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Bio

Svetlana Fenster is a multidisciplinary, Cyprus-based artist working with memory as an active system rather than a static archive. Her practice explores how fragile materials transform, endure, and continue to operate over time.

She works across ceramics, textiles, drawing, and digital media, translating personal heritage into contemporary forms and treating everyday objects as structures that carry and transmit meaning.

With a professional background in IT, she integrates technological thinking into a humanistic artistic practice, engaging with posthumanism, digital embodiment, and immersive environments.
Her work investigates what allows forms to persist and operate over time.

Svetlana Fenster has exhibited in Cyprus and internationally. She is a member of the National Pastel Society of Russia and the Red Rock Pastel Society of Nevada (USA).

Education
2026: New Media in Contemporary Art, Universal University
2024: JS Art Communication School 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
1996: Bachelor of Economics, Chelyabinsk State University, Russia

Svetlana Fenster is a multidisciplinary Cyprus-based artist investigating memory, inner resilience, and intergenerational continuity.

Member of the National Pastel Society of Russia and the Red Rock Pastel Society of Nevada (USA). The latest drawing series focus on states of internal privacy and reflection; works are exhibited in Cyprus and internationally.

Through ceramics, textiles, and installations, Svetlana materializers personal history into material form, turning everyday objects into carriers of meaning. Her practice navigates the tension between fragility and strength, disappearance and preservation.

Education

2024: JS Art Communication School 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
1996: Bachelor of Economics, Chelyabinsk State University, Russia

CV

Selected Group Exhibition

2025
  • Artefact AI Film Festival, Paris, France
  • Code Error Project, Art With Me Winwood Festival/ Art Basel Official Off–Site Event, Miami, USA
  • The Wrong Biennale, European Commission S+T+ARTS initiativeDiscovery Art Fair Frankfurt, Germany
  • Cyprus Art Week, Pissouri, Cyprus
  • Threads of Inner Time project, Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt, Germany
  • Annual NPS Pastel Exhibition, Moscow
  • IMS gallery, Santa-Fe, USA
  • Сhelsea Art Society Summer exhibition, London, UK
  • Juried Member Online Exhibition of RedRock pastel society of Nevada, USA
  • Online summer project of Russian Pastel Society
  • XeniArtSpace gallery in support of the Sophia for Children foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
  • Moscow pastel, Moscow Union of Artists, Russia
  • Yellow, International Pastel Exhibition, RedRock Pastel Society, USA
  • Maker’s space, Pafos, Cyprus
  • K.Poliakova gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
  • IAPS Spring Webshow, USA

2024
  • "Back to the Roots", eco festival, Arakapas, Cyprus
  • Together Forever Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
  • CYSketch Community Show, Limassol, Cyprus
  • Tapiial Gallery Virtual Show, Chile
  • Annual NPS Pastel Exhibition, Moscow
  • Online summer project of Russian Pastel Society

2023–2020
  • "Scientific Library of the Future",exhibition-project, winner of the New Media, Laboratory at WinZavod, Moscow
  • Annual NPS Pastel Exhibitions, Moscow
  • Online summer projects of Russian Pastel Society
  • Gorky Park Museum, Moscow
  • PASIT Online, Italy

Publications & Catalogues

  • 'The Sea of Emotions’б the 72nd special edition of Collect art magazine
  • 10th edition of the Book series' '101 contemporary artists and more…’, Georgia
  • Visual Art Journal, Artist interview, Issue #30, July 2025
  • PleinAir Magazine, Honorable Mention, Digital Extended Edition, Apr/May 2025
  • “Yellow”, International Online Exhibition, Catalogues (2025)
  • LifeStyleMag, Cyprus, Interview with the artist, February 2025
  • “Crossing”, Annual Pastel Exhibition Catalogues (2020–2024)

Current representation

  • JS Gallery by Institute of Mediterranean Culture
  • Null collection of Null.art International Eco Platform
  • Singulart
Selected Group Exhibition

