Alisa Yoffe is an artist born in 1987 in Tashkent, then part of the Uzbek SSR, and she grew up in a post-Soviet context that deeply influenced her visual and cultural sensibility. She studied under Anatoly Osmolovsky, a key figure in Russian contemporary art, and graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow, developing a practice rooted in conceptual and experimental approaches.Throughout her career, she has received significant grants and fellowships, including support from the Joseph Brodsky Fellowship Fund, and she was a resident at the American Academy in Rome in 2017–2018, an experience that expanded her dialogue with the international art scene.

In 2015, Forbes included her among the most promising young Russian artists. In 2020, The Art Newspaper Russia ranked her 4th among the 50 most promising Russian artists, while Afisha Daily identified her as one of the leading emerging figures in the Russian contemporary art scene. Her work spans visual arts and interdisciplinary projects. In 2014 she created the cover for the vinyl record Three songs for Margherita Cagol by the Punk Frazione Brigate Rosse collective. Between 2017 and 2020, she collaborated with major international brands such as Cartier, Comme des Garçons, Maison Margiela, and Bonne Suits, demonstrating her ability to operate between contemporary art and fashion/design. In 2019, one of her works was featured on the cover of the book Moscow Light by photographer Igor Mukhin, further strengthening her presence in the dialogue between visual art and publishing.

Over the years, she has participated in major international exhibitions and biennials, including the first Russian Contemporary Art Triennial, the Ural Biennial, the Moscow Biennials of Contemporary Art, as well as a collateral event of the 55th Venice Biennale, one of the most prestigious platforms in contemporary art. Her works are included in major collections such as the Tretyakov Gallery, the V-A-C Foundation, the Stella Art Foundation, the PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art, the Horvath Art Foundation, and the Phoenix Art Museum. She currently lives and works in Paris, where she continues to develop a practice that combines post-Soviet visual culture, conceptual experimentation, and interdisciplinary collaborations across art, publishing, and fashion.