IULIA FILIPOVSCAIA

Multidisciplinary Artist & Collector · Curator · Designer · Performer · Educator · Spiritual Practitioner

Born: Mirnii, Siberia, Russia

Living: London – Bali

Artistic Practice

Creative professional with over 15 years' experience across disciplines, Iulia's practice works in physical, manual media: installation, sculpture, textile, adornment, collage, and performance. Her materials are reclaimed, found, and elemental — weaving, collage, and ritual action are integral to her process. Nature, metaphysics, and material transformation are central concerns.

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Education

Visual Arts

  • 2008–09 — MA Image and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London

  • 2007 — Christie's Education, The Matrix Program (Photography & Avant-Garde)

  • 2004–07 — BA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

  • 2003–04 — Foundation Art & Design (BTEC), Central Saint Martins

  • 2003 — 35mm Photography, Lab Printing & Analogue Film, Lawrence Art Centre, KS, USA

Acting & Performance

  • 2025 — Identity School of Acting

  • 2018 — The Reel Scene: 6-Day Intensive Acting Training with Industry (Diploma)

Fashion, Textiles

  • 2016 — ABC Level 1 Award in Fashion and Textiles (Sewing and Textiles), London

SPIRITUALITY & SELF-DEVELOPMENT

Born in Siberia—the ancestral origin of shamanism, Iulia is a third-generation card reader, she Journeyed to seven sacred sites worldwide over fifteen years

  • Siddha Kundalini Breathwork

  • Arthur Findlay College courses (Mediumship, 2018 & 2023)

  • Foundation for Shamanic Studies certifications

  • Alchemy training at Tirta Usada, Bali - Plants, Planets, and Metals

  • House of Aya 2-week retreat, Iquitos, Peru

  • Pilgrimage: Camino de Santiago (Camino del Norte), Spain - Certified

  • Sacred site journeys: Grand Canyon & Sedona, Knossos Palace (Crete), Glastonbury Tor, Stonehenge, Avebury

  • Multiple 10-day Vipassana silent meditation courses (London, Bali)

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2016 — 'INFINITE', Galerie Rastoll, Paris

  • 2016 — 'NINO', 8 Rue de Roi Dore, Paris

  • 2015 — 'KANNON', 8 Rue de Roi Dore, Paris

  • 2015 — 'ANICCA', Balthazar Architectural Workshop, Paris

  • 2013 — 'Pleasure', Galerie Ivan Ptakhine, Paris

  • 2011 — 'Come Meet the Strangers', Apiary Gallery, London (curated by Marina Doritis, with guest artists Marianna Simnett and Jasmine Johnson)

  • 2011 — 'Half The Story', 1st Coup, self-initiated pop-up exhibition in a private residence, Chelsea, London

Group Exhibitions

  • 2026 — FOH, Hackney Gallery, London (curated by Noor Nematt, Stefania Ilieva, Hannah Zbitnew)

  • 2020–21 — Forging of the Self, The Koppel Project Gallery, London

  • 2019 — No Captcha Thanks, Offshoot Gallery, London

  • 2019 — Stuff of the Universe, Wells' Projects, London

  • 2018 — RSVP / Art Fundraiser, Streets of Growth, Isle of Dogs, London

  • 2018 — The London Ultra 2018, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, South Bank, London

  • 2018 — Alarm Salon Auction, Elektrotheater Stanislavski, Moscow

  • 2016 — #32 Annual Open, CGP Gallery, London

  • 2014 — Kids of Dada 'UP&COMING', Hoxton Gallery, London

  • 2013 — Coup de Literature (7th), Pushkin House, London (curated and exhibited work)

  • 2011 — Christmas Coup: New Russian Art from London, Arthaus, London (co-curated with Olga Grotova)

  • 2011 — Q-Art 2011 Annual Exhibition, PT Gallery, Deptford, London

  • 2011 — Salon Photo Prize 2011 (shortlisted), Matt Roberts Arts, London

  • 2011 — Perspectives, Curious Duke Gallery, London

  • 2011 — Candid Arts Trust Photography Exhibition, Angel, London

  • 2011 — Presence of Absence, 2nd Coup, with artist Laura Napier, curated by Marina Doritis, Visualist Gallery, Notting Hill

  • 2010 — In Colour, The Little Black Gallery, London

  • 2010 — Testing Ground: Live, The 'O' Project, Zabludowicz Collection, London

  • 2009 — The Artful Dodger: The Once and Future Britain, Iniva, Rivington Place, London

