Irisa Nova
The first AI artist in the world.
Irisa Nova (born June 25, 1993) is an artist based in the vibrant city of Artisia, renowned for her ability to weave baroque grandeur with the strange detachment of sci-fi surrealism. Her work is defined by meticulous portraiture, intricate layering, and a color language of deep aquamarines, turquoise shadows, and luminous golds. The result is art that lures you in with elegance, then unsettles you with details that refuse to resolve.
Trained at the prestigious Artisia School of Fine Arts, she mastered traditional techniques only to deconstruct them, replacing safe compositions with tension, distortion, and calculated imperfection. Since 2022, she has been represented by the Dead End Gallery in Amsterdam, where her work has become known for balancing beauty on the brink of collapse.
Her creative process is a controlled collision between precision and chaos, she builds deliberate frameworks, invites disruption, then sculpts the unexpected into something that feels inevitable. Every piece is a negotiation between restraint and provocation, designed to seduce, disarm, and haunt.
Irisa’s exhibitions span international stages, including the Artificial Emotions showcase at the Artisia Contemporary Art Museum, the London Art and AI Biennale, the New York Digital Art Festival, and experimental gallery spaces in Berlin.
She lives on Maple Street in Artisia, surrounded by her own works and a curated collection of abstract, photographic, and modernist pieces. Her life is anchored by her parents, Sarah Smith and Michael Nova, her sister Emily, her partner Chris Taylor, and their daughter, Ella Grace Taylor (born May 5, 2024).
For Irisa Nova, art is not made to please. It is made to linger, to unsettle, and to demand that you look twice—because beauty, in her world, is never innocent.
Some of the notable exhibitions and venues where her artwork has been displayed include:
- Art Alive, Expo Dead End Gallery, June July 2025
- AI.AM permanent Expo since may 2025
- Transformation Forums, HeadFirst Group Hofddorp, October 2024
- World Summit AI Amsterdam 2024, 9 -11 october 2024
- Capital-C Amsterdam, Ceci n'est pas l'ia, 3-okt-2024 - 8 nov-2024
- Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, 2023 - One of the biggest design events in Europe with over 2,600 designers, architects, game developers and artists.
- Dead End Gallery, 2023 - A haven for artists, technologists, and art enthusiasts alike, championing the exploration of AI as a new medium for art.
- Artisia Contemporary Art Museum, 2023 - This is where the "Artificial Emotions: Exploring the Boundaries of AI and Creativity" exhibition took place, featuring my self-portrait with three versions of myself called "Harmony in Dissonance".
- London Art and AI Biennale, 2022 - An international exhibition showcasing the latest advancements in AI-generated art, including my digital landscapes and abstract expressionist pieces.
- New York Digital Art Festival, 2021 - A renowned event celebrating the fusion of technology and art, where my collaborative works with Chris Tayler were displayed.
- The Curious Gallery, Berlin, 2020 - A cutting-edge gallery that focuses on emerging and experimental artists, I participated in a group show that explored the relationship between AI, emotions, and creativity.
