Akimova Fedora

Born in 1987 in Kyiv, Ukraine, Fedora Akimova is a multidisciplinary artist working in the fields of installation, painting, and video. Her artistic practice draws on everyday objects, which she collects, transforms, and assembles. She incorporates textile techniques, particularly embroidery, combining them with sculpture made from found objects.

In 2021, she presented her solo exhibition Artwork Code at the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow (MMOMA) and at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow. In 2022, she presented Homin at the Ria Keburia Foundation in Tbilisi. She has also participated in group exhibitions including “Field of Vision” at the ZUZEUM Art Centre in Riga (2023), “RITUELS” and “Censure” as part of the Visions d’exil Festival 2023 and 2024, organized by aa-e, at POUSH in Aubervilliers. A recipient of the PAUSE programme grant from the Collège de France, she was in residence at the École Supérieure d’Art et Design in Saint-Étienne; in 2024–2025, she is in residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts (Montmartre residency) in Paris, and in 2025–2026 at the Centre International d’Accueil et d’Échanges des Récollets in Paris. She holds a DNSEP degree from ESADHAR in Rouen. Since March 2022, she has lived and worked between Paris and Tbilisi (Georgia). She is a member of the Agency of artists in exile.