Ksenia Shimanovskaya is a painter, scenery designer, and theatrical costume designer. She was born in Moscow and studied at the Moscow Art School in Memory of 1905, where she was taught by the theatre artist Tatyana Selvinskaya. She has been a member of the Moscow Union of Artists since 1984. Ksenia Shimanovskaya has devoted a significant part of her career to theatre. As a scenery and costume designer, she has created designs for approximately 150 productions across various genres, including drama, opera, and ballet. She has collaborated with the Taganka Theatre, the Maly Theatre, the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, the Sovremennik Theatre, the Vakhtangov Theatre, and other theatres in Moscow, throughout Russia, and across the CIS countries. She also served as chief designer of the Theatre at Nikitsky Gates. In addition to her theatrical work, Shimanovskaya is active in painting and graphic art. Her works are held in museums and private collections in Russia and abroad. She has also appeared on the television programmes “Before and After Midnight” and “The People's Tailcoat”. The collection of the Bakhrushin Theatre Museum includes sketches by Ksenia Shimanovskaya created for various theatrical productions.