Founder and lead artist“With only sand and my hands, I can create images that come to life and take an audience somewhere else.”
Yaroslava Dib started drawing at four, in an art studio her parents found for her. She graduated with honours from Simferopol Art School, then took a master’s degree in design at Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, where she studied painting, drawing, sculpture and the history of art, and taught oil painting while she did it.
She moved to Dubai in 2015 and spent eight years as an art director at a boutique independent agency. That is where the second half of her craft comes from: reading a brief, finding the one idea in it, and building a story a client can approve before it is made.
Sand animation brought the two halves together. Since 2016 she has performed for ministries, embassies, world expos and some of the region’s largest companies, from a table in a boardroom to the stage of Dubai Opera. In 2023 the UAE Ministry of Culture granted her a Golden Visa for her contribution to the arts. In 2026 she sits on the judging panel of the Sand Art World Cup in Hong Kong.
Arte dell’ Anima, art of the soul, is the studio she built around that work.
Master’s degree in design with honours. Classical drawing, composition and colour, learned the long way.
Eight years as an art director at a boutique independent agency before founding the studio. Discovery, brand research, tonality and custom messaging come with every booking.
Official judge at the Sand Art World Cup 2026 in Hong Kong. UAE Golden Visa from the Ministry of Culture, 2023.
Brand guidelines, mission and audience are studied before a single frame is sketched.
The studioWe believe the making of art is a performance in itself. We do not display a finished piece on a stage. We make it there, in front of the people it is for. Three things decide whether that works.
The road hereRecognitionPress
Coverage of live performances and studio work across UAE media.
Off stageYaroslava has taught drawing, painting and sculpture to children in Kyiv and Dubai, and still believes art belongs in a child’s week. The same patience shows up in a corporate workshop: nobody is left behind at the table.
The blueprint of a masterpieceEvery major production follows the same five steps, so that what reaches the stage is exactly what you approved. Nothing is improvised that was not agreed.
“I love the moment an audience recognises what is taking shape. That is where the story connects.”
A deep read of your brand: tonality, objectives, audience and the message the evening has to carry.
A morphing visual sequence written scene by scene, alongside a synchronised voiceover script.
A frame-by-frame storyboard of every scene change, for your review, until we are looking at the same picture.
A custom audio landscape of music, voiceover and effects, rehearsed with a stopwatch to the second.
Overhead camera rig installed, AV team coordinated, and the story performed live on your stage.
Clients
Selected clients, booked directly or through agency partners.
Good to knowFourteen days or more for a bespoke production, so there is time to research, storyboard, score and rehearse. A signature repertoire act can book on a shorter lead time. Rush bookings depend on availability and may carry a fee.
A sand animation runs up to 15 minutes. Glitter and speed painting take seven to ten minutes. Timing is agreed to suit your running order.
Yes. Every bespoke show is storyboarded from your brief, with custom scenes, a logo or message reveal and music agreed before the event. For regional occasions, a signature repertoire act places two brand scenes inside a curated UAE story.
A place for the table, a feed to your screens over HDMI or SDI, and sound. We bring the table, the overhead HD camera rig and the soundtrack. Venue screens, AV and lighting are quoted separately unless agreed.
Yes. Dubai transport is included where listed. Travel elsewhere is scoped for your venue, with flight-ready cases for events abroad.
The live show can be recorded on request. A studio film is a separate product: concept, recording, edit and colour grade, delivered as a 4K master.
Artwork handover is agreed in the quotation. Most clients keep the canvas as a memento of the evening.
Your eventShare your date, venue and what you have in mind. We will help you choose the right performance.
