MALKENZA was created by contemporary artist Mary Anaskina and designer Maria Anaskina.
Bio
Mary Anaskina is an artist from Sunny Hills. She has been drawing since childhood, in recent years she has been making ceramic objects, paintings, graphics, augmented reality, 3D, video art, websites. Studied at the Art School on Prospekt Mira, in Europe at the Faculty of International Relations at the University of Malta, and in the USA, Los Angeles, OTIS College of Art and Design in Digital Media. She has worked as a graphic designer and art director while practicing traditional art. Created the 3D mixed reality gallery Contemporary Work. She completed the postgraduate research program New Normal at the Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture and Design. She participated in the Friends Club of Vaults of GES-2, a ceramic workshop.
In her work Mary thinks about the meaning of life, captures ideas in stone and creates artifacts from dreams, elements of landscapes from the subconscious. Her sculptures are inspired by natural phenomena, aesthetics of beauty, surrealism, sports and myths of ancient worlds.
Био
Mary Anaskina - художница из Солнечных Холмов. Рисовала с детства, последние годы делает объекты из керамики, живопись, графику, дополненную реальность, 3D, видео арт, сайты. Училась в Художественной Школе на Проспекте Мира, в Европе на факультете Международных Отношений Мальтийского Университета, и в США, Лос Анджелес, OTIS College of Art and Design по направлению Цифровые Медиа. Работала графическим дизайнером и арт директором, параллельно практикуя традиционное творчество. Создала 3D галерею смешанной реальности Contemporary Work. Прошла постдипломную исследовательскую программу Новая Норма в Институте Медиа, Архитектуры и Дизайна Стрелка. Участвовала в Клубе друзей Своды ГЭС-2,
в керамической мастерской.
В своих работах Мэри задумывается о смысле жизни, фиксирует идеи в камне и создает артефакты из снов, элементы ландшафтов из подсознания. Ее скульптуры вдохновлены природными явлениями, эстетикой красоты, сюрреализмом, спортом
и мифами древних миров.
Education
2019 Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture and Design
Post-grad Research Program: The New Normal. Speculative Design.
2015 Moscow Coding School
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.
Exhibitions
28 May - 2 June 2024 - Convergence at Vysota Gallery
17-24 May 2024 - Feel at VkusVille, Museum Night
17-21 April 2024 - ARTMOSCOW
10-21 April 2024 - SY at Vysota Gallery
December 4, 2023 - February 28, 2024 - The last off-site show on the Earth at Plague Space: pt.1, pt.2
July 3-9, 2023 - Creative Week at Moscow Museum
February 17, 2023 - Rodnik-2, The Art Production Centre "Vaults" Culture centre "GES-2"
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
2021 - Line on digital sand at Contemporary Work 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
2018 - Human Exclusion Gardens at Contemporary Work Gallery
2008 - Form and Space, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
Publications
Art statement
Bringing subconscious landscapes to reality with ceramic, acrylic and digital mediums.
My sculptures are often inspired by nature, sport or gear.
I make conceptual installations with artifacts of my dream world.
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 Center of Contemporary Art
2015 - Photographer, Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
2014 - Performance in a music video of rosemary loves a blackberry
2000 - Amazon in speculative documentation film.
Brands I worked with
Work experience
Aug – Oct 2021, Art Director, Des Femmes Magazine
May – Sep 2020, Art Director, General Research Laboratories
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
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
Creative Director and Co-Founder of:
curate.moscow since November 2019,
Contemporary Work Gallery since fall 2017,
Malkenza Ceramics since spring 2017,
VHS Records since March 2015.
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