Marina Fedorova on Cosmodreams: From Fashion Sketches to Cosmic Universes

Renowned Russian artist Marina Fedorova, creator of the immersive Cosmodreams project, shares her artistic journey from fashion design to pioneering multimedia art in a new in-depth interview published by The Art Newspaper Russia. The conversation explores her transition from sketching dresses at the Stieglitz Academy to building a universe blending painting, sculpture, AR, and VR technologies that has captivated audiences from Erarta Museum in St. Petersburg to art fairs in Shanghai, Dubai, and beyond.

In this interview Marina Fedorova embraces the current trend of returning to cultural roots and has many ideas for expanding this theme. Research fascinates her, and as an artist, she finds endless inspiration by immersing herself in the cultural codes of different countries through mythology, tales, and traditions. The Cosmodreams universe is enriched with vivid images like China’s blue orchids, the l legends of the UAE, and Russian cosmic heritage, all reinterpreted to create her unique vision and understanding of these cultures.

Fedorova sees her role as a creator of bright, engaging stories that make culture accessible to people in various countries, uniting them through recognizable traditions while opening new perspectives. She emphasizes the importance of returning to powerful emotional images from the past—archetypes of resilience, beauty, victory, and achievement—and amplifying them for the next generation to inspire, remind them of what matters, and provide support in the present.

For her, art is a quest for deep meaning, the creation of images, preservation, and support of traditions; it is about beauty that unites people, provides emotional strength, and becomes the foundation of inner resilience in a changing world.

“The experience of Cosmodreams is like a journey to another world, to another planet. Each exhibition is part of a separate Cosmodreams cluster and, as a rule, a unique world. When a person leaves the exhibition, they feel as if they have returned from another dimension,” Fedorova said.

She aspires to gift people fantasy. “Cosmodreams is pure fantasy, a world where I am the creator. And I invite viewers to embark on this journey to other worlds with me.”

The full interview is available at theartnewspaper.ru.