Ная Вязникова

«Naia Viaznikova (b. 1990, Izmail, Ukraine) is a contemporary artist based in Novogrudok, Belarus. She works primarily with painting, drawing, and textile. In her practice, Naia creates spaces of silence and slowed perception, where familiar reality gradually becomes less stable. She is interested in the gradual transformation of forms and transitional states in which one form begins to become another while retaining a trace of its original state. Through layered surfaces and a combination of acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal, and other materials, she creates spaces between the human, the natural, the architectural, and the imagined. Naia developed her artistic practice through independent education, completing programs and courses at HSE University (Moscow), the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the University of Melbourne. Her work has been exhibited in Russia, the USA, and the UK, including Myths (St. Petersburg), The Art of Water (James May Gallery, USA), and Miami 3.0 / Art Basel Week (online, 2022). She was a nominee for the Mellow Art Award (Tokyo). Her work and practice have been published in Art Hole Magazine and Ekphrasis Magazine.»