ARTIST STATEMENT
Elizaveta explores the themes of freedom, human consciousness, ways of memory construction, cognition of corporeality, self-identification, and existence within alternative realities. Through sculpture, installation, and video art, she explores how intangible concepts are translated into physical forms, creating a space for reflection and discovery. Her work often involves layered structures where meaning is not immediately apparent—fragments of personal history, symbols, and objects act as vessels for hidden narratives.
Having grown up in a closed military town, her artistic approach is shaped by an acute awareness of controlled environments and the search for autonomy. She creates projects as opposed to the militaristic system she was surrounded by. Her artistic work is an attempt to gain freedom, to achieve justice, safety, and peace. Elizaveta’s projects do not impose fixed interpretations but instead invite engagement, where actions—whether preservation, alteration, or destruction—become integral to the process of revealing meaning.
Until 2023, the artist lived and worked in St. Petersburg. Due to her anti-war position, she was forced to leave Russia. In 2023, she was awarded a Global Talent visa to the UK. Since then, she has been living and working in London, UK.
Elizaveta explores the themes of freedom, human consciousness, ways of memory construction, cognition of corporeality, self-identification, and existence within alternative realities. Through sculpture, installation, and video art, she explores how intangible concepts are translated into physical forms, creating a space for reflection and discovery. Her work often involves layered structures where meaning is not immediately apparent—fragments of personal history, symbols, and objects act as vessels for hidden narratives.
Having grown up in a closed military town, her artistic approach is shaped by an acute awareness of controlled environments and the search for autonomy. She creates projects as opposed to the militaristic system she was surrounded by. Her artistic work is an attempt to gain freedom, to achieve justice, safety, and peace. Elizaveta’s projects do not impose fixed interpretations but instead invite engagement, where actions—whether preservation, alteration, or destruction—become integral to the process of revealing meaning.
Until 2023, the artist lived and worked in St. Petersburg. Due to her anti-war position, she was forced to leave Russia. In 2023, she was awarded a Global Talent visa to the UK. Since then, she has been living and working in London, UK.
CV
Lives and works in London, UK
solo exhibition
2023 – 'left of me', BS Gallery Saint-Petersburg Russian Federation
2022 – 'have/no/baby', Art multicenter 'Kontora Parokhodstva'
selected exhibitions
2025 - 'Kommunal Praksis, Struer Tracks 2025', Biennial for Sound and Listening, Denmark Danish
2025 - 'Like a Breach in Nature', Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath, UK
2025 - 'Holographic dream', Pai 32, Feelium Gallery, London, UK
2024 - 'In Your Dreams', Phantasmal Gallery, Bath, UK
2024 - 'Between heaven and earth', Amove gallery, Farnborough, UK
2024 - Every Woman Biennial, New York, USA
2023 – The Wrong Biennale, Pavilion 'un_unsubscribe', Berlin, Germany
2023 – 'Locked up', BS Gallery, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2022 – Sergey Kuryokhin Award, Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Contemporary Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022 – 'Tell me where the flowers are', curated by Lizaveta Matveeva and Irena Kuksenaite, cafe 'Rubinstein', Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022 – 'Art for the future', the online program of the Biennale, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
2021 – 'Paper public art', curated by Lizaveta Matveeva, Street Art Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 – 'You'll never know me', curated by Katya Mikhatova, Kz gallery
2021 – 'The Principle of Interaction', curated by Marina Alvitr, ZNACHIMOE gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 – 'Reproduction of Fireflies', curated by Petr Belyi, LUDA gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 – 'Welcome home', Dom Boutique Hotel, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 – 'Tiny, female', curated by Katya Mikhatova, FFTN, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 – 'Metamorphoses of corporeality', Open studios, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020 – 'Lurkmoar' Myth Gallery, curated by Anna Zavedyi, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020 – 'COVIDROOM', Virtual Museum 'CovidRoom'
