Yana Kapina

From a young age, Yana found solace and expression in art. She painted in the quiet sanctuary of her city library, where each stroke of her brush echoed the deep connections to her land and its complex history. Alongside her artistic pursuits, Yana embraced the physical rigor of cross-country skiing, a sport that carved paths through the snow-laden forests of her homeland and taught her about resilience and precision—qualities that deeply infused her later artistic work.
Her academic journey began in 2006 at the Institute of Law and Economics of Vologda, where she pursued psychology with a focus on the human psyche’s darker realms—violence and the unconscious. Yana delved into the emotional landscapes of young prisoners, an exploration that would profoundly influence her artistic narrative. She emerged from there not only with a degree but also with a lieutenant’s rank, armed with a deeper understanding of human vulnerabilities and strengths.
The call of further exploration led Yana to Moscow in 2011, where she worked as a human resources manager while continuing her academic pursuits in linguistics at the RUDN University. That period was marked by an unquenchable thirst to understand the human condition from multiple cultural pers...

Accademia di belle arti di Napoli, Painting, Graphics

Vologda institute of Law and Economics, Psychology

Confederation College, Thunder Bay, Linguistics

2024 - Biagi Collection. Faro Arte di Marina Gallery (Ravenna, Italy)
2023 - Phénotype des phosphènes, Art residency “La Déviation” (Marseille, France)
2023 - International Printmaking Biennale, China Printing Museum (Shenzhen, China)
2023 - Biagi Collection. Un arcipelago in divenire, Legislative Assembly of the Emilia-Romagna Region (Bologna, Italy)
2020 - Il primo mattino di Adamo (solo-exhibition), Municipality of Menaggio (Lake Como, Italy).
2019 - 5th Biennial of Modern Photography, Russian Museum (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2019 - Arcipelago, Rocca di Bentivoglio Foundation (Bologna, Italy)
2018 - Arte Padova, Padua Fair (Padua, Italy) / 6th Aguafuerte Engraving Biennial (Valladolid, Spain)
2018 - La parola all’immagine, Villaricca Town Hall (Villaricca, Italy).
2017 - PortArti, Academy of Fine Arts (Naples, Italy)
2017 - Riflessioni, The Congregation of S. Giovanni (Maddaloni, Italy) / Porticato Gaetano, Pinacoteca di Gaeta (Gaeta, Italy)
2017 - Incisori Italiani, Vigonza Castle (Padua, Italy)
2016 - Lo sguardo, Portico 340 (Naples, Italy)
2016 - Cellophane, Ducal Castle (Bisaccia, Italy)