Tamila Zayferd

My life is a continuous art project titled 'Interaction'—a journey of returning to roots and discovering inner freedom.

I was born in Ukraine, but as a person of Czech descent, my move to the Czech Republic in 2016 was more than a relocation; it was a return to the land of my ancestors. This 'starting from a clean slate' in my ancestral homeland has become a powerful catalyst for my creative evolution.

For 30 years, my path was deeply rooted in Christian asceticism and the art of iconography. Having founded an icon-painting school, I mastered the discipline of 'passionless' painting, where the artist’s ego dissolves into sacred rhythms. However, this profound experience eventually led me to a breakthrough—from the constraints of religious dogma into the 'Open Space' of intuitive art.

Today, my work is a synthesis of that sacred discipline and a new, liberated intuition. I explore the Icon Rhythms in everything: the growth of a bamboo stalk, the curves of the human body, and the pulse of social shifts. I believe that a painting can be a prophecy—a visualization of internal states or upcoming global cataclysms.

Whether I am working with egg tempera, silk painting, or modern acrylics, I aim to capture the moment of interaction—whe...

Kharkiv State Art College (Kharkiv, Ukraine) — Theater and Decorative Department. Specialty: Theater Artist and Decorator. Mentored by P.A. Shygymaga.

Art School (Zhytomyr, Ukraine) — Mentored by Honored Artist of Ukraine V.N. Shkurinsky.

International Fashion Show (Pisa, Italy) — Author of the hand-painted silk collection (Batik technique).

Ecclesiastical Art Projects (Ukraine) — Restoration and creation of icons and facade paintings for regional churches.

Scenic Design (Zhytomyr, Ukraine) — Zhytomyr Regional Music and Drama Theater named after I. Kocherga. Head of the Decoration Department.

Fashion Designer & Illustrator (Zhytomyr, Ukraine).
Icon Restorer.