Born in the arctic circle in Russia, and subsequently moving to Moscow and then Prague at the age of five, left Zherdeva with an 'uprooted' cultural and geographical background.

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Her work explores the relation of the human body to a landscape. Zherdeva strives to recreate the immersive qualities of nature in her paintings. She does it through the use of panoramic format, colour and light.

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Zherdeva's paintings are tales about 'honest lies'. They are a translation of her personal experiences of different landscapes and made-up memories. Combined together on a two dimensional surface they create a three dimensional space within a viewer's mind, turning them into a body in a landscape.