She won the first prize for a watercolor, "Crossing the beach", at the republican exhibition of children's drawings when she was just 8 years old.

She studied at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Ilya Repin, Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia.

This helped his daughter Irina see the best art works in museums in Stockholm, Amsterdam, Paris, Rome and Athens right at the very young age.

In order to get a good education, Irina went to Leningrad, where she spent much time studying the masterpieces of the Hermitage.

A great influence on Irina's views was priest Alexander Men, a critic of the Soviet regime (all of Vysheslavska's family was friendly to him).

In Soviet times, Irina chose so-called "quiet resistance" style primarily excluding communist themes such as underground art.

Irina Vysheslavska is a portrait and genre scenes master, her art depicts psychology and dynamics.