Elizaveta Aleinikova is a Russian interdisciplinary artist and animator. Originally from Siberia, she draws inspiration from vibrant, hypnotic places that hold both beauty and unexpected danger—much like the landscapes of Russia and America.
Her immersive work blends film, animation, projection mapping, sculpture, and painting to transport viewers into whimsical, emotionally resonant worlds. Shaped by surreal moments from everyday life, fairytales, and personal experience, these visual environments dissolve the boundaries between reality and imagination.
In a time when stability feels out of reach, her work embraces the idea of inventing personal mythologies and imagining strange, dreamlike realities as a way to stay present, playful, and free.
With an MFA in Intermedia & Digital Arts and a BA in Film & Electronic Arts, Liza combines traditional and digital mediums to bring imaginative creations to life.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2023, MFA in Intermedia & Digital Arts, UMBC
2020, BA in Film & Electronic Arts, Bard College
2020, BA in Film and Video, Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
Teaching Experience
2024 Adjunct Professor, SUNY Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson, NY:
AR 140 - Computer Graphics
AR 240 - Advanced Digital Imagery
2022-2023 Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD:
ART 213, Visual Concepts IV: Time-based Media
2022 Graduate Teaching assistant, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD:
ART 213 Visual Concepts IV: Time-based Media
2018 - 2020 Teaching assistant, Saint Petersburg State University, Smolny College, Saint Petersburg, Russia:
Program Practicum. The Modern Film/Video Process: Basic Techniques
Selected Exhibitions / Shows / Screenings
2026:
Mantra House, Los Angeles, CA
Screening of Crystal’s Alien Obsession, a feature film with the animated credits I created
(forthcoming, July 4, 2026)
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
6th Annual Garden Sculpture Exhibition
April 2 – June 5, 2026
Gallery 410, Baltimore, MD
Solo Show, the Epic Return of Kolobok
November 21, 2025 – January 16, 2026
2025:
Emerging Gallery, DTLA, CA
Group show with a selected painting (un)certainty
November 4 – 29, 2025
The Great Film Club, Hollywood, CA
Screening of GYM at Short Film Open Mic
April 16, 2025
2023:
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Group Show, Young Blood
July – September 2023
CADVC Gallery, Baltimore, MD
MFA show Mind Over Matter
March – April 2023
Received RTKL Fellowship for promising emerging artists.
2022:
The Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD
Projection Mapping Screening Window 26
September 23 & 24
SPARK Award winner
Research Projects
UMBC Imaging Research Center, Baltimore, MD
Research Assistant/ Assistant Animator
January 2021 –June 2023
Supported multimedia research on Baltimore’s historical, cultural, and socioeconomic identity.
Created 3D and 2D animation, AR and VR assets, and projection mapping.
Supported development of three major research projects:
2022-2023
Infinite Transformations – Bio-art interdisciplinary project, combining Persian poetry, sound, vine fermentation, dance, projection mapping, and AR. Created yeast and calligraphy animation, and projection mapping.
2022
Imagining Aroused – Interactive AR project celebrating socioeconomic and cultural development of West Baltimore. Developed visual elements for a digital sculpture.
2020-2022
Early Baltimore – 3D interactive digital map of Baltimore in 1815 that provides connection between the past and today. Applied textures, rendered, and placed structures on the map.