  • 2009 — Winter Wonderland, The Little Black Gallery, London

  • 2009 — Guest Project Christmas Market, Yinka Shonibare's Space, London

  • 2009 — Open Salon, The Viewfinder Photography Gallery, London

  • 2009 — Imaginary Geometries, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London

  • 2009 — Collective 22, MA Graduate Show, Free Range, Truman Brewery, London

Residencies

  • 2024 — Archival Bootcamp, Trabajo Práctico, Valencia, Spain

  • 2021 — Air Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

  • 2019 — Artist-in-Residence, Château d'Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne, France

  • 2018 — The Koppel Project, The Hive Summer Residency, London, UK

  • 2015 — Public Works, Anaerobic Digester, London, UK

Awards & Grants

  • 2019 — The Denis Diderot Artist-in-Residence Grant, France

  • 2014 — UK Trade & Investment, Trade Show Access Programme (TAP) Grant

  • 2011 — Salon Photo Prize, shortlisted, Matt Roberts Arts, London

  • 2003 — Frontier League Art, Artistic Merit, Eudora High School, KS, USA

  • 2001 — Diploma for graphic art exhibition, Svetochi High School, Moldova

  • 2000  —Award for plastic art exhibition, N.V. Gogol High School, Moldova

Curation

Ran COUP (2011–15): 7 editions of pop-up exhibitions using private homes and alternative spaces as community gathering points; built sustained relationships with collectors, artists, and the public across London and Paris. Final edition jury included Joseph Backstein, Artistic Director, Moscow Biennale.

Founded and ran Source Gallery, Uluwatu, Bali (2022–23): a hybrid gallery, concept store, and meditation space serving as a community hub for local and international artists, practitioners, and meditators.

  • 2022 — 'Hindu Gods' (private collection), Source Gallery, Bali

  • 2022 — 'Child's Play' April Perin Wogenburg, Source Gallery, Bali

  • 2020–21 — 'Forging of the Self', The Koppel Project Gallery, London (co-curated; wrote original proposal)

  • 2019 — 'Stuff of the Universe', The Artisanal Well, London

  • 2016 — 'INFINITE', Galerie Rastoll, Paris

  • 2016 — 'NINO', 8 Rue de Roi Dore, Paris

  • 2015 — 'KANNON', 8 Rue de Roi Dore, Paris

  • 2015 — 'ANICCA', Balthazar Architectural Workshop, Paris

  • 2015 — Kupala Coup, Pushkin House, London (open call jury: Ariadne Arendt, artist; Joseph Backstein, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art; Elena Sudakova, GRAD Gallery; Nana Zhvitiashvili, ARTiclate Contemporary Art Fund)

  • 2014 — Liberated Canvas, Sholpan Sharabakova solo show, MacDougall Auction House, Piccadilly, London

  • 2013 — 'Pleasure', Galerie Ivan Ptakhine, Paris

  • 2013 — Coup de Literature (7th), Pushkin House, London

  • 2011 — 'A Fly in the Ointment Sweetens the Pill', 5th Coup — Jesse Benson, Joschi Herczeg & Alexander Sherbakov (co-curator Alistair Redding)

  • 2011 — Christmas Coup: New Russian Art from London, Arthaus, London (co-curator Olga Grotova)

  • 2011 — 'The Masking Tape Series', 4th Coup, private residence, St John's Wood

  • 2011 — 'Cosa de Negros', 3rd Coup, private residence, Chelsea

  • 2011 — 'Presence of Absence', 2nd Coup, Visualist Gallery, Notting Hill

  • 2011 — 'Half The Story', 1st Coup, private residence, Chelsea

  • 2009 — 'Hyperspace', Goldsmiths Students Union, London

Teaching & Workshop Facilitation

Iulia has extensive experience designing and leading workshops, talks, and participatory events for diverse audiences including adults, practitioners, and community groups. Her teaching practice draws directly from her studio work — weaving together material processes, cultural research, and intuitive inquiry — and is grounded in a belief that art-making is a transformative, communal act.

