MALKENZA is an avatar of Mary Anaskina,
contemporary artist and designer.
Working on 3D and ceramic sculptures,
digital and acrylic paintings.
Creative Director and Co-Founder of:
curate.moscow since November 2019,
Contemporary Work Gallery since fall 2017,
Malkenza Organics since spring 2017,
VHS Records since March 2015.
Group Shows
July 3-9, 2023 - Creative Week at Moscow Museum
December 23, 2022 - January 15, 2023 - Okay, I'll think about it at Winzavod, START
April 14-22, 2022 - Art Weekend 2022
November 18, 2021 - December 25, 2021 - Triumph and crisis of personnel at Museum ART4
October 7-10, 2021 - When life gives you lemons, make lemonade by Scorcher Gallery at Barcelona Art Fair
September 2 - October 10, 2021 - Living Matter at New Tretyakov Gallery
July 1-4, 2021 - Myth or Reality?, WIP
March 25, 2021 - Homemade and Unsurveyed, Scorcher Gallery at Artplay
March 7 - April 18, 2021 - LOOKING AFTER THE EARTHLINGS at Zdes na Taganke
September 7-17, 2020 - rfywtkzhbz/канцелярия at 25kadr Gallery
July 10-16, 2020 - I have lost a trace of the world at Richter
March 28-29, 2020 - COVID-19 at Exhibition Lab Za_shkoloy
February 1-9, 2020 - Spring of Dream or Nightmare at ZIL Culture Centre
2008 - Form and Space, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
Solo Shows
February 17, 2023 - Rodnik-2, The Art Production Centre "Vaults" Culture centre "GES-2"
2021 - Line on digital sand at Contemporary Work Gallery
2018 - Human Exclusion Gardens at Contemporary Work Gallery
Publications
Brands I worked with
Education
2019 Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture and Design
The New Normal programme. Speculative Design.
2011-2014 Moscow Technological Institute
Bachelor of Business Administrations in Project Management.
2007-2009 Otis College of Art and Design
Digital Media: Graphic Design, Concept Art, Motion Graphics and 3D.
2003-2005 University of Malta
International Relations and Communications.
Work experience
Jan – Sep 2022, Art Director, Artefactory
Aug – Oct 2021, Art Director, Des Femmes Magazine
May – Sep 2020, Art Director, General Research Laboratories, LLC
Oct 2019 – Sep 2020, Senior Designer, Inc. Russia
Sep – Dec 2018, Art Director, REDKEDS Creative Agency
Mar – Jun 2018, Creative Designer, VISIONAR
Feb – Mar 2018, 3D Visualization, Illustration and 2D Animation, Prologue Films, Los Angeles
Nov 2017 – Jan 2018, Creative Designer, Freeland Invest Company
Nov 2015 – Jan 2016, Technical Designer, Friends Creative Agency
Feb 2013 – Sep 2015, Graphic Designer, Numéro Russia Magazine
Feb 2010 – Jan 2013, Visual Merchandising Executive, Estee Lauder Companies
2020 - Performance at the opening of a group show at ZIL Culture Centre
2018 - Modeling for 1000morceaux at Winzavod Gallery Start
2018 - DJ sets at NII, Untitled, Pluton
2016 - Voice acting for a game Leave me alone!
2016 - VJ as DVD Records at NII, Ypsilon and Mars Gallery
2015 - Photographer, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
2014 - Performance in a music video of rosemary loves a blackberry
2000 - Amazon in speculative documentation film.
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