I am Kira, a self-taught artist born in 1995. As a child, I was obsessed with ancient Egypt, which inspired the nickname "vaenaton," meaning "the only one for Aton." At the age of 15, I started painting on my computer, but after my first plein air sessions in Pskov, my hometown, I turned to traditional art.

I primarily work with acrylics, gouache, and oil pastels, drawing inspiration mainly from everyday life observations, emotional experiences, and memories. Being rather on the sadder and darker side, I cherish every unusual event I notice and capture. I aim for a simpler, childlike style in art, but the older I get, the more influences intervene. Since I began drawing nude figures with ink at life drawing sessions in 2022, I have increasingly incorporated ink into my work. At the end of 2024, I released my first short game in the graphic style I developed.

I have never been a full-time artist. My career began in 2016 in marketing, and within a couple of years, I used this experience to transition into the data field. Constantly seeking to connect my interests, I earned a master's degree in Digital Humanities (2021). During my master's, I taught Data Culture at the university, where I guided students' data projects and created a lesson on building simple websites for an online course. At work, I use web development and data analytics stack, and I am always curious to apply these skills to developing interactive media projects.