Arina Atik is a graduate of Moscow State University, holding a Bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies and a Master’s degree in Philosophy (with honors). She is a researcher affiliated with The New Centre for Research & Practice’s Critical Philosophy program. Since 2013, her work has focused on Moscow Conceptualism—particularly the Collective Actions group—examining intersections between philosophy, art, and religious experience. Her academic contributions include analyses of the influence of Zen and Chan Buddhism on Russian conceptual art, as well as a master’s thesis on transgressive techniques in the work of Andrei Monastyrsky, incorporating French philosophy and frame analysis. In 2016, Atik co-founded the art group CoAuthors (Soavtory), which continues the legacy of Moscow Conceptualism through research-based performances, documented as conceptual travel tetralogies. Between 2016 and 2021, she attended and analyzed nearly every performance by the Collective Actions group. More recently, her research has turned toward memetics as a philosophical and cultural practice. She has led three seasons of the Memesis Laboratory (2024–2025), investigating the epistemological and creative functions of memes. The most recent season, which featured international participants, culminated in a virtual exhibition on Spatial, expanding the lab’s pedagogical framework into interactive artistic production. Atik’s research spans Soviet and contemporary conceptual art, Buddhist philosophy, phenomenology, communicative practices of liberation, internet culture, and frame analysis. She continues to work as an independent scholar, educator, and artist.