About

Yana Payusova was born in Leningrad, USSR, and holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her paintings and sculptures blend elements of folk art, icons, graphic poster art, illustration, and comics, reflecting both her cultural heritage and training in traditional Russian realist painting. Payusova has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, including recent shows at the Museu de Ceràmica de l’Alcora (Spain), Ceramic Avenue Art Gallery (Jingdezhen, China), Santa Joana Museum (Aveiro, Portugal), Conduit Gallery (Dallas, USA), New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum (Taiwan), and the 63rd Premio Faenza (Italy).

She has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Denmark and C.R.E.T.A. Rome in Italy, as well as a Visiting Artist at the Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snowmass, Colorado. Recently, Payusova was commissioned to create an installation for The Real Unreal, Meow Wolf’s fourth permanent exhibit in Grapevine, Texas. She currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Practice and FYE Program Chair at the School of Art, University of Arizona, in Tucson.