photo: Otso Kähönen

Janya (Evgeniia) Markevich is a graphic designer, visual artist and self-publisher based in Helsinki. Her focus is on designing for well-being, cultural institutions and education. She's most interested in the intersection between feminism theories, visual and embodied practices.


book design | layout | branding | visual identity | illustration | information design | facilitation | somatics


Exhibitions
«VCD Grad Show», group exhibition, Beta Space Gallery, Espoo, Finland
«Free-hand Drawing», group exhibition, Väre, Espoo, Finland
«Hopes for Freedom», group exhibition, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
«About.Method», group exhibition, New Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Residencies
january 2025 Tekstin Talo Artist Residency "Text Lab", Finland

Awards, Grants
2025 Grafia Master's Degree Scholarship
2023 Department of Art and Media Scholarship for the Master’s thesis project
2022 Finland Scholarship for Master Students
2021 Oxford Russia Fund Scholarship

Education
Master of Arts, "Visual Communication Design", Aalto University, Finland
Master of Design, "Book Design" HSE Art and Design School, Russia

© designed by Janya Markevich