About

                          Polina Zaitseva is VFX and compositing artist with over a decade of experience in fine arts, film, and digital design. Specializing in visual effects, animation, and post-production for luxury brands, fashion campaigns, and innovative media projects.
Her short film, Before and After, earned the prestigious Best Beauty Film award at the SHOWStudio Fashion Awards in 2019.

Polina collaborates with a diverse range of clients, offering creative direction, VFX post-production, and animation services tailored to each project’s unique needs.

From 2009 to 2020, she shared her expertise as an adjunct professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, teaching digital design and animation.

Based in New York.

Services

Compositing
VFX
Creative Direction
Post-Production
Color
Retouch

Studios

Mario Godlewski
Raymond Meier

Clients

Tom Ford
Dior
Guerlain
Zara
Tiffany & Co.
Lisa Eldridge
Nars
Sheseido
Karl Lagerfeld
Nike
Calvin Klein
L'Oréal
Michael Kors
Hugo Boss
David Yurman
La Mer
Ermenegildo Zegna
Olay
Avon
CoverGirl
Bulova
Citizen Watch

Screenings

2019

  • SHOWSTUDIO Fashion Awards 2019, Harrods, London, UK

2016

  • Anthology Film Archives, New York Women in Film & Television, NYC

  • Sheffield Doc/Fest, Sheffield, UK

  • Foyle Film Festival, Londonderry, UK

  • Jaipur International Film Festival, Rajasthan, India

  • IndieFEST Film Awards, CA, USA

  • Socially Relevant Film Festival, NY, USA

  • Newport Beach Film Festival, CA, USA

2015

  • Santa Fe Film Festival, NM, USA

  • Big Apple Film Festival, NYC, USA

  • New York City Greek Film Festival, NY, USA

  • Treasure Coast International Film Festival, FL, USA

  • 2015 Sarasota Film Festival, FL, USA

  • First Time Fest, NYC, USA

  • Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, IA, USA

  • Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, CA, USA

2013

  • Rural Route Film Festival, Museum of Moving Image. Astoria NY

  • Garden State Film Festival. Asbury Park NJ, USA

  • Kinofest NYC. New York NY

  • Princeton Enviromental Film Festival. NJ, USA

2011

  • Digital Graffiti Festival. Alys Beach FL

  • ArcheTime 2011 Film Festival. New York NY

2009

  • NINETY ONE. Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University. NJ

2007

  • Womenswork Collective 2007. Galapagos Art Space. Brooklyn NY

  • New Jersey Young Film & Videomakers Festival 2007, USA

Solo Exhibitions

2012

  • Bacchanalia. Index Art Center. Newark NJ

2009

  • NINETY ONE. Visual Arts Gallery, New Jersey City University. NJ

  • Cka3ka. 27 Mix. Newark NJ

2008

  • Animalis. The CSI Group. Paramus NJ

2004

  • Kuraj. Rififi. New York NY

Group Exhibitions

2012

  • Blank Canvas Benefit. Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. NJ

2011

  • Joy. Grace Institute Gallery. NYC

  • Illustrious, Guerrilla Galleries. Newark NJ

  • Blank Canvas Benefit. Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. Summit NJ

  • Womenswork 2011 Video Showcase. Seton Hall University. NJ

  • Emergency +++. Index Art Center. Newark NJ

2010

  • Dreamgaze. The Barat Foundation Gallery. Newark NJ

  • ArcheTime 2010 Film Festival. New York NY

2009

  • Brick City 07101. Visual Arts Center of NJ. Summit NJ

  • Freestyle, 8th Annual Newark Open Doors. NJ

  • Theatre Town. CoAD Gallery, NJIT. Newark NJ

  • Psychotropia, Seed Gallery. Newark NJ

  • Lilliput. Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University. South Orange NJ

  • X-Ray Vision. Index Gallery Arts Center. Newark NJ

  • One City One Hundred Artist Showcase. Newark NJ

2008

  • Westinghouse Project. NJIT. Newark NJ

  • RedSaw Invitational 2008. RedSaw Gallery. Newark NJ

  • RedSaw In Rahway, Art Guild Of Rahway. NJ

2007

  • 696 a dynamic audio + visual experience. Jersey City Artists Studio Tour. Canco Lofts NJ

  • The Modified History of Downtown Newark, NJIT. Newark NJ

  • RedSaw Invitational 2007, RedSaw Gallery. Newark NJ

  • Lilliput Group Show, RedSaw Gallery. Newark NJ

2006

  • Newark Open Doors Group Exhibit. Newark NJ

  • C.A.S.T. Group Exhibition. RedSaw Gallery. NJ

  • Multimedia Retrospect from 1999 - 2006. Fort Lee Museum. NJ

  • Womenswork Collective 2006 Showcase. Jersey City Museum. NJ

  • Womenswork Collective 2006 Showcase. Hoboken Museum. NJ

  • Ba-Boom!!! Art Auction, RedSaw Gallery. Newark NJ

  • Sculpture & Photography Group Shows. New Jersey City University. NJ

2005

  • Womenswork Collective 2005 Showcase. Fort Lee Museum. NJ

 

Press

Print

  • Studio Visit Magazine Fall 2011 studiovisitmagazine.com

  • ART+DESIGN: News + Notes.Miltiple Notations. NJIT, Newark, NJ

  • Lilliput Exhibition Catalogue 2009 (c) Seton Hall University. South Orange, NJ

  • Artist Feature Section Catskills Guide Magazine, March, 2007, page. 43

  • Womenswork 2006 at the Fort Lee Museum Honors Women’s History Month

  • Rossana Villaflor, TheGothic Times, March 30, 2006, page 14

  • Urban Image: The Reel Deal, Kelly Resch, Gothic, Fall 2005, page 16

  • Narcissism, No.1 & 2, Birmingham Arts Journal, Volume 1-Issue 3, 2004, pages 36-37

  • The artist has left the building, David Menzies , The Gothic Times, October, 2003, page 13

Tv

  • "Grace Institute's Joy". NY1's Arts Report 12/8/11

  • Newark Artists Exhibit in Summit My9 News Feature. Aired on 12/23/2009

Web