Born in Norwich, England, Flora Yukhnovich did not have much exposure to fine art as a child. The 35-year-old artist tells Vogue , however, that she was “absolutely obsessed with making.”

“Every time I’ve connected with a new artist or the Old Masters, it’s really been from a painting perspective, because I’m trying to work something out or trying to see how someone else has done it,” says Yukhnovich, who honed her passion for French Rococo, Italian Baroque, and Abstract Expressionist art as an art student. “The material comes first for me.”

Material challenges are also what fuel Yukhnovich, whose studio has been based in Long Island City since August 2024, to push her œuvre to new heights: “It’s not interesting until it feels high-stakes, like it might not work out.” After her 2024 ex

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