Yana K.M is a performer and visual artist from Siberia whose art practice blends physical theatre, puppetry, free movement, and ritual. She is particularly passionate about reconnecting art to its roots, when it was an integral part of daily life, providing healing, devotional practice, creative expression, and entertainment. Her work aims to combine these elements, serving as a means of transformation.

Yana has an extensive history of working in various media, exploring and pushing the boundaries of different art forms, and merging them together. Growing up in Russia, she studied ballet, classical music, and theater. In her early twenties, she pursued a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts in New York, experimenting with photography, installation, performance, and animation. During this time, she taught photography at university and was a photographer-in-residence at a Japanese art space in Brooklyn, where she collaborated with Japanese masters and studied Butoh.

In her thirties, Yana spent two years in Indonesia researching and practicing traditional Javanese shadow theater, palace dances, and Joged Amerta awareness movement. She has extensively traveled across Europe and Asia, working with international puppeteer artists. In 2021, Yana completed the contemporary puppetry program at UQAM in Canada.

Yana's work focuses on exploring what it means to be human, seeking answers to eternal questions, and creating ephemeral experiences of whimsical beauty.