Julia Zakharova was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. She graduated from Kyiv National Economic University. V. Hetman. In 2010-2014 she studied the history of art and academic drawing on private lessons in V. Laptieva’s studio. In 2014 -2015 she studied at the School of Contemporary Art at the Institute of Contemporary Art in the direction of “artist”. In 2019 she studied at the Kyiv Academy of Media Arts in the direction of “artist”.

Since 2016 she is a co-founder of the Art Group Light. With the Art Group Light, a number of exhibition projects in galleries and public space were implemented. In 2017, took part in the residence of Biruchiy Art School (Poland). Participated in many festivals (International Land-Art Symposium Mogrytsya, Land-Art Festival Wind, Land-Art Festival Mithogenesis) solo and group exhibitions. In 2021 she was shortlisted and became the finalist of MUHi 2021 Young artists contest (video “Crocodile”).

She works in such media as painting, installation art, video, collage, sound and photography. In her works she researches the topics of individual and collective memory, time, trauma and posttraumatic syndrome, environment and urbanisation, as well as self-awareness in the modern information society.

Lives and works in Paris, France.

Below is a list of selected exhibitions and contests.