2025
  • Artefact AI Film Festival, Paris, France
  • Code Error Project, Art With Me Winwood Festival/ Art Basel Official Off–Site Event, Miami, USA
  • The Wrong Biennale, European Commission S+T+ARTS initiativeDiscovery Art Fair Frankfurt, Germany
  • Annual NPS Pastel Exhibition, Moscow
  • Cyprus Art Week, Pissouri, Cyprus
  • Threads of Inner Time project, Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt, Germany
  • IMS gallery, Santa-Fe, USA
  • Сhelsea Art Society Summer exhibition, London, UK
  • Juried Member Online Exhibition of RedRock pastel society of Nevada, USA
  • Online summer project of Russian Pastel Society
  • XeniArtSpace gallery in support of the Sophia for Children foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
  • Moscow pastel, Moscow Union of Artists, Russia
  • Yellow, International Pastel Exhibition, RedRock Pastel Society, USA
  • Maker’s space, Pafos, Cyprus
  • K.Poliakova gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
  • IAPS Spring Webshow, USA

2024
  • "Back to the Roots", eco festival, Arakapas, Cyprus
  • Together Forever Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
  • CYSketch Community Show, Limassol, Cyprus
  • Tapiial Gallery Virtual Show, Chile
  • Annual NPS Pastel Exhibition, Moscow
  • Online summer project of Russian Pastel Society

2023
  • "Scientific Library of the Future",exhibition-project, winner of the New Media, Laboratory at WinZavod, Moscow
  • Annual NPS Pastel Exhibition, Moscow
  • Online summer project of Russian Pastel Society

2021–2020
  • Gorky Park Museum, Moscow
  • Annual NPS Pastel Exhibition, Moscow
  • Online summer project of Russian Pastel Society
  • PASIT Online, Italy

Publications & Catalogues

  • 'The Sea of Emotions’б the 72nd special edition of Collect art magazine 
  • 10th edition of the Book series' '101 contemporary artists and more…’, Georgia
  • Visual Art Journal, Artist interview, Issue #30, July 2025
  • PleinAir Magazine, Honorable Mention, Digital Extended Edition, Apr/May 2025
  • “Yellow”, International Online Exhibition, Catalogues (2025)
  • LifeStyleMag, Cyprus, Interview with the artist, February 2025
  • “Crossing”, Annual Pastel Exhibition Catalogues (2020–2024)

Current representation

  • JS Gallery by Institute of Mediterranean Culture 
  • Null collection of Null.art International Eco Platform
  • Singulart

Projects

My Library of Unread Books— a short film project
My short film My Library of Unreading Books has been selected for the Artefact AI Film Festival (2nd edition) with mk2 in Paris
📍France
Learn more
Collaboration between a human and a generative model
Orbits of Memory is a 2:34 experimental film n which the inherited family lace is translated into ceramic impressions and then released into a digital environment. AI expands a private archive into the scale of collective machine memory, revealed as a constantly reassembled, multi-layered field.
CODE ERROЯ, part of The Wrong Biennale, the world’s largest digital art biennale
Twelve artists from Europe and the USA explore breakdowns, digital, biological, evolutionary, and gendered,
creating visual “episodes of error”. It becomes a part of Art With Me — the official off-site Art Basel event, Miami 2025
📍The Wrong Biennale
📍 USA
Threads of Inner Time
“Threads of Inner Time” exhibition featurs eleven contemporary women artists exploring inner landscapes, emotional memory, and female identity through the metaphor of the thread
📍Germany,
Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt
The artist talk within the Muse program
A wonderful initiative of the Muse Group sharing its space with visual artists. Grateful to be one of the speakers and to exchange practical insights on art and process.
📍 Cyprus
Ariadne’s Thread becomes pathways through a labyrinth of memory and shared history
Cyprus Art Week is an international cultural and ecological festival that brings together artists, activists, innovators, and guests from around the world in Pissouri, in the heart of Cyprus.
📍Cyprus
EGGspression in support the Sophia For Children Foundation
The egg, an ancient symbol of rebirth, transformation, and the endless cycle of life, has been reimagined by each participating artist. and transformed into a unique expression of creativity.
📍 Cyprus

Inheritance
The silent strength of inherited
emotion, where personal history becomes material form
📍Cyprus
The Sea of Emotions by CollectArt
The edition is about engaging with it as an emotional entity, a character in our shared human story.
📍Georgia
Sea diary
A project that captures both
the essence of time and the feelings it evokes.. The project became a part of the exhsibition in The Makers space, Pafos
Cyprus

