DeepARTment

Conceptual performance artist and activist Nadya Tolokonnikova is the creator of Pussy Riot, a global feminist art movement. She was sentenced in 2012 to 2 years' imprisonment following an anti-Putin performance Punk Prayer. Punk Prayer was named by The Guardian among the best art pieces of the 21st century.

Tolokonnikova's Putin’s Ashes art installation at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in January 2023 propelled her into a new criminal case and put on Russia’s most wanted criminal list. On June 21st, her debut museum exhibition RAGE, opened at OK Linz, Linz, Austria, and the eponymous performance piece performed at the Neue National gallerie on July 4.

For the Art Against War festival the artist sent the original print of her New Dark Ages Virgin Mary original limited print.  

Eva Love graduated from the State University in Vitebsk, Belarus, with a degree in Fine Arts. She continued her development at the Higher School of Management and at the School of National Leaders "Revival DJs" led by the renowned Belarusian opposition figure Pavel Sevyarynets. Eva's most remarkable talent is her ability to connect with people on a mental-creative level. She came to the U.S. in 2022 after facing increasing repression in her homeland, Belarus, due to the rise of totalitarianism and military tension. Among her significant projects are the youth educational center "Fialta" and a series of educational workshops on art therapy, including "Controlling Fear," "Faith and Doubt," "Emotion and Reason," and "Realizing Potential." Her programs are equally popular with adults and with children. Eva is the driving force behind the semiannual Creators United - Solstice Meet-Ups, which have become a signature program of DeepARTment. 

Phil Bearz, is an artist and filmmaker. Born into a family of media professionals, Phil was immersed in the world of TV and documentaries from a young age. At 8, he decided to become a cartoon director and began drawing extensively. His first short film, Lignum, created at 19, conveyed a message about the dangers of environmental neglect. His next film, National Service, critiqued the senselessness of war.

Phil’s professional filmmaking journey began at 20, assisting Russian director Dmitriy Astrakhan and later studying at the Baltic Film School in Estonia. Afterward, he specialized in VFX and now leads 2D animation at FROSTFILMS OÜ.

At Art Against War, we showcase Phil Bearz’s photography works from the RAGE exposition (Vitart.Gallery), his 5 min feature against wasting young people's lifes for feeding war machine, During the special Film Festival Day on December 22 we will present a new project Komatchi’s Sea Shell - an experimental  animated film where a Japanese girl needs to find her true self to stop a war at her homeland.  

Eya Ozerova Los Angeles based artist, born in the Ukraine. MFA degree from the Stroganoff University in Moscow.

Eya works in different media but her passion is needle felted large tapestries. She teaches her felting technique on which she published a book “Pictorial Felt”, and provides art workshops and healing art retreats. She brings people together to make one art piece for all, while focusing on one intention - harmony and peace within. In 2022 she started Ukrainian Mandala Project, gathering people together to creat collective art as an alternative to the war act of love and support for Ukraine. 

Olesya Volk is a Los Angeles-based artist/writer.

She was born in Baku, Azerbajan; at the age of 16 moved to Moscow. There, she graduated from the State Institute of Theatre Arts; started publishing her tales and puppet plays.

After moving to the US, she received her MFA in Film & TV( Animation) at UCLA. Worked doing web animation.

In her paintings, Olesya explores patterns of nature, mostly tree bark, as a possibility of intuitive "readings" and leaps into the primordial language.

Olesya's art genres also include small dioramas, paper theatre; she writes and illustrates picture books and graphic novels. 

Aleksei Mokrousov is a graphic designer from Vladivostok, Russia, now residing in Costa Mesa, Orange County, California. He created an animated sticker pack for Telegram and print to express support and solidarity with the Russian-speaking LGBTQ+ community. His work is designed to help LGBTQ+ people and supporters communicate their protest against Putin's regime and homophobic laws in Russia, as well as their political stance and condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and ongoing human rights violations.