Maria Ansh (b. 1992, Moscow, Russia) lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She explores her memories and feelings from childhood, which help her interpret the reality around her. Her work is divided into three parts: she shows memories from childhood, explores human personalities and characters, and conveys the complex structure of nature as a whole through the water flowers. Ansh works in a naive art style, using unconventional techniques such as abrasive paper and oil pastels to give her works in the “Portraits” series a special texture. Her main artistic medium is oil on canvas. In 2015, she received her Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from the Moscow Humanitarian-Technical Academy. In 2020, the state TV channel “Kultura” interviewed her at the exhibition “The labyrinth of the naive” at the Artplay Design Center. From 2021 to 2022, Ansh participated in “Winwin” fairs at the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art.
Education
2011-15 Moscow Humanities and Technology Academy
Faculty of Graphic Design
Solo exhibitions
2022 Time of Ghosts. Art-Studio Kitakima. Moscow, Russia
2021 Pocket Birdcatcher. Prima Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Beneath the surface: Spirituality in art. Are gallery. Chicago, IL
2022 Retrospective. Rosstat. Moscow, Russia.
2022 Time of Comparisons. Artplay. Moscow, Russia
2021 Shooting stars. Here on Taganka Gallery. Moscow, Russia.
2021 Open Call Exhibition. New Sincerity gallery. Moscow, Russia
2020 The labyrinth of naive. Artplay. Moscow, Russia
2020 Kukryniksy. Here on Taganka Gallery. Moscow, Russia
2020 Merry-Go-Round. Here on Taganka Gallery. Moscow, Russia
Trade fairs
2022 Win-Win V. Bely’s workshop. Winzavod. Moscow, Russia.
2022 Win-Win IV. Bely’s workshop. Winzavod. Moscow, Russia.
2022 Art Russia. Gostiny Dvor. Moscow, Russia.
2021 Win-Win III. Bely’s workshop. Winzavod. Moscow, Russia.
2021 El Fest. Gallery on Peschanaya. Moscow, Russia.
2021 Art Fair of Contemporary Art. Gallery A3. Moscow, Russia.
2021 Win-Win II. Bely’s workshop. Winzavod. Moscow, Russia.
2021 Without peonies. Znui Gallery. Moscow, Russia.