Alina Kurokhtina

Alina Kurokhtina is a Russian visual artist based in Mexico City whose practice explores memory, light, movement, and the emotional resonance of landscapes. With a background in architecture and illustration, she works primarily with charcoal, capturing nocturnal scenes, empty roads, distant lights, and fleeting views that hover somewhere between the familiar and the dreamlike.

Her drawings often begin with personal memories and nostalgia, transforming ordinary moments into atmospheric compositions where light emerges from darkness and details dissolve into abstraction. Interested in the landscapes we encounter in motion, Alina explores how places shift and transform in our minds long after we've left them. Her broader practice spans editorial and scientific illustration, with work published internationally in Nature, Science Advances, and The Lancet Psychiatry.

Alina was among the first artists to take part in Call Me Lola's inaugural creative residency in September 2026, a week of artistic exchange, exploration, and experimentation in Mexico City. Her work at Lola reflects her fascination with fleeting landscapes and the quiet emotional traces of places seen in passing, inviting viewers to linger somewhere between what is remembered and what is imagined.

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