Julia Sinelnikova

Hand cut light sculptures, new paintings, drawings and OracleWares jewelry from a three-times NYC Parks / DOT – commissioned public artist.

Julia Sinelnikova is an interdisciplinary artist who works with holograms, performance, and digital culture. Their light installations have been exhibited internationally, and they have performed widely as The Oracle of Vector Gallery. They have received commissions from NYC Parks Department, NYC Department of Transportation, The City of Tallahassee (Blueprint Intergovernmental Agency), Diego Montoya + Pace University, Contemporary Art Museum of Houston, Michael Madden (Maroon 5), Barry L. Skolnick (Gilbertsville Expressive Movement), Refinery29, All Day I Dream Festival, Arts Brookfield, GIPHY, Webster Hall, and Norte Maar. Their NFT animations have been collected by Justin Aversano and @Cryptinish. Heavily inspired by electronic music, Sinelnikova has designed sculptural sets for performers including Lee Burridge, Machinedrum, The GZA (Wu Tang Clan), Peaches, Juliana Huxtable, and Aurora Halal. Selected profiles of their work have appeared in The New York Times, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, VICE, Artnet, Huffington Post, The Creators Project, PAPER Mag, and The New Criterion. Their work has been presented at the Contemporary Art Museum of Houston, The Oulu Museum of Art, and Williamsburg Art & Historical Center. Sinelnikova has also exhibited site-specific installations for Miami Art Week / Art Basel annually since 2011. In 2019 The Contemporary Art Museum of Houston (CAMH) commissioned the artist to create a body of sculptures and video artworks for the annual gala, and the artworks were presented for a residency in fall 2021. In 2022 Arts Brookfield commissioned the artist to create a twenty foot wide light sculpture for a three month exhibition in the lobby of 5 Manhattan West. Sinelnikova is also a singer-songwriter and DJ, and in 2020 they released their debut streaming single under the pseudonym ORACLE666. They hold an MFA in Sculpture from Queens College (CUNY) and a BFA in Sculpture, minor in Art History from The Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY). They live and work in Houston, Brooklyn and Los Angeles.