ABOUT ANASTASIA ELIZABETH. SHE/HER
Anastasia's current work explores and critiques portraiture and still life using contemporary constructs. These constructs may be concrete depictions of natural spaces or abstractions and manipulations of the built environment. The painted and rendered areas aim to express the human emotion that surrounds and exists within these spaces.
The process begins by building and photographing site-specific assemblages. In these oil paintings, the idea of space, home, and meaning blurs the lines between past and present, real and unreal. The work aims to tap into feelings of isolation, identity, and contemporary anxieties.
Anastasia earned her Bachelor of Visual Arts at Emily Carr University in Vancouver and the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. After her art studies, she received a BA in anthropology. She has participated in group shows in Canada, Belgium, Sweden, and the United States.
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Anastasia Elizabeth
Born in 1989 in Vancouver, Canada
Resides and works in the United States
Education/training:
[2015-2016]: Masters Program, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
[2012-2014]: Bachelor of Arts - B.A. Anthropology, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George
[2007-2011]: Bachelor of Fine Art - B.F.A., Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
[2010-2011]: Exchange Program, The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
Selected exhibitions:
[2023] “Red List: Reef Building Corals,” Ghost Gallery, Seattle WA., United States
[2020] “Global Warming 3-D Virtual Gallery Exhibition”, Art Impact International, Washington D.C.,
[2019] “Damned - An Exhibition of Enlightened Darkness,” Tangent Gallery, Detroit, United States
[2014] “Expo Bienvenue A Bruxelles II Art Flash,” CWG - Christine Wagner Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
[2011] “Graduation Show,” Main Gallery - Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada
[2010] “The Harder They Come,” Bastard Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
[2009] “Unknown”, The Brow Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
[2008] “Untitled”, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
[2008] “Foundation Show,” Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada
[2006] “Material Culture,” Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
[2006] Emerging Talent 10, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, Canada
Selected collections:
Anastasia Elizabeth is collected by various private collectors in Belgium, Sweden, the United States, and Canada.
Selected Awards, Residencies, and Grants:
[2020] 4 Culture Grant (winner), 4 Culture, Seattle, United States
[2020] Global Warming international online art competition (honorable mention), Art Impact International, Washington D.C., United States
[2012] Ethical conduct for research involving humans course on research ethics (TCPS 2:CORE) (Certificate of Completion), Tri-Council policy statement, Prince George, Canada
[2012] Outstanding Scholastic Achievement (winner), Golden Key International, Atlanta, Georgia
[2007] Arts Umbrella’s Buschlen Mowatt Teen Scholarship Program (winner), Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
[2007] Outstanding Achievement in Drawing & Painting, Centennial School, Coquitlam, Canada
[2006] Recognition of Achievement and award of the Buschlen Mowatt Teen Scholarship Program, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
[2006] Award and scholarship for high achievement in Visual Arts (winner), Dogwood district/authority, Coquitlam, Canada
[2006] Marge Wight Memorial Award (winner), Marge Wight Memorial Foundation, Coquitlam, Canada [2006] Bursary for the Arts (winner), Plas Des Arts, Coquitlam, Canada
[2005] Completion of the Transition to the Arts program in a Summer Institute for Teens: The pre-college Experience - Drawing/Painting Specialization. Emily Carr University of Art & Design. Vancouver, Canada
Professional contributions (art-related jobs, curatorial contributions, teaching, mentorships, member of a board, etc.):
[2010 - 2011]: Arts Teaching and Program Creation, David Thompson Community School, Vancouver, Canada.
[2018 - 2019]: Life Drawing Host, Studio Paradiso, Seattle, United States.
