A conversation with Aysha Nagieva, a Russian-born artist living and practicing in London, England. Nagieva spent her early girlhood in Moscow, discomforted by the rigidity of the traditional Russian artistic expectation. After transplanting to London, Nagieva’s interest in unfettered expression and fashion design developed into an artistic practice that nods to her Russian roots, while expanding beyond the boundaries of the academy. Nagieva hijacks the motif of the russian doll - transplanting it from its traditional origins into a contemporary and cheeky universe. Playfully, Nagieva breaks all the rules that intimidated her as a girl - and through her body of work an expansive self portrait emerges.     

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