Bio
Asya Aseeva is a multidisciplinary artist born in Moscow, Russia, now based in Barcelona, Spain. Her work bridges traditional and contemporary techniques, embodying a fluid dialogue between craft, technology, and conceptual exploration. Rooted in an exploration of identity, materiality, and cultural narratives, Asya’s practice spans a variety of mediums, from painting and sculpture to more unconventional forms like conceptual jewelry. Her work redefines utilitarian objects and integrates techniques often labeled as "feminine," such as embroidery and crochet, challenging the boundaries between craft and fine art.
A key part of Asya’s artistic practice lies in her innovative use of artificial intelligence to create video art. Blending human creativity with cutting-edge technology, she investigates the intersection between the organic and the digital, raising questions about the role of the artist in an increasingly AI-driven world. Through this integration of AI, she pushes the limits of traditional artistic mediums, offering a fresh perspective on how technology reshapes human expression and artistic production. Her work reflects the complexities and potential of this evolving relationship, inviting viewers to engage with the future of art in a digital age.
Asya’s academic background is grounded in her studies at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Moscow, which provided her with a solid foundation in critical theory and contemporary art practices. Her career has seen her exhibit her works in numerous exhibitions both nationally and internationally, earning her recognition in the art scenes of Russia, Europe, and beyond.
In addition to her public exhibitions, Asya’s works are part of private collections in Russia, France, and Great Britain, reflecting the diverse and international appeal of her art. Whether through her use of traditional craft or digital technologies, Asya’s work continues to explore the complex interplay between the material and the conceptual, the personal and the collective, the handmade and the machine-made.
Artist statement
I explore the fluidity of identity and the boundaries between the material and the imagined. My work spans interdisciplinary aesthetics, engaging with collage, embroidery, and installation. I seek metaphorical meaning in everything I encounter—whether a tactile object, a daily habit, or an abstract concept. Through this exploration, I investigate the fabric of modern mythologies and the fluidity of beliefs and perceptions that shape how we experience and describe the world.
I live through the disorienting experience of migration, constantly drifting between contradictory states and roles that I must inhabit. From this, I find it impossible to view identity as fixed. Rather, I see it as a process of continual reconstruction, a constant reshaping of myself in relation to objects, situations, and people. This experience of wandering in the dark, searching for a sense of self, is at the heart of my artistic practice.
In my work, there is no singular hero but rather a universal figure with a unique quality—the courage to step into the borderlands of the material and the abstract, the individual and the collective. Through this lens, I aim to illuminate the small, often overlooked details—the inconsistencies that arise at the edges of discourses and familiar patterns of existence, whether nostalgic or scientific, political or emotional, legal or natural. It is in these liminal spaces that I trace the processes of mythologizing, of crafting the illusions we live with as if they were a part of us.
As an artist, I embrace the subjectivity of my exploration. I am aware that my art is deeply personal—a map of the present, with carefully drawn seams marking what I find valuable, decisive, and vital. Yet, I am not only a creator but also a product of the culture that surrounds me. My fluid, transformative subjectivity reflects the shifting, elusive nature of the contemporary world.
Ultimately, my work invites the viewer to confront these illusions and to find courage in the fluidity of identity. It is through this ongoing journey of questioning and transformation that I seek to illuminate both the world and myself.
CV
Education
2023 AL/ML in Visuals, Vadim Epstein
2023 AI Video Lab, Prague Mediaschool
2021–2023 Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Moscow, Russia
2021 Catherine Sokolovsky Summer Sculpture School
2021 Creating Conceptual Jewelry, Project Curator: March
Personal exhibitions
2021 The Eden Project, Moscow, Russia
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Connectivity, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, USA
2024 Four Elements, Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation (virtual)
2024 Women in 100 Years, Istanbul, Turkey (virtual)
2024 ‘Abstract Art’ Edition II, Royal Blue Gallery (virtual)
2024 Dream, Pale Space Gallery (virtual)
2024 Untitled, Haze Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2024 VANGUARD, Juniper Rag (virtual)
2024 Arts & Healing, The Crypt Gallery, Dream Downtown, NY, USA
2023 She/Her, La Cinetika, Barcelona, Spain
2023 Through the Noise, Metaverse
2023 The Loneliness of the Artist, Worldwide
2022 Here on Taganka, Moscow, Russia
2022 Diary of a Time Traveler, Peresvetov Lane, Moscow, Russia
2021 Watching the Earthlings, Here on Taganka, Moscow, Russia
2021 Inner and Outer, Apartment S, Moscow, Russia
2021 The Insider and What’s Inside, Third Place, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 Not Touching the Body, Yulia Yakubovich Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Publications
2024 Modern Renaissance Magazine, Summer 2024:
International Artists Edition
2024 MVIBE Magazine, June 2024 Issue 6.1 (Art)
2021 Featured Artists, June 2021, The Working Artist
Awards
2021 Finalist Award, Art Show International's Abstract Competition
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