Early years
Anastasia was born in 1996 year, despi...
Early years
Anastasia was born in 1996 year, despite her young age she already well-known artist in Ukraine, who took part in many public exhibitions and had 2 private ones in Kyiv and Kharkiv.
The artist was born in a small city Bila Tserkva near Kyiv, she spent her childhood there with her family and friends. Anastasia was always an openminded and outgoing person, she could find friends easily. Her parents were breeding horses, that`s why she spent a lot of time with these friendly animals and had the one which she called her best friend. The horse, which name was Lili is depicted in painting IVORY. The artist loved people and loved animals. In future they became a great inspiration for her artworks. She used to see only good traits in people and made her artworks in warm bright color scheme mainly, it shows that her attitude to people was positive.
She finished school in her home city and was preparing to the entering exams hardly with personal teacher, who was also a family friend and a professor in a local art school.
University years
Anastasia entered the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture and it was a turning point in her becoming an artist. It was a period of research, she knew that she would not create landscapes and portraits in classic style, she was studying the art of impressionists and expressionist as well as cubism.
At that point she was into impressionism, she loved the way the artists of this movement showed their impression from outer world rather than made their artworks academically neat.
Anastasia used to take inspiration in local people and painted outside a lot. Anastasia
was a good student and was sincerely interested in studying process
“ I could see the fire of interest in her eyes when she started working on her art, she loved colors, and sometimes she was criticized for being too “extra”. She used a lot of red and orange and loved creating abstract portraits. That was something she was really good at. ” – her groupmate and friend recalls.
The artist has 15 fully filled with small drawings sketchbooks, mainly passersby and people in metro or in cafes. She loved depicting emotions and her personal impression of these people, of their hairstyle, face expression or outfit.
“In spite of lack of details, she could depict people`s character through their eyes or their posture.” – Anastasia`s professor says.
She was a really hardworking. She knew that being a good artist doesn`t mean being gifted or talented, but it means being hardworking and purposeful. Anastasia spent hours with a brush in her hand to find a personal style which would show the inner impulses of people whom she depicted on canvas.
Travel to the USA
After graduation the artist traveled to the USA, in order to meet another, unfamiliar culture, and to get to know people who rose in completely different historical background. Anastasia visited New York and was impressed by people there, they looked busy, and she could see a bunch of emotions on their faces. She went to Florida then to see the contrast between busy lifestyle and relaxed one. This trip had a big impact on her art, Anastasia met new culture and the representatives of this culture. It was a push for a new stage of her art life. When having come back to Kyiv she rented a flat and prepared herself for a period of recalling all her experience and creating an outstanding style, that would characterize her as an independent artist. She created a bunch of canvas where she combined her experience, color feeling and skills and finally created something special, that pleased her a lot.
All the artworks were made on the basis of real people characters, she got to know when studying at the university or when travelling to the USA.
“My favorite artwork is SOUL MATES, it means a lot to me. It is me in this painting and the guy who I met in Florida. He showed me the best sunset on the bank of the ocean and I used the relevant colors in my artwork. The title is also rather symbolic. This impressed me how I managed to find a soulmate on the other side of the Earth globe.”
Exhibitions and Events
2017 - Art Exhibition in Art Village Gallery (Artyuhivka, Kharkiv region, Ukraine). 2017 - Art Twins Message project. Leonid Kuchma Presidential Foundation Ukraine. Taras Shevchenko National Museum (Kyiv, Ukraine). 2018- Members of National Union of Artists of Ukraine. 2018 – Art Exhibition "Inside" Historical and Architectural Conservation Area of Zhovkva (Lviv region, Ukraine). 2018 - All-Ukrainian Exhibition dedicated to the Day of the Artist, National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kharkiv. 2018 Personal Exhibition "Levitating" Art Village Gallery (Artyuhivka, Kharkiv region, Ukraine). 2019 Personal Exhibition "Space in you" Museum of Ukrainian Culture Outstanding Personalities (Kyiv, Ukraine).