Workshop Design & Delivery

  • 2024 — Hindu Gods Tarot Deck Workshop — Archival Bootcamp, Valencia, Spain: designed and led 2 session on connecting to deck’s archive and learning how to read for the other and as a group

  • 2023-4 — Regular Meditation Sessions — Source Gallery, Bali: ran regular meditation sessions at my gallery

  • 2018 — LDC: Connecting to Fabric Consciousness — Meditation & Textile Workshop, London: cross-disciplinary session, combining breathwork, meditation, and conscious material engagement for adult participants

  • 2018 — LDC: Tarot and Mediumship Reading — London: interactive group session, combining spiritual practice with participatory image-reading

Talks & Presentations

  • 2026 — Mini reads with Hindu Gods tarot at Watkins Books, Covent Garden, London

  • 2021 — 'A Deepening with Iulia Filipovscaia', screening and Q&A with Forging the Self exhibiting artist, The Koppel Project

  • 2018 — LDC: FUCK Fast Fashion: Presentations + Networking Evening — speaker at a public event on ethical fashion, sustainable materials, and conscious design; presented original research to a mixed professional and public audience

  • 2010 — Folio Forum, The Photographers' Gallery, London — presented photographic work in a structured critique led by Owen Thomas, Exhibitions and Project Director, Four Corners

  • 2010 — Members' Photo Forum, Photofusion, London — portfolio review led by Paul Halliday, Course Leader, MA Photography and Urban Cultures, Goldsmiths

Fashion & Design (2013–present)

Rebranded from LANA SIBERIE in 2022, Iulia has been crafting one-of-a-kind accessories, jewellery and garments from vintage handwoven, and naturally-dyed textiles — a direct extension of her teaching practice in conscious material use and slow craft.

  • Presented at Paris, London & Copenhagen Fashion Weeks

  • Received TAP/UKTI Grant recipient (2014)

  • Featured in L'Officiel Germany, The Lissome, cover of The Forumist

  • 7 pop-ups in London, UK

  • Stocked in Tokyo and UK

Collaborations

  • 2026 — Innocent — calligrapher during a London pop-up

  • 2019 — Chapurin x Alarm Arts — collage t-shirt print collaboration presented at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Moscow

  • 2019 — Hats by Maria — styled and art directed the photoshoot for the Clue(less) collection, a couture ready-to-wear AW hat collection by London milliner Maria

Publications & Press

  • 2022 — Hindu Gods Tarot Deck, self-published, Bali, Indonesia

  • 2020 — 'Spiritual Fashion Design', online interview, Sustainability 5.0

  • 2019 — Mental zine, publication of 4 poems

  • 2018 — 'Follow the Yellow Brick Road into Iulia Filipovscaia's Land of Oz', WM Rocket Magazine

  • 2017 — The Lissome editorial 'A Peculiar Flower', featuring actress Lauren McCrostie in LANA SIBERIE

  • 2016 — The Lissome, 'Studio Visions: Meet London Slow Fashion Visionaries'

  • 2016 — Dash Magazine, 'As the world turns: LANA SIBERIE' — art and fashion interview

  • 2015 — LN-CC, LANA SIBERIE in-store video interview about her brand and art practice

  • 2014 — Rooms Magazine, 'Why do you do what you do?' (pp. 126–127)

  • 2014 — Kids of Dada (KOD) prize shortlisting — 'Mineral Man'

  • 2013 — The Huffington Post, 'Do you coup?' — London's finest Bohemian events with artist-curator Iulia Filipovscaia

  • 2012 — Collarbones Magazine, Issue 1, 4-page spread on Cocoon (pp. 156–158)

  • 2009 — Open Salon, Viewfinder Photography Gallery — catalogue includes a poem by Iulia Filipovscaia

FILM, TV & STAGE

Spotlight-registered actress with over a decade of experience in film, television, and commercial productions. Here is a selection:

Series:       Squid Game, The Crown S1-3, Killing Eve, The Witcher S5, The Diplomat S1-2, Industry, Ted Lasso, Silo S4

Films:        Imitation Game, Wonder Woman, Ready Player One, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Cruella

Commercials:  Smirnoff Ice Electric, Marriott, McDonald's, Disney, Hilton Hotels, Dove

Stage:        Bluebeard, Bottle, Ward 6

Modelling:    OK, Jalouse, The Forumist, Toni & Guy hair campaigns

Notable Roles: Stand-in for Paris Hilton, double for Jodie Comer (Killing Eve); Music Videos: 'Sidelines' Daydreamers 2025, 'Polna lubvi' 2020

Collections

Private collections in the UK, France, and Australia.