2020 – 'In 24-hours', curated by Aisha Taskin, The Wall Space Gallery, Scotland, UK
2020 – 'Dotted line, dash, broken line', Youth center 'Kvadrat', Saint Petersburg, Russia
awards
2022 – Sergey Kuryokhin Award, Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Contemporary Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020 – 'Lurkmoar', Myth Gallery, competition in the Open Call category in the Innovation category, Saint Petersburg, Russia
biennale
2025 - 'Kommunal Praksis, Struer Tracks 2025', Biennial for Sound and Listening, Denmark, Danish
2024 - Every Woman Biennial, New York, USA
2023 – The Wrong Biennale, Pavilion 'un_unsubscribe', Berlin, Germany
2022 – Art for the future Online program of the Biennale. Multimedia Art Museum Moscow, Russia
art fair
2023 – 1703, Maison 25, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2023 – PAF Port Art Fair, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2022 – Blazar Fair, Independent Artists Section, Moscow, Russia
2021 – Blazar Fair, White Lines, Moscow, Russia
educational background
2013 – 2019 Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design in St. Petersburg
Lives and works in London, UK
solo exhibition
2023 – 'left of me', BS Gallery Saint-Petersburg Russian Federation
2022 – 'have/no/baby', Art multicenter 'Kontora Parokhodstva'
selected exhibitions
2025 - 'Kommunal Praksis, Struer Tracks 2025', Biennial for Sound and Listening, Denmark Danish
2025 - 'Like a Breach in Nature', Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath, UK
2025 - 'Holographic dream', Pai 32, Feelium Gallery, London, UK
2024 - 'In Your Dreams', Phantasmal Gallery, Bath, UK
2024 - 'Between heaven and earth', Amove gallery, Farnborough, UK
2024 - Every Woman Biennial, New York, USA
2023 – The Wrong Biennale, Pavilion 'un_unsubscribe', Berlin, Germany
2023 – 'Locked up', BS Gallery, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2022 – Sergey Kuryokhin Award, Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Contemporary Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022 – 'Tell me where the flowers are', curated by Lizaveta Matveeva and Irena Kuksenaite, cafe 'Rubinstein', Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022 – 'Art for the future', the online program of the Biennale, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia
2021 – 'Paper public art', curated by Lizaveta Matveeva, Street Art Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 – 'You'll never know me', curated by Katya Mikhatova, Kz gallery
2021 – 'The Principle of Interaction', curated by Marina Alvitr, ZNACHIMOE gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 – 'Reproduction of Fireflies', curated by Petr Belyi, LUDA gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 – 'Welcome home', Dom Boutique Hotel, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 – 'Tiny, female', curated by Katya Mikhatova, FFTN, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 – 'Metamorphoses of corporeality', Open studios, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020 – 'Lurkmoar' Myth Gallery, curated by Anna Zavedyi, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020 – 'COVIDROOM', Virtual Museum 'CovidRoom'
2020 – 'In 24-hours', curated by Aisha Taskin, The Wall Space Gallery, Scotland, UK
2020 – 'Dotted line, dash, broken line', Youth center 'Kvadrat', Saint Petersburg, Russia
awards
2022 – Sergey Kuryokhin Award, Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Contemporary Art, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020 – 'Lurkmoar', Myth Gallery, competition in the Open Call category in the Innovation category, Saint Petersburg, Russia
biennale
2025 - 'Kommunal Praksis, Struer Tracks 2025', Biennial for Sound and Listening, Denmark, Danish
2024 - Every Woman Biennial, New York, USA
2023 – The Wrong Biennale, Pavilion 'un_unsubscribe', Berlin, Germany
2022 – Art for the future Online program of the Biennale. Multimedia Art Museum Moscow, Russia
art fair
2023 – 1703, Maison 25, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2023 – PAF Port Art Fair, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
2022 – Blazar Fair, Independent Artists Section, Moscow, Russia
2021 – Blazar Fair, White Lines, Moscow, Russia
educational background
2013 – 2019 Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design in St. Petersburg