Ilya Pieper, Multimedia artist
Ilya Pieper is a multimedia artist who creates visions using diversified scales of varying sizes. She thrives on challenges and learning new skills, paralleled with an explosive imagination, intuitive mind, and crafty handiwork. The combination of math, science, beauty, and art have influenced her since childhood. She has an affinity for solving problems and building her ideas into reality. She delves deep into studying the subjects she needs most in the moment of a creation she wishes to explore. She is a part of a close-knit community of artists and imagineers in Austin Texas, and has been involved with the festival building community across America since 2009. Her multi-faceted talents and unique visions have led her to work in traditional media including photo-realistic paintings, large scale murals, but also less conventional media like tattoos, freak bike building, welding, mechanics, wood working, yurt building, and more. So stick around to see what else is in store.​​