Elena Slobtseva is a visual multidisciplinary artist, working with installation, objects and animation/video. The themes that Slobtseva refers to are traumas of construction, destruction and reconstruction, the dialectics of breaking and repair. Selected group shows include the 1st Garage Triennial of Russian Contemporary Art, Moscow (2017), The 12th Time Zone — A Contemporary Art Report from Russia, Brussels (2019), Nemoskva is Just Around the Corner, St. Petersburg (2020). Nominee for the 2021 Innovation Prize as the “Artist of the Year” (2021) for her solo show Culture of Materials (2020). Worked and lived in Perm, Russia. Since 2022, works and lives in Batumi, Georgia.