Bio

Yanina Rapatskaya was born in 1990 in Irkutsk, Russia.
Resides and works in Subotica, Serbia.

Yanina Rapatskaya is a transdisciplinary artist and educator whose practice explores inner silence, fear of time, regret, and the fragile boundary between the visible and the invisible. She works with mixed-media, soundscapes, and performative practices to transform elusive emotions into tangible forms. Integrating her backgrounds in graphic arts, music, user experience design, and research, she creates works that transcend traditional media boundaries and investigate the relationship between the world and human introspection. Her recent series delve into themes of temporality, loss, and the interplay of light and darkness. Rapatskaya earned her Specialist’s degree in Graphic Arts from Moscow State University of Printing Arts in 2014 and is currently pursuing doctoral studies in art at the National Research University Higher School of Economics Art and Design School in Moscow. She has held solo exhibitions in Serbia (2024, 2025) and has exhibited at the Moscow Museum (2018) and the Moscow Central House of Artists (2017, 2018), participated in international conferences in Finland (2020), Mexico (2022), and Russia (2020−2024). From 2017 to 2025, she taught at the HSE Art and Design School in Moscow.

Education

Since
2019


2008–2014
Pursuing PhD in Arts, National Research University Higher School of Economics Art and Design School, Moscow, Russia.

Specialist Degree in Graphic Arts, Moscow State University of Printing Arts, Moscow, Russia.
Since 2019
Pursuing PhD in Arts, National Research University Higher School of Economics Art and Design School, Moscow, Russia.

2008–2014
Specialist Degree in Graphic Arts, Moscow State University of Printing Arts, Moscow, Russia.

Selected exhibitions

2025


2024


2018



2017
“The Rift Where the Light Gets In”, solo exhibition, Hardwired Artists, Subotica, Serbia.

“Sharp Movements”, solo exhibition, Dvorišna galerija, Subotica, Serbia.

“Typomania festival”, The Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia.
“NEXT”, The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia.

“Moscow Design Biennale”, The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia.
2025
“The Rift Where the Light Gets In”, solo exhibition, Hardwired Artists, Subotica, Serbia.

2024
“Sharp Movements”, solo exhibition, Dvorišna galerija, Subotica, Serbia.

2018
“Typomania festival”, The Museum of Moscow, Moscow, Russia
“NEXT”, The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia.

2017
“Moscow Design Biennale”, The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia.

Selected press and publications

  • Rapatskaya, Yanina, Interview with artist Yanina Rapatskaya in Radio Plac, online radio of the Center for Contemporary Culture and Art, Subotica. (2025).
  • Rapatskaya, Yanina, “Shadows of Sounds” in Архив нереализованных идей (Archive of unrealized ideas) №1, annual zine of the Цоколь Open Workshop. (2025).
  • Gyurkovics, Réka, “Sustainable Fashion Treasure Hunt in Subotica” in My sustainable space, online-resource of the 4F: Fast Fashion? Fast Forward! project. (2025).
  • Rapatskaya, Yanina, “«Русский лесной метал»: образ леса в российском атмосферном блэк-метале” (“‘Russian Forest Metal’: the image of the forest in Russian atmospheric black metal”) in Communications. Media. Design. № 9(4). PP. 152–167. (2024).
  • Evpak, Evgeniya, “Актуальные проблемы развития популярной музыки” (“The Current Issues in the Development of Popular Music”) in the Digital Ecosystem of HSE Art and Design School. (2024).
  • Shibaev, Maxim, “Museum of Death: Dance of Life” in V–A–C Sreda online magazine (2023).
  • Rapatskaya, Yanina, “Традиционная русская драма: практики саморепрезентации российских экстрим-метал групп на примере Second To Sun и L’Homme Absurde” (“Traditional Russian drama: practices of self-presentation of Russian extreme metal bands Second To Sun and L’Homme Absurde”) in Articult. 2022. № 2(46). PP. 44−66. (2022).
  • Rapatskaya, Yanina, “Так пела метель: ручная гармоника как символ современной российской блэк-метал-сцены” (“Song of the snowstorm: the accordion as a symbol of the newest Russian black metal scene”), in L. Gankine (ed.), Research 2021: Sound Images of Post-Soviet Pop Music, Moscow: The Institute of Music Initiatives. PP. 250−263. (2021).
  • Kichibekova, Darya, “Yanina Rapatskaya. Interview with the teacher” in the Bang Bang Education online school website. (27.08.2020).
  • Khalilov, Bulat, “National specifics of Russian black metal. Interview with Yanina Rapatskaya”, in Knife, an intellectual magazine about culture and society. (19.08.2020).

Teaching and lecturing

2017–
2025


2021
Lecturer, instructor, methodologist, National Research University Higher School of Economics Art and Design School, Moscow, Russia (online).

Lecturer, instructor, The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
2017–2025
Lecturer, instructor, methodologist, National Research University Higher School of Economics Art and Design School, Moscow, Russia (online).

2021
Lecturer, instructor, The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Moscow, Russia.