Elvira Ismagilova is a London-based painter working with oil and mixed media on paper and canvas. She grew up in Magnitogorsk, an industrial city shaped by steelworks and vast landscapes, which continues to inform her sensitivity to material, structure, and atmosphere.

Her practice explores inner states and everyday experience through abstraction, landscape, and rhythm. Moving between natural and industrial forms, she builds layered surfaces where colour, gesture, and repetition allow images to emerge gradually rather than be fixed from the start.

With a background in engineering, Elvira brings a thoughtful and structured approach to her process, balancing careful experimentation with intuition. Her work is grounded in making, observation, and attention to how places and environments shape the way we feel and move through the world.

Born in 1977 in Magnitogorsk, Russia
Lives and works in London, UK

Education
1999 BSc (Honours), MaSU, Magnitogorsk, Russia
2026 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, OCAD, London, UK

Exhibitions
2024 Winter Exhibition, Kew Art Studio, London, UK
2025 ArtSeen during Frieze, London, UK
   Shortlisted for Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London, UK
   21st Community Art Exhibition, Circular ArtSpace, Bristol, UK
   Golden Connections, POSK Gallery, London, UK
   Soul in Motion, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
   Winter Exhibition, Kew Art Studio, London, UK
   Arts Richmond, BobCat Gallery, London, UK
2026 Silent Seeds, POSK Gallery, London, UK

Elvira Ismagilova’s work is held in private collections in Russia and the UK.

Residencies
2024–present Resident Artist, Kew Art Studio, London, UK