Xenia Ostrovskaya is a contemporary artist who reactivates historical imagery through collage, drawing and installation, exploring the upcycling and ecology of memory.
She was born in 1989 in Leningrad, USSR. From 2006 to 2010, Ostrovskaya studied Applied Arts and completed her Bachelor’s degree in Ceramics and Porcelain Painting at Saint Petersburg State University. From 2011 to 2015, she earned her Master of Arts in the Graphics and Printmaking Department at the University of Applied Arts Vienna under Professor Jan Svenungsson. The artist lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
GROUP SHOWS
2025 colors divided. fields united, St. Michael´s Church, Steyr (AT)
2025 Kunst: Wozu? , Symposium, Künstlerdorf Neumarkt an der Raab (AT)
2025 Art & Design Tegernsee, presented by the Lehner Gallery (DEU)
2025 80 Jahre Befreiung, Rathausgalerie, Steyr (AT)
2025 Value added reality, Lehner gallery, Vienna (AT)
2024 “Female Gaze”, Lehner gallery, Vienna (AT)
2024 Eigene Sicht der Dinge, Kunstsalon at the Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna (AT)
2024 MINIS, Kellergalerie, Vienna (AT)
2024 ECOLAB, Garage Grande, Vienna (AT)
2024 Murals, Schloss Albrechtsberg an der Pielach, Loosdorf (AT)
2024 Wo das Meer aufhört, fängt es auch an, Wasserturm, Vienna (AT)
2024 WIKAM, presented by the Lehner Gallery, Palais Ferstel, Vienna (AT)
2024 Ufer: real — virtuell, Wachaumuseum, Weissenkirchen in der Wachau (AT)
2023 WIKAM, presented by the Lehner Gallery, Palais Ferstel, Vienna (AT)
2023 Metamorphosen der Stadt, Lehner Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2023 Rock.Paper.Scissors, Aa Collections Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2023 Parallel Vienna 2023, Lehner Gallery statement, Vienna (AT)
2023 Fair for Art, presented by the Lehner Gallery, Aula der Wissenschaften, Vienna (AT)
2023 50 Jahre Galerie Lehner, Lehner Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2023 Start Collecting, Holon.art, Wels (AT)
2022 You Don’t Know Me, Holon.art, Wels (AT)
2022 Biophilia, Bella Volen Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2022 Start Collecting, Holon.art, Wels (AT)
2019 MACTN, Aa Collections Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2019 Vienna Art Week, KunstQuartier, Vienna (AT)
2018 Colabor Art & Science, University of Applied Arts Vienna (AT)
2018 Ewig schön. 300 Jahre Wiener Porzellan, Augarten Porcelain Museum, Vienna (AT)
2018 Jeder Jäger würde gerne wissen, wo der Fasan sitzt, Stiegenkeller Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2017 Phantasy in Everyday Life, ERARTA, Saint Petersburg (RU)
2017 Freshly Baked, Loft 8 Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2017 Evolution Augarten, Vienna Art Week 2017, Augarten Porcelain Museum, Vienna (AT)
2017 Grafik Language, Aa Collections Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2014 Stoffwechsel, MAK Forum, Vienna (AT)
2014 Essence, Künstlerhaus, Vienna (AT)
2013 Exlibris, Piktogramm, Signatur, Steyrdorf Gallery, Steyr (AT)
2013 Thought Machines, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna (AT)
2012 ZONE 2, Educult, Vienna (AT)
2012 Animalistika, Erarta, Saint Petersburg (RU)
SOLO SHOWS
2022 Secret Birds of the W-City, MOST, Saint Petersburg (RU)
2020 Under Unknown Circumstances, Red Carpet Showroom, Volkstheater, Vienna (AT)
2019 A Matter of Conquest, Hermitage. Berlin Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2018 Some Better Days, Sternstudio Gallery, Vienna (AT)
2016 Go Up, Sotheby’s Artist Quarterly, Vienna (AT)
2015 And by Daylight You Didn’t Need Any of Us, Diploma Exhibition, University of Applied Arts Vienna (AT)
2014 Performing Drawing, Public Domain at Porgy & Bess Jazz & Music Club, Vienna (AT)
2013 Beauty, ERARTA, Saint Petersburg (RU)