Null Art, ECO-platform
Happy to announce my collaboration with the Nullker.art platform. The artists inspired and united by nature provide support to the selected eco-projects.
📍Cyprus
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Back to the roots, environmental festival
Glad to be part of the “Back to the roots” environmental festival, combining the educational aspect with concrete actions to protect the environment.
📍Cyprus
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Together forever, Charity exhibition
A community of artists and musicians organized an art event in support of the charitable foundation
📍Limassol, Cyprus
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Love has no boundaries

Exhibition of Cypriot artists for the anniversary of the Rainbow in Cyprus Foundation
📍Pafos, Cyprus
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Collaboration with a palliative care centre

Donated artworks


📍Moscow
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Part of the "Scientific Library of the Future" project
Series "The Basics‎" for the Art Exhibition in RUDN

📍Moscow
Learn more
My Library of Unread Books— a short film project
My short film My Library of Unreading Books has been selected for the Artefact AI Film Festival (2nd edition) with mk2 in Paris
📍France
Learn more
Collaboration between a human and a generative model
Orbits of Memory is a 2:34 experimental film n which the inherited family lace is translated into ceramic impressions and then released into a digital environment. AI expands a private archive into the scale of collective machine memory, revealed as a constantly reassembled, multi-layered field.
CODE ERROЯ, part of The Wrong Biennale, the world’s largest digital art biennale
Twelve artists from Europe and the USA explore breakdowns, digital, biological, evolutionary, and gendered, creating visual “episodes of error”. It becomes a part of Art With Me — the official off-site Art Basel event, Miami 2025
📍The Wrong Biennale
📍 USA
Threads of Inner Time, Discovery Art Fair Frankfurt
I took part in the “Threads of Inner Time” exhibition, featuring eleven contemporary women artists exploring inner landscapes, emotional memory, and female identity through the metaphor of the thread
📍Germany
Ariadne’s Thread becomes pathways through a labyrinth of memory and shared history
Cyprus Art Week is an international cultural and ecological festival that brings together artists, activists, innovators, and guests from around the world in Pissouri, in the heart of Cyprus.
📍Cyprus
The artist talk within the Muse program
A wonderful initiative of the Muse Group sharing its space with visual artists. Grateful to be one of the speakers and to exchange practical insights on art and process.
📍 Cyprus
Inheritance
The silent strength of inherited
emotion, where personal history becomes material form
📍USA
Cyprus
EGGspression in support the Sophia For Children Foundation
The egg, an ancient symbol of rebirth, transformation, and the endless cycle of life, has been reimagined by each participating artist. and transformed into a unique expression of creativity.
📍 Cyprus

Null Art, ECO-platform
Happy to announce my collaboration with the Nullker.art platform. The artists inspired and united by nature provide support to the selected eco-projects.
📍Cyprus USA
Back to the roots, environmental festival
Glad to be part of the “Back to the roots” environmental festival, combining the educational aspect with concrete actions to protect the environment.
📍Cyprus
More about
The Sea of Emotions by CollectArt magazine
The edition is about engaging with it as an emotional entity, a character in our shared human story.
📍Georgia
Sea diary
A project that captures both
the essence of time and the feelings it evokes.. The project became a part of the exhsibition in The Makers space, Pafos
Cyprus

Series of works «The Basics»‎ for the «Science Library of the Future»‎ project
📍Moscow
Learn more
Together forever, Charity exhibition
📍Limassol, Cyprus
Learn more
Love has no boundaries
📍Pafos, Cyprus
Learn more
Collaboration with a palliative care centre
📍Moscow
Learn more

Participation in exhibitions of the National Pastel Society of Russia

Evolution 2024
Annual online exhibition and competition by members of the NPS.
https://www.pastelsociety.ru/vystavka/evolution2024

Sustainability Zone 2023
Annual online exhibition and competition by members of the NPS.
https://www.pastelsociety.ru/2023-zona-ustoichivosti

Crossing 2020, 2021, 2023
11th exhibition of the National Pastel Society.
https://www.pastelsociety.ru/vystavka/11-exhibition-crossing-2023
7th exhibition of the National Pastel Society. Gallery «Exposed»‎
https://www.pastelsociety.ru/7-crossing-2021
5th exhibition of the National Pastel Society. Gallery «Exposed»‎
https://www.pastelsociety.ru/5-exhibition-cross

