L'étranger 20 Painting

Fiodora Akimova is a mixed-media artist specializing in installations, video, and objects. Born in 1987 in Kyiv, she began her creative career as an illustrator after obtaining her first degree in Printmaking and Graphic Design. In 2010, she moved to Russia, first to Kaliningrad, then to Saint Petersburg, where she studied set design and staging. This degree in Theater Decoration and Scenography had a significant influence on her artistic development, as she integrated various techniques and crafts into her work. Since March 2022, Fedora has been living and working in Tbilisi (Georgia) and Paris. Before February 24, her works resembled plastic experiments used to express global civilizational and philosophical issues, reflecting an escapism into a hypothetical world devoid of humanity. The full-scale invasion, her relocation, and the complete upheaval of her daily life led her to reevaluate her identity and artistic strategy. Her "pre-war" research and artistic themes lost their relevance, pushing her to reinvent her artistic language.