.
ART EDUCATION
Final Master Degree Exhibition
Completed a master’s degree with one of the best art work (diploma) in a year. My final work is included in „Best Art Diplomas of 2019” in Academy’s art book. - 10.07.2019
Choosen Exhibitions and Art Projects
What and where happened?
05.03.2025
Sunset Soho
Online exhibition by Aedra Fine Arts Publishing
18.07.2024
Dragon Mural
Colorful mural for orphanage in Bogacica, Poland
01.01.2023
Watercolors Exhibition
Solo Exhibition in Moonsun Gallery, Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, USA
01.01.2020
Permanent Exhibition of chosen Art projects in Mall
Permanent group Exhibition of the chosen paintings which wins the competition. Shopping Mall „Dominikanska” in Wroclaw, Poland
18.10.2019
Best Diplomas (Final Art Projects) of Academy of Art in Wroclaw
Group Exhibition of the best Final Art Projects of the year 2019 in BWA Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland.
03.07.2019
Final Master Degree Exhibition
My final Master Degree Exhibition in „Jest” Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
01.01.2019
W 2019 Konfliktem nuklearnym rozpocznie się Apokalipsa – Nawracajcie się!
Group exhibition in Hala Targowa, Wroclaw, Poland
04.04.2019
Streamscapes
Solo Exhibition in Surowiec, Wroclaw, Poland
30.03.2019
W pół drogi
Exhibition with Marta Kuspch in Refektarz Gallery, Krotoszyn, Poland
23.06.2018
To nie sen ani halucynacja
Group Exhibition in Browar Mieszczanski, Wroclaw, Poland
16.05.2018
Noc na Ziemi
Group Exhibition in MDS Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
31.03.2018
Surowiec Group Exhibition
Group Exhibition in Surowiec, Wroclaw, Poland
16.03.2018
42nd Screening of the Film Makers Club (KRF)
Music Clip „Mommy and Daddy left” was shown which Eugen Shen Animated (in collaboration with Martyna Shen), produced by Cloud Theater – Wroclaw, Poland
03.07.2019
New technologies in Theatre – Conference
Live performance with Cloud Theater and Martyna Shen, Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Warsaw, Poland
01.01.2018
“Mommy and Daddy Left” – Music Clip
Animator/ Painter of the music clip composed by Patricia Obara. Produced by Cloud Theater
01.10.2017
Exhibition from „Loving Vincent” – DCF, Wroclaw, Poland
Exhibition of chosen paintings from the movie scenes
23.09.2017
Z kulturą do Zwierząt
Group Exhibition in Surowiec, Wroclaw, Poland
01.01.2015
Restoration of Frescoes created in 1929 – 1934 in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Rabka-Zdroj, Poland
Hired as the renovator of the original frescoes
01.01.2016
„Loving Vincent” movie
Hired as Painter/ Animator
For general enquiries, images of available works, and a price list, email my studio manager at eugenshen.art@gmail.com
© 2025 Eugen Shen. All rights reserved.
ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT ABOUT
I'M ZHENY SHEN - WHO?!
I paint in candy colors, but the stories run deeper.
My work blends pop surrealism, neo-folk, and street iconography into a vivid visual language — part ritual, part rebellion. These are icons for a strange world, where childhood memories mix with protest, humor, and a craving for sincerity.
Rooted in post-Soviet visual culture, baroque excess, and Slavic folklore, my art celebrates emotional honesty in a time of noise and irony. I believe in soft chaos, visual overload, and the quiet power of sincerity.
I grew up between cultures, trained in Kyiv’s strict academic tradition before breaking away in Wrocław, where I found my own voice.
My Icons series — combining folk symbols, criminal tattoos, and sacred forms — marked a turning point: raw, emotional, direct.
After years of intense work and burnout, I landed on the other side of the world — in Hawaii. That shift led me to watercolor, to slow down, to feel. I started painting with softness again, not from theory but from the body.
ART EDUCATION
Final Master Degree Exhibition
Completed a master’s degree with one of the best art work (diploma) in a year. My final work is included in „Best Art Diplomas of 2019” in Academy’s art book. - 10.07.2019
I’m back in Europe, building new work that fuses everything I’ve lived through — the edge and the tenderness, the folklore and the urban mess.
I paint to make sense of the overlapping histories around me — and inside me.
Every piece I create is a small, vivid map of chaos, care, and contradiction.
I’m not here to explain. I’m here to resonate.
CHOOSEN Exhibitions and Art Projects
What and where happened?
05.03.2025
Sunset Soho
Online exhibition by Aedra Fine Arts Publishing
18.07.2024
Dragon Mural
Colorful mural for orphanage in Bogacica, Poland
01.01.2023
Watercolors Exhibition
Solo Exhibition in Moonsun Gallery, Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, USA
01.01.2020
Permanent Exhibition of chosen Art projects in Mall
Permanent group Exhibition of the chosen paintings which wins the competition. Shopping Mall „Dominikanska” in Wroclaw, Poland
18.10.2019
Best Diplomas (Final Art Projects) of Academy of Art in Wroclaw
Group Exhibition of the best Final Art Projects of the year 2019 in BWA Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland.
03.07.2019
Final Master Degree Exhibition
My final Master Degree Exhibition in „Jest” Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
01.01.2019
W 2019 Konfliktem nuklearnym rozpocznie się Apokalipsa – Nawracajcie się!
Group exhibition in Hala Targowa, Wroclaw, Poland
04.04.2019
Streamscapes
Solo Exhibition in Surowiec, Wroclaw, Poland
30.03.2019
W pół drogi
Exhibition with Marta Kuspch in Refektarz Gallery, Krotoszyn, Poland
23.06.2018
To nie sen ani halucynacja
Group Exhibition in Browar Mieszczanski, Wroclaw, Poland
16.05.2018
Noc na Ziemi
Group Exhibition in MDS Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland
31.03.2018
Surowiec Group Exhibition
Group Exhibition in Surowiec, Wroclaw, Poland
16.03.2018
42nd Screening of the Film Makers Club (KRF)
Music Clip „Mommy and Daddy left” was shown which Eugen Shen Animated (in collaboration with Martyna Shen), produced by Cloud Theater – Wroclaw, Poland
03.07.2019
New technologies in Theatre – Conference
Live performance with Cloud Theater and Martyna Shen, Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Warsaw, Poland
01.01.2018
“Mommy and Daddy Left” – Music Clip
Animator/ Painter of the music clip composed by Patricia Obara. Produced by Cloud Theater
01.10.2017
Exhibition from „Loving Vincent” – DCF, Wroclaw, Poland
Exhibition of chosen paintings from the movie scenes
23.09.2017
Z kulturą do Zwierząt
Group Exhibition in Surowiec, Wroclaw, Poland
01.01.2015
Restoration of Frescoes created in 1929 – 1934 in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Rabka-Zdroj, Poland
Hired as the renovator of the original frescoes
01.01.2016
„Loving Vincent” movie
Hired as Painter/ Animator
For general enquiries, images of available works, and a price list, email my studio manager at eugenshen.art@gmail.com
© 2025 Eugen Shen. All rights reserved.