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Polka Dot
Polka Dot
2026 · Acrylic on wood
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CAMILLA MURATOVA

Polka Dot: women’s faces, one in dark sunglasses and one smoking, a tiger with polka dots and lilies, swirls and small flowers on a pink ground
The Beauty Divide: two portraits of a girl in ornate headdresses, one upside down
Femme Electric: collage portrait in purple and pink with pop graphics
Where Engines Once Roared: a road through green hills toward distant mountains, with sunlight breaking through and a vintage plane in the sky
Four women’s faces in cobalt blue, pink and red ink over painted spirals and handwritten notes
Mirror of Expectations: a woman in hair rollers looking into a hand mirror

An artist from Oakton, Virginia, working across painting, drawing, illustration and graphic design. She paints faces, very often her own.

Gold and Silver Keys at the Scholastic Art Awards. Published twice by Celebrating Art. Studied at RISD Continuing Education and Istituto Marangoni Milano.

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Painting and drawing

2024 to 2026. Recognized by the Scholastic Art Awards and Celebrating Art.

Self-portraits

A subject she keeps coming back to, from childhood memories to The Beauty Divide.

Camilla Muratova

Camilla Muratova has been drawing since she was six.

Most of the faces in her work are her own.

Drawing

Studies from life and from the sketchbook: objects, machines, landscape and faces.

Interiors and furniture

Istituto Marangoni Milano, AI for Design, June 2026.

2 projects
Terra and Brass living room: a rust velvet sofa, dark stone coffee table and walnut console in a warm ivory room with garden windows
Terra & Brass
Interior design · 70 m² apartment

A first home for a young couple in Milan. Walnut, travertine and brass with a 1970s Italian warmth, and storage built into the walls so a small plan can stay open.

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Erosion collection: two rounded armchairs and a low table in banded sandstone tones beside a reflecting pool in the desert
Erosion
Furniture design · Collection 2026/2027

Water is one of the softest materials on Earth, and it still carves canyons. A collection of seating, tables and storage shaped like what water leaves behind.

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Sculpture, ceramics and wearable

Objects, assemblage, ceramics and a hand-bleached garment.

Graphic and communication design

Typography, posters and visual ideas.

In the studio

Work in progress, as it looked on the floor and the table.

Where the Wild Keeps Watch unfinished on the studio floor, with a brush roll and a palette of mixed paint in front
Where the Wild Keeps Watch
In progress, 2025
Pencil drawing of an American WWII flying boat held up in front of the real aircraft at the Udvar-Hazy Center
Drawing from observation
An American WWII flying boat at the Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, VA
Yellow, unfinished: a figure in profile in yellow, orange and red, lying on a work table
Yellow
In progress, 2025 · Acrylic
Polka Dot, unfinished: a leopard and several faces in pink, leaning against the wall with paint jars
Polka Dot
In progress, 2026 · Acrylic on wood
Best Friends, partly painted on the easel: two girls on a rock above a forest pond
Best Friends
On the easel, 2026 · Acrylic
Where Engines Once Roared at an early stage: a road leading through green hills toward distant mountains
Where Engines Once Roared
Early stage, 2025 · Acrylic
Where Engines Once Roared finished, with sunlight breaking through and a vintage plane in the sky
Where Engines Once Roared
Finished, 2025 · Acrylic

Fashion illustration

Four looks drawn digitally on iPad for her Fashion Marketing class, 2026.

From sketch to finished look: the drawings in progress on the tablet.

The first look in progress on an iPad drawing app
First look
In progress on the iPad
The second look in progress on an iPad drawing app
Second look
In progress on the iPad
Line drawing for the fourth look on an iPad, before color
Fourth look
Line drawing, before color

Archive

22 more pieces: paintings, class projects and drawing studies from 2023 to 2026.

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Deep Ocean Creatures: an anglerfish, jellyfish and other deep-sea animals glowing in pink, orange and blue on a dark ground
Bread Making at Home: dough and a rolling pin on a floured board in front of a turquoise toaster and utensil jars
Forest Ballerina: a fawn with butterfly wings wearing a pink tutu and pointe shoes in a dark meadow
Galaxy Figures: two women’s faces split into bands and spheres patterned like planets
Morning in a Solar Farm: rows of solar panels catching the sunrise, painted on a large board standing in grass
Pepper: a bell pepper drawn in ink hatching with brown and orange color
Portrait of a Friend: a smiling young woman in violet and blue tones, partly hidden by a dark edge
A Little Beauty: a girl with rosy cheeks holding a hand mirror, painted face over a pencil sketch