She leaves us with more questions than answers. She rocks a room & makes ever head turn her way. We admire her. We {secretly} envy her. There is no denying it, she possesses that IT Factor! - A Stroke of Pink

From writing and illustration to photography and styling, Zoetica Ebb is an artist whose talent has manifested in many forms. – LA Weekly

Russian Angelina Jolie. Brains and beauty – sign us up. – G4 TV

The perfect example of someone being as weird as they want to be, working as hard as possible and being able to live. She may not have the luxury of free time, but no one could look at Zoetica’s life and say she isn’t truly living. – Morbid Fashion

Artist, magazine co-founder, pencil pusher, photographer, fashion designer, occasional model & cosmonomad. Born in Moscow of Russian and Uighur descent, I was raised by a troupe of intergalactic gypsy scientists, who sold me to an American research facility in 1992. After a daring escape, I graduated from the LA County High School for the Arts and retreated into an underground studio where I studied with the revered Madame Von Kuntzertag, followed by a brief stint at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I’ve traveled the world gathering art and fashion expertise and am thrice certified as official Finesse Monitor to the Khan throne. I scheme & work on an excess of projects in my secret Angel City den with my husband, Ales Kot, and our nano-companion, Micron, surrounded by mannequins & paint fumes. Interests include adventures, various art forms, literature, dancing, speeding down empty roads at 3 am with the windows down and the music up, arcane/ultramodern technology and space travel.

In the fall of 2011 I raised $8,400 to help bring art to underprivileged children in Peru. I traveled to the Amazon jungle to donate supplies, conduct an art workshop and to paint a mural on the wall of a primary school in the village of Yantaló.

I contribute urban exploration + event photo galleries to ChinaShop and occasional fashion rants to Haute Macabre.

In 2007 I co-founded Coilhouse - a blog and a print magazine focused on alternative culture.

Contact: zoetica [at] gmail [dot] com

My posts on Coilhouse

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My posts on Chinashop

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My Posts on Haute Macabre

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FAQ

What inspires you?

Russian Orthodox iconography and the Futurists, Hentai and Da Vinci, The films of Tarkovsky, Gilliam, Cronenberg, and Lynch, the books of Bulgakov, Kafka and Gibson alongside high fashion photography and Rococo. Nightmares, paranoia and sexual phobias paired with glossed lips, fancy tailoring and elaborate hair.

Can you draw me a picture?

Yes! I take on both ink and oil commissions. Email me with the size and medium you’re interested in for a quote. You can also stop by my store to see what’s available right now.

Where did you get your glasses?

The pink frames are from a nameless eyeglass boutique somewhere in Tokyo’s Nakano district.

The clear and titanium frames are by X-I-T and the black swirly frames are by Spexxx Eyeworks.

Who does your hair and which hair dye do you use?

I dye my hair at home with Blue Velvet by Special Effects, mixed with Manic Panic’s Shocking Blue. I usually cut it myself, leaving just the back to various stylists.

Who tattoos you?

The incomparable Tim Kern is working on my back piece.

What are your tools?

Micron and Copic Multiliner pens

Windsor and Newton oil paints

Canon 5D camera with a 35mm 1:14 lens

Photoshop CS3 on a MacBook Pro

Can I take you for a ride on my crotch-rocket?

Sorry boys and girls, no.

If you have a question that might benefit others, please ask here on Formspring. It might take me a while to get to it.