Nika Belianina, a mid-career artist, photographer and seasoned filmmaker, brings a surrealist twist to her cinematic photography with her exhibition ‘Enchanted Journeys of Desire’, as part of the 2024 Contact Photography Festival (go to her exhibition works here)

Through movement and predominantly in-camera techniques, Belianina creates characters full of magic and cinematic mystery, festival notes say.

She is represented by Abbozzo Gallery in Toronto, where the solo exhibition takes place through June 1. Below, from the gallery’s Instagram, a look behind the scenes ar Belianina’s cinematic process in the making of ‘Magnitude’ – a tribute to the incredible magnitude of nature and a recognition that there are forces beyond our power.

Nika Belianina’s website here.

About Nika Belianina here.