Olga Aksyonova lives and works in Moscow. Her artistic practice is dedicated to exploring the notions of fragility and vulnerability through the lens of various cultural traditions. As an artist, she searches for the origins of collective consciousness and studies its transformation and adaptation to contemporary circumstances.
Her creative process revolves around identifying transitional states reflected in her artwork. She draws upon archaic forms of communality, aiming to establish a flexible and adaptive model of community capable of transforming along with the surrounding world. Through exploration of cultural differences, Olga expands her own perception of reality, opening up possibilities for synthesis of contrasting viewpoints and finding common ground when confronting disparate cultural paradigms.
Olga’s practice combines classical icon-painting techniques with modern forms of visualization. The artifacts she creates bear traces of a transcultural approach, reflecting common elements characteristic of many cultures. Crucial importance is given to the use of color as an expressive tool, imbuing objects with symbolic meaning and constructing narrative through symbols, characters, and storylines.
Exhibitions
2025 Coinciding in Fragility, Visota Gallery, Moscow
2025 Inner Cities, Polet Gallery, Moscow
2025 Once Upon a Time: Russian Fairytale School, Vinzavod, Moscow
2025 The Changing Shape of Womanhood, Galerie de Lest, France
2024 Among White Moons, Triumph Gallery, Moscow
2024 New Names, Museum of Nonconformist Art, St. Petersburg
2024 New Symbolism, Museum of Modern Art, Samara
2024 Measurement, Yelohovskaya Gallery, Moscow
2024 Vivid, co-presented with Haze Gallery, A53 Gallery, Moscow
2024 Reflection, Visota Gallery, Moscow
2024 12 Views, Twelve Reasons Hotel, Moscow
2023 One Two Three Four Five I’m Coming After You, Container-Hall, Murmansk
2023 Who is Ophelia, Eulengasse Gallery, Germany
2023 Hum, Artmossfera Street Art Biennial, Vinzavod, Moscow
2023 Humanity Without Man, Abramova Gallery, St. Petersburg
2023 Curve of Forgetting, Zverevsky Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow
2022 Traveller’s Mood, Damirov Gallery, Moscow
2022 Art Beyond Time, Cube Gallery, Moscow
2022 Girls, Girls, Girls, Vladey Gallery, Moscow
2022 a-s-t-r-a Open. Vol 1, a-s-t-r-a Gallery, Vinzavod CAC, Moscow
2022 Bird-Eye View, Arkhnastoyanie, Nikola-Lenivets Art Park
2021 Quarantine, Kabood Atelier Art Gallery, Tabriz, Iran