Your Art Muse

Braiding hair, unbraiding meanings. An interview with the artist Katya Kosa.

In issue 37 of our #ourstudents series we introduce you to an artist whose work opens up themes of female strength, inner…

From flip-flops to art: one season at a Thai residency

When you’re working on a style rather than just making something “pretty,” one of the biggest challenges is finding an environment where…

Why artists need their people — and how one community can become a lifeline in dark times

Issue 36 features artist Varvara Balashova. In this interview she talks about moving into contemporary art after an academic training, the themes…

Metaphors, Blockchain and Personal Demons: How Dima Shturm Turns Experience into Digital Art

Issue 35 of our student interview series This time we talked to Dima Shturm — a digital artist working in a neo-mystical…

Women artists on their profession

For a very long time the profession of artist was closed to women. Today women artists not only make art — they…

Into the world of vixels with Vasil Pixel

In our new 34th issue of the interview series we meet an artist and researcher of digital art — Vasil Pixel. His…

Sculpting meaning: the path of ceramic artist Violetta Bora

In issue 32 of #ourstudents we meet Violetta Bora — a ceramic artist for whom clay has become the main means of…

From Academic Painting to Biomaterials: Kristina Purshina’s Route into Contemporary Art

Meet Kristina Purshina — a contemporary Russian artist whose work brings together painting, tactile experiment and a deep philosophical search. Dream and…

The art of freedom: how Natali Nishchuk rethinks the scale of the spirit and the body

Meet Natali Nishchuk — a contemporary Russian artist whose work explores freedom, the scale of the spirit and their connection to the…

Working with ceramics: an interview with artist Roman Tverdokhlebov

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 30 of #ourstudents — a series of interviews in which our participants talk about themselves and their…

A first painting and an invitation from a Chelsea gallery: Lina Yakobi’s road into contemporary art

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 29 of our #ourstudents series — a run of interviews in which our students talk about themselves…

“Art as a way back to yourself”: the personal and the digital in Darya Prosuntsova’s work

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 28 of our #ourstudents series — a run of interviews in which our students talk about themselves…

Sound Art: Liza Nogovitsyna on a New Way of Perceiving the World

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 27 of our #ourstudents series — a series of interviews where students talk about themselves and their…

How Art Projects Reveal Inner Worlds

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 26 of our #ourstudents series — a series of interviews where students talk about themselves and their…

How sticks, stones and bits of glass became my artistic language

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 25 of our #ourstudents series, a run of interviews where our students talk about themselves and their…

The loss of traditional Russian crafts and what they mean for our cultural code

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 24 of our #ourstudents series — interviews in which our students talk about themselves and their art.…

Working where traditional and new media meet: exploring the visual aesthetics of the digital and the material merging

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 23 of our #ourstudents series — interviews in which our students talk about themselves and their art.…

The contradictory inner world of a woman exploring her own states

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 22 of our #ourstudents series — a run of interviews in which our students talk about themselves…

Art as a many-layered space that draws the viewer into deep reflection

An interview with Tatyana Dubinets Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 19 of #ourstudents — a series of interviews in which our students…

Art That Explores Freedom, Alienation, Eschatology and the Mythology of Late Capitalism

An Interview with Milada Kopelevich Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 18 of our #ourstudents series — a series of interviews where students…

Art bound up with human nature and psychology

An interview with Lyubov Belaya Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 17 of our #ourstudents series — a run of interviews in which…

The Myth of the City’s Ruins. An Interview with Irina Ionina

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 16 of our #ourstudents series — a series of interviews where students talk about themselves and their…

Felt art and inspiration drawn from fruit and vegetables

An interview with Elena Belyaeva Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 15 of our #ourstudents series — interviews in which our students talk…

Art That Reflects Inner Strength. An Interview with Bella Novinkova

Hi everyone! Welcome to issue 13 of our #ourstudents series — interviews in which our students talk about themselves and their art.…