
Ilya
Volykhine
Origin
New Zealand•1967
Movement
Expressionism, Contemporary Art
My work explores domestic spaces and how figures interact within them. Always striving to evoke awkwardness through naive brushwork, stylisation, and strange scenarios. Using mixed media, ink, charcoal, oils, and dyes. I build my layers up through paint and collage. By interweaving copies of my parents’ Cyrillic letters with vintage poetry and text, I infuse my childhood language into the artwork, adding texture, personal history, and meaning.

Ilya
Volykhine
Origin
New Zealand•1967
Movement
Expressionism, Contemporary Art
My work explores domestic spaces and how figures interact within them. Always striving to evoke awkwardness through naive brushwork, stylisation, and strange scenarios. Using mixed media, ink, charcoal, oils, and dyes. I build my layers up through paint and collage. By interweaving copies of my parents’ Cyrillic letters with vintage poetry and text, I infuse my childhood language into the artwork, adding texture, personal history, and meaning.