BIO
Valeria Yscava is an artist and researcher who uses the camera to reconstruct the sense of wholeness in a fragmented world. Having experienced multiple shifts in geography, profession, and community, she focuses her practice on the mechanics of adaptation.
Her work serves as an investigation into how we reassemble our identity after a total life disruption. Through performative photography and the study of the mundane, Valeria documents the traces and gestures that remain when "home" is no longer a physical place. Her mission is to transform the subjective pain of displacement into a universal ritual of reconciliation, providing a path toward integrity for anyone living between cultures.
CV
  • Education
    2007 — Kansk Art School, Kansk, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (incomplete)
    2014 — Vyatka State University (VyatGU), Kirov, Russia
    Business Informatics
    2019 — Institute of Innovative Psychotechnologies (IIPT), Moscow, Russia
    Practical Psychology — full coursework completed


  • Mentions & Awards
    2026
    Top-50, Artkoko Portrait Awards 2026
    Finalist, Best International Children and Family Photographer
    Finalist, Women Photographers of Russia, Photo Union
    Artkoko Portrait Awards 2026 — Editor’s Pick and Jury's Choice
    2025
    Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA) — Honorable Mention
    Times Square Billboard Showcase, New York
    Artkoko Awards — Editor’s Pick
    2023
    INFTC — Winner, Category A (NFT)


    Group Exhibitions
    2026
    In Miniature, Museum of Actual Realism, Togliatti, Russia
    Artkoko Portrait Awards 2026 Finalists Exhibition, Virtual Museum
    Women Photographers of Russia — Photo Union, Krasnodar, Russia
    2025
    Imagenation — Group Exhibition, Paris
    Friendly Dialogue — Group Exhibition, September, Novosibirsk, Russia
    NFTNYC Gallery — Group Exhibition, North Javits Center, New York
    Artkoko Virtual Gallery — Group Exhibition, online
    CISTA Arts — Online Group Exhibition, London
    2024
    NFT.NYC — Group Exhibition, North Javits Center, New York
    All Adults Love Numbers — Online Group Exhibition
    2023
    CISTA Arts — Group Exhibition, London
    Roots— Gallery space, California, USA


  • Publications


    2025
    Iconic Magazine, Issue No. 010 (Autumn/Winter) — Print
    CISTA Arts, London
    Online: Vogue, Dehazed,Sguardo,Dodged Magazine, JUP Magazine, Bold & Beyond, Prosvetlenie, ФЭТ, Lakritz THE MAGAZINE (August Issue)


    Collectors
    Physical works are held in private collections and public spaces in Germany, Russia, Brazil, and the United States.
Artist statement
My practice is an investigation into the mechanics of human wholeness. I start from the premise that while absolute "unity" is unattainable, the process of searching for it is a vital human function. My work provides a visual methodology for navigating this impossibility.

I treat the theatrical not as a decorative element, but as a cognitive tool. By breaking reality into "scenes" and "stages," I mirror how the mind processes complex concepts like identity and displacement. My photography acts as "adaptive optics"—a tool developed through my own history of geographical and social ruptures (from rural Russia to Brazil).

Fragmentation and repetition in my images are not just aesthetic choices; they are the functional traces of an effort to remain present. Through performative interaction with the mundane, I construct a space where the viewer can experience the paradox of searching: a field where the act of looking becomes the only achievable form of knowledge.
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