AKSINIA KUPRIIANOVA
Born 1990, St. Petersburg, USSR
Based in Portugal
EDUCATION
University of the Arts London
London College of Communication
2008–2012
BA (Hons), Graphic and Media Design (top-up), 2011–2012
Foundation Degree, Graphic Design, 2009–2012
Foundation, Graphic Design, 2008–2009
University of the Arts London
Central Saint Martins
2008
Summer Course, Art and Design Orientation
Southampton Solent University
2012–2013
Master’s Degree, Fashion Merchandise Management
AWARDS & HONOURS
2026 — Superioritas Award, Italy — Shortlist
2022 — Neatechni Award, Cyprus — Winner, Best Visual Art Project
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 — Currents
NII Parazit Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2023 — Between Confession and Caricature
Borey Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 — NEITHER / NOR: The Intimate Geography of Contradictions
Indra Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Organised by CARC in collaboration with the Nina Miller Collection
2026 — Figurative as Concept
A Space Gallery NYC, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Organised by Artmetod Art Project in collaboration with A Space Gallery NYC
2026 — Exhibition of Finalists, Superioritas 2026
Imitazione Online Gallery, Italy
2025 — Inner Weather: Contemporary Psychological Painting
YARAT Contemporary Art Space, Project Programme, Baku, Azerbaijan
2024 — The Vulnerable Line
Erarta Museum, Young Artists Programme, St. Petersburg, Russia
2023 — Memory Reassembled
Center for Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, Georgia
2023 — Private Faces
Ural Vision Gallery, Yekaterinburg, Russia
2022 — Soft Structures
National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Kaliningrad, Russia
2021 — New Intimacies
ARTPLAY Design Center, Project Space, Moscow, Russia
2020 — Fragmented Portrait
Pushkinskaya-10 Art Centre, St. Petersburg, Russia
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS WITH PARAZIT ART COLLECTIVE
2018 — WOW-effect — Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2018 — Problem Is in the Other — Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2017 — The Bright Light of Pure Reality — Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2016 — Deus ex Machina — Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2015 — Primitive Projections — Borey Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
ARTIST TALKS & PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
2023 — Humour and Emotional Distance in Contemporary Drawing
Borey Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
2019 — Collage and the Unstable Past
CCA Tbilisi, Georgia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024–Present — Art Events, Creative Director
Self-employed, Cascais / Lisbon, Portugal
Concept-driven art event format combining creative direction, cultural storytelling, and hands-on artistic mentoring. Each event includes a curated location, a short cultural talk on an artist or art movement, and a guided creative session blending art-therapy principles, psychology, and artistic practice.