Represented by Monya Rowe Gallery NYC info@monyarowegallery.com
Bio
Born 1989 in Kiev Ukraine. Anastasiya Tarasenko moved to New York City with her family at 6 years of age and has resided there ever since. She attended art schools early on and ultimately received her MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2017. She lives and works in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Statement
I like to think of what I do as social critique; it's sharp, it's biting, and it’s aimed at everyone. The images themselves, however, are often pastoral, convivial, and humorous in the way I compose them. This reflects the true dichotomy of existence, that we are all things at once, existing simultaneously with joy and pain, innocence and perversion, etc. It is my self appointed task as an artist to observe and report these inescapable truths, much in the same way a court jester given special dispensation to mock his powerful patrons. But far from being an aloof observer, I’m probably hardest on myself. With the same, harsh bite, I make self-portraits with words and images that sting me personally every day. In a sense, I want to show you, the viewers, that I am complicit too.
Bio
Born 1989 in Kiev Ukraine. Anastasiya Tarasenko moved to New York City with her family at 6 years of age and has resided there ever since. She attended art schools early on and ultimately received her MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2017. She lives and works in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Statement
I like to think of what I do as social critique; it's sharp, it's biting, and it’s aimed at everyone. The images themselves, however, are often pastoral, convivial, and humorous in the way I compose them. This reflects the true dichotomy of existence, that we are all things at once, existing simultaneously with joy and pain, innocence and perversion, etc. It is my self appointed task as an artist to observe and report these inescapable truths, much in the same way a court jester given special dispensation to mock his powerful patrons. But far from being an aloof observer, I’m probably hardest on myself. With the same, harsh bite, I make self-portraits with words and images that sting me personally every day. In a sense, I want to show you, the viewers, that I am complicit too.
Residencies
Fall 2019 - PLOP residency hosted by Oli Epp, London UK
Fall 2018 - Desierto 14, Las Margaritas, Mexico
Fall 2017 - La Napoule Foundation Residency led by Will Cotton, Mandelieu La Napoule France
Summer 2016 - Leipzig International Artist Programme, Leipzig Germany
Fall 2019 - PLOP residency hosted by Oli Epp, London UK
Fall 2018 - Desierto 14, Las Margaritas, Mexico
Fall 2017 - La Napoule Foundation Residency led by Will Cotton, Mandelieu La Napoule France
Summer 2016 - Leipzig International Artist Programme, Leipzig Germany
Solo Exhibitions
01-02/20 The Sum of our Parts, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston
11/20-01/21 The Hands That Feed Monya Rowe Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibitions
03/2020 Independent Booth, Spring Break Art Fair
05/2020 No Time Like the Present, Public Gallery London
06/2020 Sit Still Self Portrait Show, Anna Zorina Gallery
07/2020 Outside Touch, Monya Rowe Gallery
12/2018 Somewhat Unwanted, Los 14 Projects, Mexico City
11/2018 Hot Farce, Field Projects Gallery Chelsea NYC
01/2017 Eye To Eye, New York Academy of Art NYC
10/2016 Take Home a Nude, Sotheby's NYC
07/2016 Transmission: New York - Leipzig, Archiv Massiv Spinnerei, Leipzig Germany
Press
12/2020 The Hand the Feeds , New Works by Anastasiya Tarasenko by Sasha Bogojev
11/2020 Editors Picks: 13 Events For Your Art Calendar This Week Artnet
09/2020 New American Paintings , Northeast Edition 146
08/2020 31 Women Interview
03/2020 Anastasiya Tarasenko , Cerebral Women Podcast hosted by Phyllis Hollis
02/2020 Candy Colored Visions of Society’s Id by Cate McQuaid; The Boston Globe
02/2020 Reading the Painting: Anastasiya Tarasenko at Steven Zevitas Gallery WhiteHot Magazine
01/2020 Anastasiya Tarasenko - An Undeniable Truth Art Grind Podcast
01-02/20 The Sum of our Parts, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston
11/20-01/21 The Hands That Feed Monya Rowe Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibitions
03/2020 Independent Booth, Spring Break Art Fair
05/2020 No Time Like the Present, Public Gallery London
06/2020 Sit Still Self Portrait Show, Anna Zorina Gallery
07/2020 Outside Touch, Monya Rowe Gallery
12/2018 Somewhat Unwanted, Los 14 Projects, Mexico City
11/2018 Hot Farce, Field Projects Gallery Chelsea NYC
01/2017 Eye To Eye, New York Academy of Art NYC
10/2016 Take Home a Nude, Sotheby's NYC
07/2016 Transmission: New York - Leipzig, Archiv Massiv Spinnerei, Leipzig Germany
Press
12/2020 The Hand the Feeds , New Works by Anastasiya Tarasenko by Sasha Bogojev
11/2020 Editors Picks: 13 Events For Your Art Calendar This Week Artnet
09/2020 New American Paintings , Northeast Edition 146
08/2020 31 Women Interview
03/2020 Anastasiya Tarasenko , Cerebral Women Podcast hosted by Phyllis Hollis
02/2020 Candy Colored Visions of Society’s Id by Cate McQuaid; The Boston Globe
02/2020 Reading the Painting: Anastasiya Tarasenko at Steven Zevitas Gallery WhiteHot Magazine
01/2020 Anastasiya Tarasenko - An Undeniable Truth Art Grind Podcast