My name is Anastasiia Motina, I'm professional artist, a graduate of the Moscow Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov. I'm a member of the Union of Artists and a participant in various group and personal exhibition projects. My works are in private collections in Russia and abroad. I work at the intersection of realism, magical realism and surrealism.
In my work, I explore various themes, but the main unifying factor for me is a real impression—perhaps, at first glance, from seemingly insignificant events. It can be anything: an impression of a place or people, of world art, literature, history, or nature.
The most fascinating part of the creative process is capturing that real moment—one that holds something unusual, perhaps even a unique combination of space and time, which may never be repeated but will still be felt and recognized by the viewer.
Capturing the feeling of reality, transforming it, embedding an idea both plastically and conceptually, and setting off a chain of associations in the viewer—this is the process from which my works are born.
Education
Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V. I. Surikov. Department of Monumental Painting. Graduated in 2022.
Solo projects
• "It happened today." ART&BRUT Gallery, Moscow, 2025.
• "Habitat", "Bely", Contemporary Art Center, Stary Oskol, 2023-2024.
• "Eye contact". The Rovesnik Bar, Moscow, 2023.
• "Space for living" ARTMUZA Creative Cluster, Saint Petersburg, 2022.
Selected projects
• "Green ray". Arbuzz Gallery, Moscow, 2024.
• Fair catalog 2024 (at the ART&BRUT booth), Association of Galleries, Moscow, 2024.
• The exhibition "Shine". ART&BRUT Gallery, Moscow, 2024.
• Los Angeles Art Fair LA art show USA, 2024.
• Winner of the Metauart competition, USA, 2024.
• Publication in the online catalog of artists AL-TIBA9, Spain, 2024.
• Port Art Fair, Sevkabel, St. Petersburg, 2023.
• The exhibition "What does babies discover?" Postrigai Gallery in CUBE, Moscow, 2023.
• Exhibition "Gostology of the Post-Soviet Space", HSE ART GALLERY, Moscow, 2020.
• Win-Win Contemporary Art Markets, Vinzavod, Moscow, 2021-2022.
Publications
• Interview for U magazine about the exhibition "It Happened Today" at ART&BRUT. 2025 gallery
• An interview in the online edition of The Knife . "Collecting the beads of Life" 2025.
• Publication in the 4th issue of ART MUSE
The magazine, 2020.