Root reshaped 2022
Annual online exhibition by members of the National Pastel Society.
https://www.pastelsociety.ru/2022-root-reshaped

Summer Online Projects of the NPS 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
https://www.pastelsociety.ru/vystavka/12-exhibition-online2024
Artefact AI Film Festival
My short film My Library of Unreading Books has been selected for the Artefact AI Film Festival (2nd edition) with mk2 in Paris

In acquiring books out of genuine curiosity, I often kept them “for the future,” believing there was something magical about owning a library of unread books. Recently, I realized that such a library would never actually be read. This led me to a metaphorical reflection on how books, instead of being sources of knowledge, have become containers of unarticulated memory. They do not hold texts so much as the states in which they were chosen — anticipation, dreams, hope…
The experimental video My Library of Unread Books continues my exploration of the forms of memory. The work has been selected for the official program of the Artefact AI Film Festival in Paris.

Find out more on the website:
https://artefact-ai-film-festival.com
Back to the roots — environmental festival

I am glad to be a participant of the ecological festival “Back to the roots”, combining the educational aspect with concrete actions to protect the environment.
Back to the roots -environmental festival accompanied by a variety of interactive activities, workshops, performances, and educational sessions that promote environmental stewardship. ART Forest Exhibition represented artworks created by local artists and sculptors.
In 2024 more than 4,252 m2 of forest area in Cyprus was affected by fire. Back to the roots - a full-day public event featuring innovative tree-planting techniques for planting trees in the fire-affected area

Find out more on the website:
https://back2theroots.ecombare.com/


Null Art, ECO-platform
AT NULL ART, WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ART HARMONIOUSLY COEXISTS WITH A THRIVING, SUSTAINABLE PLANET. OUR VISION IS TO BE THE PREMIER PLATFORM THAT NOT ONLY CONNECTS ART ENTHUSIASTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL CREATIONS BUT ALSO LEADS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION. THROUGH THE FUSION OF CREATIVITY AND ECOLOGICAL RESPONSIBILITY, NULL ART STRIVES TO INSPIRE A BRIGHTER, GREENER TOMORROW.

The platform celebrates the rich tapestry of artistic expression, embracing diverse styles, mediums, and voices. Null Art is a platform where every artist, regardless of background, finds a welcoming space to share their unique vision.

Find out more on the website:
https://nullker.art

Series of works «The Basics»‎ for the «Science Library of the Future»‎ project

For the «Science Library of the Future» project, I created a dramatic series of three pieces called «The Basics", reflecting on the role of the library and its transformation in the modern world:

"With the advent of books, the cultural heritage of civilisations settled on paper pages. Books not only facilitated the transmission of knowledge, but also fuelled the creation of the world's first universities. Over time, numerous book depositories turned into libraries, striking in their scale and architectural forms. And now, as the flow of information has moved far beyond the bookshelves and print media give way to electronic media, the role of the library is changing with incredible speed. It acts as a link between the past and the future. And we, the generation that grew up with books, are actively participating in this transformation"

In realising my ideas, I began by capturing the eye-catching textures of the Science Library. These textures were at the centre of the intention of the graphic works. The charcoal took over the main task, it was left to me to set the accents. Books, people and the silhouette of the city grew with light pastel movements.

The Scientific Library of the Future is a platform for communication and co-operation between RUDN Scientific Library and creative communities via Instagram @nbb_project.

The art exhibition in the halls of the RUDN Scientific Library was a part of the «Science Library of the Future» project and included more than 40 works by artists from the Association of Pleinair Artists and other artistic associations inspired by the aesthetics of the modern Scientific Library. Thanks to curator Anna Orlova for the idea and realisation of the project, which won the competition of the New Media Lab at Winzavod.

Together Forever

On 10-11 May, a community of artists and musicians organised an art event in support of the Together Forever charity at Gallery Morfi, Limassol, Cyprus.

