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Alina Kopytsia


(Polish-Ukrainian, b. 1983. Lives and works in Zurich)

Alina holds a BA (2020) and MFA (2023) from the Zurich University of the Arts, as well as a BA in Fine Arts (2003) and MA in Fine and Applied Arts (2006) from the National Technical University of Ukraine (Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.)

Based in Zurich, Alina works in the tradition of narrative art across various media including textile collage, ceramics, and watercolor to explore social norms and power dynamics rooted in personal memory and collective mythology.

Her recent solo exhibitions include Bed Sheets Tales, Francesco Pantaleone Gallery, Palermo (2024); Couples Only, Galerie Ladons, Hamburg (2024); and Plains of Ambiguity, Ruettimann Contemporary, Zürich (2022). She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, such as The Arcadian Dream, Spurs Gallery, Beijing (2024); Three New Positions, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich (2023); and A Space of One’s Own, PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (2018).

Her work is held in several public collections, including the Kunstsammlung der Stadt Zürich, the Kunstsammlung des Kantons Zürich, and the Uppsala Municipality Art Collection, Sweden.


Alina Kopytsia in her studio, August 2025.
Photo: Steven Anggrek