grisha stepanian (b. 1997, kaliningrad, russia; resides in los angeles, california) – multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, and installation. his practice explores identity, mental condition, fear, and belonging through symbolic imagery and immersive environments. Influenced by migration and his experience of U.S. immigration detention, he creates works that transform personal memory into shared emotional space.educationkaliningrad art school, kaliningrad, russiamoscow state university of design and technology, textile institute, moscow, russiasolo exhibitions2023 — time, enthusiasts space, tbilisi, georgia2022 — peaces, prey gallery, saint petersburg, russia2022 — graphic works, ogonek space, saint petersburg, russiagroup exhibitions2026 — hospital of emotions installation, los angeles, ca, usa2025 — art therapy / terapia del arte, jcdc, texas, usa (curated group exhibition with works by detained migrants)2022 — cherchez la femme, raskroi space, saint petersburg, russia2022 — group exhibition of installations, insight out club, saint petersburg, russia2022 — group exhibition of abandoned artworks, art.blago & shilo magazine, saint petersburg, russia2017 — group exhibition, nabrosok art festival, kaliningrad, russiapress2026 — los angeles times by genaro molina2022 — media appearance, paintings featured in pozavcherashnie novosti on youtube by masha minogarova2022 — shilo magazine (feature on artists in saint petersburg)collectivesdrug artistic association member (2021–2022), independent artistic collective; disbanded in 2022contact 