Artworks by Ellaya Yefymova

I am an artist with a medical diploma and an unlimited love for science, art and the human body.

Influenced by the concept of vanitas and existentialism philosophy, I explore the themes of mortality, resilience, and the conscious experience of life. My last series "Memento Vivere" reinterpret the Memento Mori tradition with a modern lens, layering it with new meaning.

I believe it is time for humanity to cease wasting lives and resources on wars and instead focus on technological, emotional, and personal evolution to finally become a better version of humans - “humans 2.0.”

As Irvin D. Yalom wrote “though the physicality of death destroys us, the idea of death may save us”.