Vienna/Linz
Kunstuniversität Linz, 
Sculptural Conceptions / Ceramics
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Iya


Demianiuk


Sep 28 - Oct 1 , 2026
Vienna, Studio WurlitzerWallpaper, laminat , found materials, two crawfish.

Fragment of certain a room

Like an aquarium builder tries to create a piece of a river for the fish inside of the glass cube, “Fragment” is an aquarium made for  humans.



Mar 17 - 22, 2026
Linz, Kunsuniversitat LinzWood, acrylic glass, seeds,metal scraps, ceramics, paper.

Coming back 2 & Birds of steel

Coming Back 2 continues to give pigeons food. Now theres also ceramics.




Mar 17 - 22, 2026
Linz, UrsulinenhofWood, acrylic glass, seeds,metal scraps

Coming back

Coming Back was an installation at the attic of the Ursulinenhof in Linz during the Claimimg Limbo exhibition in March 2026. 





2022 - 2026

Paintings - on canvas

An archive of paintings from last five years.




Sep 2025Ink, acrylic, watercolor, distemper and chalk on paper

Paper Paintings (after gleich)

Experiments in color and composition inspired by paintings of Johanna Gleich and Helena Frankenthaler.




2024Watercolor on paper

Pure Flesh /
Like Drawing Blood

Watercolor perversions. 

2024 -  2025Kunstschule WienPencil,  chalk, sanguine on paper

Nude Life Drawing

An archive of big and small scale life drawings. 



2025Crayon and acrylic on paper

Pink Matter

Neurosis in pink and black.


2024 - 2026Ceramics, glazes

Ceramic Objects

An archive of ceramic objects, sculptures, cups and plates. 



2025Kunstschule WienClay, wire, sand and miscellaneous objects.

Animation

“Comrade, watch your step!” (2025)
55 seconds, stop-motion film, in collaboration with Philipp Yefymenko. 


Mar  2024Kunstschule WienWood, clay, plaster, watercolor.  

Home is a Home is a Home

A miniature of the apartment block in Luhansk, Ukraine.




Dec 2021 Digital scans, text / printed issue

Fortune Cookies

Cookies are a project that emerged out of the Art and Politics class at Webster University, taught by the artist Seth Weiner. 
Exploring the feelings of hoplessness, anger and isolation during the peak of Covid-19 pandemic, this work turns fortune cookie notes into the warning signs of the times when the future no longer felt like a promise.

Dec 2021Vienna Digital scans / printed edition

Cross-Words

A series of collages that straight from the crime scene.




2016 - 2026

Photos

An archive of photos from over the years. Film, phone, camera, everything and nothing serious. 




Live-Long-And-Prosper

hi there riia demianiuk 2026