b. 1997 Moscow, Russia. Currently lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland.
‘The Greek word for “return” is nostos. Algos means “suffering.” Nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.’ - Ignorance, Milan Kundera
My practice focuses on memory and the way our childhood shapes our conscious and subconscious selves. In my work, I often depict characters who seem to exist at the intersection of past and present, embodying both the innocence of youth and the weight of experience. These figures, caught between states of being, serve as metaphors for the complex layers of identity that are formed over time—layers that are constantly shifting and reassembling in response to both external influences and internal reflections. Through these characters, I explore the tension between nostalgia and the inevitable erosion of memory, as well as the way our past continues to haunt and inform our understanding of who we are in the present.
My compositions are rooted in childhood photographs taken by my parents and memories of my home in Russia. While the childhood photos provide a starting point, they are not the focus of the work. Instead, I juxtapose objects, animals, birds, and figures to evoke displacement and the ambiguity of memory. The landscapes I depict are never specific places, but rather imagined or dreamlike spaces, reflecting upon what was left behind and the search for belonging in the present time.
2024
Eye To Paper Vol.2, The Paper Stage, Edinburgh Palette, Edinburgh April (group show)
Art on a Postcard x War Child UK Auction, London May
SSA 126th Annual Exhibition, The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh November (group show)
2023
I Will Return Someday, The Alchemy Experiment, Glasgow February (solo show)
Aberdeen Open City, Aberdeen March (group show)
Unit 42 Exhibition, The Hidden Lane, Glasgow April (group show)
Here Falls The Shadow, The Brick Lane Gallery, London May (group show)
The Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London June-August (group show)
Eye To Paper, The Paper Stage, Edinburgh Palette, Edinburgh August (group show)
2022
196th Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh April (group show)
Artists for Ukraine Auction, 16 Nicholson Street Gallery, Glasgow April (group show)
STAV Galerie, curated by Stavroula Coulianidis, New York June - September (solo show)
Gridlock, Member’s Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow July (group show)
Christmas show, 16 Nicholson Street Gallery, Glasgow December (group show)
2020
Figuratively Speaking, Virtual Exhibition, October (group show)
2019
Painting Pre-Degree Show, St Margaret’s House, Edinburgh February (group show)
Love Letters to Russia, Degree Show, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen June
Screenings
My SKY(pe) Life, Gray’s Film Nights Showcase, Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen April 2019
And So, Everything Changed? , Re-Analogue Short Film Festival, Aberdeen November 2019
Talks
RGU With Ukraine, zoom teach-in with Jon Blackwood, Veronica Petukhov and Irina Mclean, March 2022
Day of Solidarity With Belarus, zoom discussion with Jon Blackwood and Veronica Petukhov, February 2021
Residencies
Hospitalfield, Interdisciplinary Residency, Arbroath, August 2023
