ARTIST STATEMENT
My art is a dialogue between light and shadow, permanence and ephemerality. I explore the invisible forces that shape our emotions, memories, and perceptions, capturing fleeting moments that exist between reality and illusion. Each exhibition I create is born from a personal experience—an event, a shift, or a realization that demands to be translated into form.
Working across immersive installations, video art, digital art, and paintings, I incorporate shadows as both a medium and a metaphor—an ever-changing presence that transforms with time and perspective. Shadows allow me to visualize the intangible, giving form to ideas that are fluid, elusive, and in constant motion. Through this interplay, I investigate themes of transience, duality, and the unseen layers of human experience.
Inspired by ancient symbols and the subconscious, my work often blurs the boundaries between the abstract and the recognizable. I use intricate patterns, vibrant colors, and dynamic compositions to evoke a sense of movement, as if the artwork itself is alive, shifting, and breathing.
At its core, my practice is an invitation to pause—to witness the interplay of light and darkness, the seen and unseen, the fixed and the fleeting. Each piece serves as a portal, encouraging viewers to engage with their own perceptions, memories, and emotions in a way that is deeply personal yet universally resonant.
For more on my artistic journey, visit my Wikipedia page
EDUCATION
2008-2009 Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2005-2006 Institute of Television and Radio, Moscow
2004 MFA, Parsons School of Design, New York, USA
1998-2003 BFA, MSTA University, Moscow
SELECTED SHOWS
SOLO
10/2020 “The way of transformations. How I became a shadow of a cat”, Young Art Moscow International Biennale, CUBE gallery, Moscow
11/2019 “72 spins around a significant other”, the project is a winner of a category ‘the best art project of FABRIKA studios 2019”, included to 8th Moscow Internatonal Biennale of Contemporary Art, CAC FABRIKA, Moscow.
09/2018 “Owls are not what they seem”, joint project of Tanya Sherstyuk and Victor Skersis, Gallery 21, Winzavod, Moscow
02/2017 “Hic Sunt Dracones”, CAC FABRIKA, Moscow
03/2013 “Leftovers”, CAC FABRIKA, Moscow
GROUP
09/2021 "Assuming Distance: Speculations, Fakes and Predictions in The Age of The Coronacene", Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
11/2020 “Maybe its just a dream?”, DA Magazine annual exhibiton, Moscow
10/2020 “Pirshestvo”, Young Art Moscow International Biennale, Cube gallery, Moscow
01/2020 “What do women want?, Moscow Galleries Association
08/2019 “Dachnoe Tsaritsyno”, Tsaritsyno Museum, Moscow
06/2019 “Another Athmosphere”, Bakulev Scientific Center of Cardiovascular Surgery, Moscow 03/2019 «Bakstein collection» - Vladeyart Gallery, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
10/2017 «Institute of very contemporary art. Actually Bakstein.», Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow.
06/2017 “Playtime”, Gallery 21, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
04/2017 InArt opening exhibition, House of writers, Moscow
03/2017 “ men’s job” State Museum of Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg
09/2015 “Playing Human”, Ground Gallery, Moscow
08/2014 “Q1=Q2”, Young Biennale of Contemporary Art, Guslitsa Art Residence,
04/2014 «Leftovers», Dakar Biennale of Contemporary Art, Dakar
12/2013 “Uchronia” Moscow State Museum after Schusev, included to 5th Moscow Contemporary Biennale of Art, Moscow
02/2012 «We are Skiffs», Zverev’s Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
09/2011 «Forest for Forest», 4th Moscow Contemporary Art Biennale, Moscow
04/2011 «Cat’s party» Art Play Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
03/2011 «55/33» Art Play Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
10/2011 «from the opposite» Winzavod Art Center
10/2011 Moscow «No art» gallery, Vinzavod Art Center, Moscow
08/2010 «Autonomy», contemporary art festival, Moscow
08/2010 «autopsya», contemporary art festival, Moscow
07/2010 «Plener», «Zverev’s Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
05/2010 ‘Oh really?», «Eastern Gallery», Moscow
02/2010 «Personal», «Objective” KEC, Moscow
01/2010 “Freedom!”group exhibition, Moscow
10/2009 “Let me think” Moscow Central House of Artists, Moscow
08/2009 3d Moscow Biennale of Art, Red October Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
01/2004 «A hundred years of Russian Posters”, Tretyakov State Gallery, Moscow
07/2001 Moscow Museum of UNESCO, Moscow
07/2001 Moscow Regional Union of Artists, Moscow
06/2001 “Agit-Plakat” Gallery, Moscow
01/2001 Moscow Central House of Artists, Moscow
AUCTIONS
2020 Vladey, Winzawod, Moscow
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
01/2016 “Reflection” in collabora§on with Ksenia Podoynitsyna and Tmorrow cinema festival, Museum of Moscow, Moscow
1/2014 “art marathon” in collabora§on with Ksenia Podoynitsyna
at “Sokol Art Center”, Moscow
1/2014 “Touch and Tap TV” by Boryana Rossa , SOLYANKA State Gallery, 5th Moscow Contemporary Biennale of Art Moscow
12/2013 «Uchronia», Moscow State Museum of Architecture aßer Schusev, 5th Moscow Contemporary Biennale of Art, Moscow
09/2012 “SothBus” Charity Art Auction, FLACON Art and Design Center, Moscow 08/2010 «autopsya», young art independent contemporary art festival, Moscow 07/2010 «Plener», «Zverev’s Contemporary Art Center, Moscow
EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
07/2019 Master class for children based on ”Rorchakh spots test” for fesstival “Dachnoe Tsaritsino», museum of Tsaritsino, Moscow.
06/2019 Master class for children» colorful shadows” for charity project «Different atmosphere», Scientific center aßer Bakulev, Moscow.
03/2018 lecture “Integration of art and architecture”, Peresvetov pereulok gallery, Exhibitional Halls of Moscow
04/2018 Lecture «How to hunt for contemporary art with bare hands», Moscow Instute of Physics and Technology
11/2013 Lecture ”Art in advertising” at International festival of advertising RedApple
