Vasilisa Palianina (b. 1986, Minsk, Belarus) graduated from the Art Department of the Belarusian State University in the Design Faculty in 2009. In 2021 moved to Europe, where she currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.

In her artworks ranging across graphics, installation, performance and experimental techniques, Palianina addresses the topics of sexual identity, gender, human and animal natures and Belarusian politics through mythology. The transdisciplinary artist participated in various residencies, including Gaude Polonia–Warsaw, Poland (2019), Slavs and Tatars art group, Pickle Bar, MRI, Akademie der Künste–Germany (2022–2023). In 2019, together with the painter Andrey Anro, she founded the art group »Who Except Us« and in 2023 joined the art collective »Shklatar« (with Andrey Anro and Aliaxandar Adamau).

Photo credits: Ira Jihila.