Alisa Aistova (b. 1988)Is a London-based contemporary artist, who constantly pushes the boundaries of photography as she uses her medium of choice to create complex projects and installations that also incorporate drawings, videos, collages, objects and performative practices.Having being diagnosed...
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Is a London-based contemporary artist, who constantly pushes the boundaries of photography as she uses her medium of choice to create complex projects and installations that also incorporate drawings, videos, collages, objects and performative practices.Having being diagnosed with clinical depression and bipolar disorder, Alisa focuses on the transformations an artist’s work and personality undergo because of illness. Besides trauma and mental health issues, she explores themes such as in-between states and physical and psychological limitations as well as the darker areas of the soul, fear, isolation and death. While in Russia, Alisa received her bachelor’s degree in computer science from Russian State Social University, Moscow, before also studying typography at the British Higher School of Art and Design and contemporary art theory at the Free Workshops Contemporary Art School organized by the Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
After moving to London, Alisa received a Foundation Diploma in Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins in 2018 and gained a Master of Arts Degree in Contemporary Photography; Practices and Philosophies, also at CSM, in 2022.
Alisa has taken part in numerous group exhibitions in Russia, Italy and the UK, including the London Ultra Art Extravaganza and CSM’s shows at the Lethaby Gallery. In 2019, she was an artist-in-residence at the Untitled Space in Shanghai where she produced works for her first show in China.
Alisa’s creative output was reviewed by Bunbury Magazine and Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine as well as on CSM’s official website.