The theme of the exhibition was very much in tune with me, about choices and the timeless road that changes destinies. The idea was inspired by the legendary El Camino de Santiago, the pilgrim route that connects cities and countries. Within the walls of the gallery, narratives intertwined, converging and diverging, while visitors were invited to reflect on their own life journey.

All funds raised from the charity lottery and sales were directed to help Alfiya Zharlygasyn, a ward of the Together Forever Foundation. Alfiya has already received the treatment she needed in a clinic in Israel.

Together Forever Foundation was established in Cyprus in October 2016 to help children. The Foundation's activities are aimed at saving children with brain or spinal cord diseases and their treatment in clinics in Israel, Germany, Spain and Cyprus.

About Foundation:
https://together-forever.fund
About Project:
https://together-forever.fund/en-US/News/Index/4292
Photo Support:
https://yuliapiven.ru
Collaboration with a palliative care centre
Collaboration with a palliative care centre
I am immensely happy to get my works hanging on the walls of the largest Palliative Care Centre in Moscow. The address of the centre: 6, Dvintsev Street, Moscow.
The Blue Bird
"The birds wake and flood the air with the first raptures of their hymns to the sun and to life"
Maurice Maeterlinck

On the 1st of June, Children's Day, the creative community of Cyprus supported the GoDar Studio at the Markideio Theatre in Paphos. I was glad to take part in the Art Action, where more than 20 Cypriot artists joined forces and prepared a unique exhibition for the play ‘The Blue Bird’. A huge thank you to Marina for the initiative and to Catherine for the stunning production.

The play and the exhibition of contemporary art works filled the evening in Paphos with a unique atmosphere of creativity, communication and support.





Participation in exhibitions of the

National Pastel Society of Russia



The exhibitions of the National Pastel Society

https://pastelsociety.ru/vystavki
Crossing 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
Summer Online Projects of the NPS 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Inspiring Cyprus

Group exhibition of Cypriot artists from the CYSketch community, Nearchos art studio, Limassol.

Twelve artists presented their works in different techniques. I prepared two series of works in gratitude and admiration of the island, inspired by the unique atmosphere of the Cypriot mountains and the mysteries of Troodos. The uniqueness of these places is difficult to describe in words.
IMAGINARY
‘Imaginary’ is a virtual group exhibition by Tapiial Virtual gallery, Satiago, Chile

‘Moments, sensations, visual explorations that reflect and give interpretations that connect imaginary realities.’ IMAGINARY brings together artworks of different formats that transport us to different scenes.

I'm glad that I was among the five contemporary artists selected by Tapiial Virtual galleries to participate in the exhibition, which opened on 17 February 2024.

Tapiial Virtual is a virutal exhibition space for international designers, artists and architects.

About the gallery: https://tapiial.com/virtual/
About the exhibition: https://tapiial.com/Imaginary/
Exhibitions at Lellos Art Point Gallery
Exhibitions at Lellos Art Point Gallery
Lellos Art Point is an exhibition space located in the Old Town of Limassol, Cyprus. It hosts art exhibitions and cultural events. The gallery aims to build a strong artistic community in the region.

I was happy to participate in several group exhibitions of artists from the region:

"Mediterranian Summer" 22.06.2024-16.09.2024.

Endless blue sky and even deeper blue sea, lazy hot days, long siestas, iced drinks, charming houses, cozy narrow streets, warm nights full of music and the smell of delicious kitchen - this is all about mediterranean summer.
Artists who live and create their artworks in Cyprus and abroad, present their seeing of this theme

"Giant flowers" 09.03.2024-09.04.2024

Flowers are symbols of new beginnings, new life, love and rebirth. They're nature's perfections as they are supposed to attract attention and create new life cycle.
Flowers are always assosiated with women, flowers are the most popular presents women recieve!

"Tranqullity" 07.122023-09.01.2024

Hope to bring peace and calmness at least to our thoughts and minds.
Contacts
+7 910 403 44 74, +357 96 064077
sb_privately@yahoo.com
Telegram: @svetlanafenster
Instagram: svetlana_fenster_art


Website – ivanfenster@yandex.ru
Contacts
+7 910 403 44 74, +357 96 064077
sb_privately@yahoo.com
Telegram: @svetlanafenster
Instagram: svetlana_fenster_art


Website – ivanfenster@yandex.ru