Leni Smoragdova {$M} is not only the artist’s original name but also, through Transaction Art, a collective identity for numerous anonymous participants. This duality seamlessly merges individual originality with the anonymity of those who choose to remain invisible, forming a distinctive brand. Anonymity is central to this concept, embodied in the term Hidden Faces.
In her photo series Figures Collection: Different Versions, Smoragdova assumes the dual role of model and photographer, exploring the fluidity of identity and self-representation.

Her current project, Inglourious Basterds: Warm Stops, is a five-year art initiative in support of human rights within a single city. During this period, art actions were created based on scenarios devised by the artist or her co-authors. Often, city residents themselves became anonymous co-authors, organically expanding the project and inviting new Hidden Faces to participate.

Transaction Art Universe is an evolving world inhabited by its main characters: hybrid animals and human holograms—Hidden Faces—whose primary function is to record and archive all transactions made by humanity. These transactions are transformed into evidentiary artifacts, blurring the boundaries between art, documentation, and activism.
Street art:
2023 Transaction' Dolls, Israel
2014-2016 The Alphabet of Transaction Art, Amsterdam
2015 Soldiers of Transaction Art, Paris
2013 Silueta Animals, London

Published:
2022 Icon mag #63/64; Aphro magazine; Picton magazine 2021 - S.Art in Art; Interfashional
Magazine
2020 TSYM; Glam Essence

Lenya also runs a contemporary art school. The school offers individual online and offline drawing and creative thinking lessons. Learn more about the school here:
https://10meetings.com/free