LIDIA RUSSKOVA-HASAYA

Lidia Russkova-Hasaya is a New York-educated interdisciplinary artist whose work spans photography, painting, video, music, sculpture, and performance.

Grounded in a deep exploration of space, identity, and transformation, her practice challenges conventional boundaries by integrating architectural theory, scenography, and immersive environments. By fusing multiple media, Lidia creates dynamic, site-specific installations that engage with themes of memory, migration, and the fluidity of personal and collective identity in today’s ever-evolving global landscape.

Her work invites viewers to experience a dialogue between the physical and the ephemeral, using light, geometry, and sound to blur the boundaries between the tangible and the intangible. With a keen focus on transcendence and transformation, Lidia’s installations offer both a conceptual and sensory experience, encouraging audiences to reflect on the intersections of history, identity, and contemporary socio-political contexts..

Lidia’s practice continues to evolve, expanding into new forms and ideas that push the boundaries of contemporary art. Her works are a fusion of the ancient and the modern, creating immersive worlds that challenge perceptions and provoke new ways of understanding our connection to space, time, and each other.

Her work has been exhibited in prominent international spaces, including the Unfolding exhibition at the Ria Keburia Foundation in Tbilisi (2023), the Portal installation at CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo in Venice (2023), and Fictional Landscapes at Foundry Downtown in Dubai (2024).
ARTIST STATEMENT

My work explores the intersection of space, performance, and sensory experience, where physical boundaries blur into emotional and conceptual realms. Rooted in the traditions of conceptual art, I draw from a diverse range of media — photography, sculpture, painting, video, music, and performance — to create immersive environments that challenge the viewer’s perception of time, identity, and transformation.


With a background in theater and architectural studies, my practice is shaped by an understanding of scenography, spatiality, and the human body’s relationship to its surroundings. I design pieces that act as gateways — portals — where physical structures are imbued with light, sound, and energy, offering both a reflection on the self and an exploration of the collective experience. My installations invite viewers to navigate through and beyond the constructed forms, transforming their engagement with the space into an act of personal discovery.


The use of light as a medium plays a central role in my practice. Neon, often seen as ephemeral and transient, contrasts with the solid, architectural forms I create. This dynamic between permanence and impermanence speaks to themes of migration, memory, and the changing nature of identity in an increasingly globalized world. The tension between these forces encourages a dialogue between the past and future, reality and imagination, inviting viewers to reflect on the complexities of their own landscapes, both external and internal.


Through my work, I seek to build a space for contemplation and dialogue, to evoke the transformative power of art and the possibility of transcendence through the act of crossing thresholds — both literal and metaphorical.

SELECTED PROJECTS
SELECTED ARTWORKS
COLLABORATIONS
Education

PACE University, New York

Selected Exhibitions

HOMESICK
CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo, Venice
April — May 2024

APOCALYPSE. REFLECTIONS
Zurab Tsereteli Museum of Modern Art, Tbilisi
February – March 2024

Chamber Experience I
Cosmoscow Art Fair, Moscow
September 2023

Work in Progress. Part II. Tenderness
Serene Gallery, Moscow
September — October 2023

SKY
Mr Group, Moscow
July — August 2023

CLEANSING
Venice Art Night
June 2023

PORTAL
CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo, Venice
May — August 2023

UNFOLDING
Ria Keburia Foundation
February — March 2023

About Now. Pt.2
MMOMA CAFE
December 2022 — February 2023

About Now. Pt. 1
Pokolenie
December 2022 — February 2023

The House of The World
2046 Space
December 2021 — January 2022

The Visual Code of the Future
Omelchenko Gallery
April — May 2021

ArtFemFest
CCA Winzavod
July — August 2019

Being Her
Omelchenko Gallery
February — March 2018

Performances

YOU
• World Art Fest, CCA Winzavod, 2019
• Everart Festival, 2019
• ART4 Museum of Contemporary Art, 2018
• OUT.Outside, pop-up space, 2018
• WHO I AM Gallery, 2018
• Youth interregional exhibition «Beauty!»,
Vernadsky State Geological Museum, 2018

Theater

SHE IS US
Theatre DOC, Moscow
2019 — 2023

Lidia Russkova-Hasaya

@saintlidia

lidia.russkova@gmail.com