Ilina Zoya - Schilderkunst
Artistic Practice & Media
Works primarily in painting, sometimes incorporating sculpture, metalwork, textiles, ceramics and performance. Explores different materials and techniques, including bronze and silver castings and mixed-media. Interested in material experimentation and interdisciplinary approaches to fine art. Created glass engravings now mounted on the windows of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp. Mainly explores topics of moving, associations and documentation of her own experiences.
Education
UAL Chelsea College of Arts – Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (current student)
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp – Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts, specialization in Painting
Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Industrial and Applied Arts – Monumental Painting, including sgraffito and mosaic
Moscow Central Art School, Russian Academy of Arts – Specialization in Painting
Solo-Exhibitions
“Moving in translation”, The Arc space, London, co-curated by Mirriam Kanner and Alisa Misrikhanova 2025
“Snøw”, Zuidepershuis, Antwerpen, curated by Marnix Eyckmans, 2024
Selected group Exhibitions
“Moments”, Pusher gallery, London, 2026
“Exit-bition”,The morgue, London 2026
“On The Fence”, Triangle space, London 2025
“Why I Paint”, Place des Vosges (espace Sylvia Rielle), Paris, curated by Alisa Misrikhanova (Parsons Paris) 2024
“Christmas Art Sale” Wintertuin, Antwerpen 2023
Collaborations & Commissions
Collaborated with Hofesh Shechter contemporary dance company, living with the dancers, documented their training through sketching
Made a performance during White (fashion) Show in Central Saint Martins
Designed a mural painting for the Moscow coffee shop “Ferma Doma”, as well as few additional artworks, and coffee cup designs, which remain in use.
Produced a series of watercolor works for a country hotel in Sortavala, Karelia.
Created the cover image for Vector magazine issue #297, published by the British Science
Fiction Association in collaboration with the Institute of Development Studies in Sussex.