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Yarina (@yarinayao.art) is a highly creative contemporary artist who holds a master's degree from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, USA. She specializes in blending fashion, beauty, and feminine empowerment, using her artwork to convey confidence and positivity.
About the artist
Having previously founded an activewear brand, she is skilled in fashion design and makeup artistry, which lends her creations a distinctive sense of style. Her signature series, "Hot Girls," is inspired by her admiration of confident women. The characters in her paintings are bold, magnetic, and unique, showcasing the independent spirit of modern women through daring and fashionable expressions. Yarina aims to inspire women to break free from beauty anxiety, confidently embrace their individuality, and courageously shine in their own unique light through her work.
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