Mila Balzhieva, Buryatia/Eastern Siberia, lives and works in Vienna. As a multidisciplinary artist, she explores the realms of multispecies conviviality, language, shamanism, and symbiotic relationships through various artistic media, including biomedia, textiles, video, digital media, and drawing. Her work delves into questions of identity, representation, and magic. In 2023, Mila won the Prize of the Kunsthalle Wien. In the same year, she received the BMKÖS Startstipendium for Fine Arts.