Helsinki-based artist Kolya Kotov creates intimate and thought-provoking narratives through their work. Their artistic practice is autotheoretical, exploring themes of queerness, and personal transformation. Working primarily with textiles, photography, and kinetic objects, they construct installations challenging conventional perceptions of reality and identity.

EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2024
- bruises of those who side hustle as muses, solo exhibition,
Lou gallery, Helsinki
- Changing landscapes – Look of the other, group exhibition, Cultural Center Caisa, Helsinki
2023
- Kuvan Kevät, MFA exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
- Time & Space vol.1, group exhibition, KuvaTila, Helsinki
- this is life, performance with Nunu Anundi, Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki
- Stomp it, group exhibition, Kyykky gallery, Helsinki
2022
- Criminal Catwalk, performance with Heta Bilaletdin, Karoliina Korvuo & Pedro Riva, Nordic Culture Club, Helsinki
- Sweet Dreams, group exhibition, GLO Hotel Art, Helsinki
2021
- Boreout, collective exhibition, Asbestos Art Space, Helsinki
- Kandinäyttely, BFA exhibition, group exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
2019
- Virtually Real, group exhibition, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki
- not so self(portrait), solo exhibition, Loukko, Helsinki
2018
- Everything is already redone, group exhibition, Tasku gallery, Helsinki
2017
- Suomi 100: Critical Map, group exhibition, Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki