BIO

Svetlana Fenster is a Cyprus-based artist born in the Ural region. With a professional background in IT, she consciously incorporates technological knowledge into her artistic practice, allowing her to view her work from both technological and humanistic perspectives. This approach deepens her exploration of internal privacy and reflection. In her search for the most transparent and engaging forms of visual expression, she experiments with the potential of soft pastels.

Svetlana Fenster is a multidisciplinary, Cyprus-based artist working with memory, archives, and the transformation of fragile materials into new forms. She moves between ceramics, textiles, drawing, and digital media, materializing personal heritage into contemporary forms and turning everyday objects into carriers of meaning.
With a professional background in IT, she integrates technological thinking into a humanistic practice, engaging with posthumanism, digital embodiment, and immersive worlds.

She has exhibited internationally, focusing on the tension between fragility and endurance, disappearance and preservation.
She is a member of the National Pastel Society of Russia in the status of “Experienced Artist.” Her works are held in private collections worldwide. As an eco-activist, she represents the international platform Null.art, which supports several eco-projects.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Through my work, I hear the voice of nature expressing themes of renewal, purification, and liberation. While the human figure in my artworks is often absent from the canvas, he serves as my main character.

My paintings depict the world through the eyes of a man who returns to his roots, sheds the distractions of society, and discovers inner silence. My art is an invitation to a journey where every step leads to the search for a balance between external and internal.

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EDUCATION

2025: New Media in Contemporary Art, Universal University
2024: Art Communication School by Julia Sysalova at the Institute of Mediterranean Culture, Athens, Greece
2008: Master of Business Administration, London Metropolitan University
1997: Master’s degree in Business Management, L’Université de la Recherche et de la Technologie, Lille, France


SELECTED GROOP EXHIBITIONS

10-24 Feb 2026, TAG Gallery, Code Error Project, Los Angeles, USA
2025-26 - The Wrong Biennale, "Code Error" Project, JS Gallery by IMC, worldwide
2025 - Code Error Project, Art With Me Winwood Festival/ Art Basel Official Off–Site Event, Miami, USA
2025 - Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt, "Threads of Inner Time", JS Gallery by IMC, Germany
2025 - JS Gallery, Artsy Viewing Room, online
2025 - Сhelsia Art Society Summer exhibition, London, UK
2025 - "Moscow pastel", Moscow Union of Artists, Russia
2025 - XeniArtSpace gallery in support of the Sophia for Children foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
2025 - Maker’s space, Pafos, Cyprus
2025 - K.Poliakova gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
2025 - IAPS Spring Webshow, USA
2025 - International Pastel Exhibition, RedRock Pastel Society, USA

2024 - 13th Pastel Exhibition of National Pastel Society (NPS), Gallery of classic photograf, Moscow, Russia
2024 - "Back to the roots" environmental festival, Arakapas, Cyprus
2024 - Together Forever foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
2024 - CYSketch community, Limassol, Cyprus
2024 - Tapiial Gallery Virtual Show, Chile
2024 - Summer Annual Online Pastel Project, Moscow, Russia

2023 - 11th Pastel Exhibition of NPS, Gallery of classic photograf, Moscow, Russia
2023 - Summer Annual Online Pastel project, Moscow, Russia

2022 - «Scientific Library of the Future" exhibition-project, winner of the New Media, Laboratory at WinZavod, Moscow, Russia
2021 - 7th Pastel Exhibition NPS, Gallery “Exposed”, Moscow, Russia
2021 - Gorky Park Museum, Moscow, Russia
2020 - 5th Pastel Exhibition NPS, Gallery “Exposed”, Moscow, Russia
2020 - Italian Pastel Society, PASIT, Italy