Polina Filippova

I make images of people and places I love that you can barely see. Using screens, microcomputers, holographic fans, encaustic wax, and digital print, I turn private life into strange, charged things — video miniatures on black velvet pillows, videos that respond to your body, wax prints where figures dissolve into dark. 

I graduated from the Royal College of Art and live and work in London. My work is in private collections across the US, UK, Europe, and the Middle East.  Can't See, Can't Stop Looking, a new solo exhibition, opens at Raleigh Chapel in May 2026.

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Education
MA IED Moving Image
Royal College of Art
2019–2021





Exhibitions(upcoming
Can’t See, Can’t Stop Looking, solo show
Raleigh Chapel
London
2026

Nebulous
The Purist Gallery
London
2025

Working Class Artists Database x Acrylicise 
End of Residency show
Art House 
London
2025

Girlscapes, solo show
Villa Lena
Italy
2024

At Last It Came Into Focus
Warbling Collective
London
2024

Voyage Voyage
The Platform
Antwerp
2024

RSA Annual Exhibition
Royal Scottish Academy
Edinburgh, Scotland
2024

Le Petit Salon by Tagli Gallery
Cromwell Place
London
2024

Gradient Descent
Gossamer Fog
London
2024

REA Art Fair
Fabbrica del Vapore
Milan, Italy
2023

Daily Encounters
Espacio Gallery
London
2023

Ing Discerning Eye
The Mall Galleries
London
2022

UK New Artist of the Year x Robert Walters
Saatchi Gallery, London
2022

Come One Come All
The Function Suite
London
2022

Focus On The Female
Cynthia Corbette Gallery
London
2021

Beep Beep
Menier Gallery
London
2021 

Beyond The Frame
The Horse Hospital
London
2021

Royal College of Art Graduation Show
London
2021

Xcavations
Crypt Gallery
London
2019




Residencies and Awards 
Working Class Artist Database x Acrylicize
Residency
London
2024

Villa Lena
Residency
Toiano, Tuscany
2024

Tagli Gallery Mentorship Award, finalist
2024

UK New Artist of the Year x Robert Walters, finalist
2022

Focus On The Female Emerging Artist Award
Highly Commended 
2021








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