I’m Lena Zaycman
— a designer & maker
with a special passion for stained glass
I hold a degree in Advertising, but my artistic curiosity and engineering mindset led me down a different path.
Stained glass appeared in my life unexpectedly and quickly became the defining aspect of my artistic practice.
After years of constructing large, intricate stained glass installations for residential spaces, I gradually shifted to creating self-contained art objects that could be easily integrated into interior spaces.
While the classic Tiffany technique forms the foundation of my work, I enjoy experimenting with glass in combination with other materials — brass, plexiglass, ceramics, and beyond. Inspiration often arises from the challenge of bringing materials together. Once the connection is found, the shape takes form, and the meaning unfolds. The ways of art are indeed mysterious!
Working with stained glass, I have found the perfect balance between my technical and sensual creativity — the side of me drawn to precise calculations and engineering insight, inherited from my father, and the side guided purely by intuition and the senses.
For me, combining materials and styles is a way to bridge the polar sides of my personality. I’m equally drawn to abstract and realistic forms, bold or natural colors, flat or voluminous compositions, purely decorative pieces or those where decoration meets function. This freedom allows me to explore diverse projects without being confined to a single style.
It keeps my practice alive and ever-evolving — somewhere between art, design & craft.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
VITALITÉ FRAGILE • Heritage art gallery | Moscow, Russia
DESIGNED AND MADE IN RUSSIA • Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Arts | Moscow, Russia
ANTIFRAGILITY • Museum of Contemporary Art PERMM | Perm, Russia
HISTORY OF RUSSIAN DESIGN. SELECTED WORKS • The Moscow Design Museum / the New Tretyakov Gallery | Moscow, Russia
|CATALOG| • Printing House Sytin | Moscow, Russia
LES—SAD • Art Space Barn | Kaliningrad, Russia
NEITHER HERE NOR THERE • MIRA center | Suzdal, Russia
2023
BLAZAR YOUNG ART FAIR • Museum of Moscow | Moscow, Russia
COLOUR BLOCK • Art&Brut Gallery | Moscow, Russia
CERAMICS. METAMORPHOSES. • CRANE. DESIGN | Petersburg, Russia
1000 VASES PARIS • Galerie Joseph | Paris, France
2022
BIRD MILK • Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art | Moscow, Russia
2022
2019
online| Etsy Journal • USA