About
Anastasiya Gutnik, a Russian-born multimedia artist based in Portland, Oregon, explores themes of place, transience, and the interconnectedness of the human and nonhuman through her work. Utilizing primal materials like soil, salt, ash, and bones, her installations delve into their physical properties, cultural meanings, and ecological impacts.
She received her BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art, then moved to New York City, where she spent numerous years participating in exhibitions at galleries like Local Project, A.I.R Gallery, Plaxall Gallery, and many other spaces. She has participated in several residencies worldwide, including the New York Studio Residency Program in New York City, La Wayaka Current in Chile, Mudhouse in Crete, and GlogauAIR in Berlin. She completed her MFA in 2023 at the University of Oregon, and her thesis installation Memory of Returns was exhibited at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum in Eugene, Oregon. She has received funding for her work from FIGMENT Project, the Queens New Work Grant, Lane Arts Council, and the Regional Arts & Culture Council. She is represented by Blackfish Gallery, where she is a collective member.
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Solo and 2-Person Exhibitions
2024 Tracing Resonance, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR
2022 Fractal Beings, LaVerne Krauss Gallery, Eugene, OR
2020 A Winter’s Warming, Washburne Gallery, Eugene, OR
2019 Symbiosis: A Story of Relationships, Local Project Art Space, Long Island City, NY
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Then & Now: Art as Foundation, Corvallis Museum, Corvallis, OR
On the Wall: Video Nights, Building Five, Portland, OR
Illuminations, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2023 Fever Dreams (thesis exhibition), Jordan Schnitzer Museum, Eugene, OR
Yield #1-Urban Farm, LaVerne Krauss Gallery, Eugene, OR
2022 What is Dreaming, Olympia Gallery, New York, NY
Seeing within (seeing without), windowfront exhibition, Eugene, OR
2021 Ventured Inward Only to Arrive at the Same Place, LaVerne Krauss Gallery, Eugene, OR
2020 Overall There is No Wall, Chinatown, NY
Arte Natura, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2019 Mini Masterpieces, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
FEAR III, Plaxall gallery, Long Island City, NY
Evolve, Aeon Gallery, Chicago, IL
Diverting Anecdotes, Departure Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2018 small/MIGHTY, La Bodega Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Fall Salon, The Factory, Long Island City, NY
The Dark Arts, SquidInk Gallery, Online Exhibition
Unnatural Selection, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Wish You Were Here, A.I.R. Gallery, DUMBO, NY
Uprooted (Rubble Flora), GlogauAIR, Berlin, Germany
ArtSci, Installation at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin's Campus Nord Branch Library's
Reading Room Galleries, Berlin, Germany
Sketch the Moment, Galerie ZeitZone, Berlin, Germany
2017 LIC Fear, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Flora and Fauna, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Animalia, Local Project, Long Island City, NY
The Dark Arts, SquidInk Gallery, Online Exhibition
2016 Fall Salon Show, LIC Arts Open, Long Island City, NY
Social Culture Lab, Alewife NYC, Long Island City, NY
Anamorphic, Port Exhibitions, Staten Island, NY
Art in Action, Gallery 151, Chelsea, NY
2015 Staff Exhibition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2014 Biomorphs, Governor’s Island, NY
2012 Que Sera, Sera, Governor’s Island, NY
2011 Land, Sea, Sky, Governor’s Island, NY
2010 Reflecting on History, ICO gallery, Chelsea, NY
Generations 7, A.I.R. Gallery, DUMBO, NY
Members Show, Rochester Contemporary Gallery, Rochester, NY
2009 Thesis Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2008 Animal Party, New York Studio Residency Program, DUMBO, NY
Abstractions, Main Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Bunting Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Painting Department show, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2007 Junior Independent Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Color Abstraction, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2006 Members Exhibition, Rochester Contemporary Gallery, Rochester, NY
Scholastic Award Exhibition, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Awards, Grants, Recognition
2024 Regional Arts & Culture Council, ArtsC3 Grant, Portland, OR
2023 The Georgianne Teller Singer Dean’s Graduate Fellowship in Art, Eugene, OR
2022 Windowfront Exhibitions Grant, Lane County Arts, Eugene, OR
2022 Gary E Smith Professional Development award, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2019 Queens Council on the Arts, New Work Grant, Queens, NY
2014 Figment Project Grant for Biomorphs installation, Governor’s Island, NY
2012 Figment Grant for Que Sera, Sera installation, Governor’s Island, NY
2009 Allen Ginsberg Prize, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005-9 Talent Grant, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005-7 Trustee Award for Artwork, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2008 Student Art leader nomination, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2006 Gold Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, International
Silver Key, Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, International
Professional Engagements
2020 Queens Council on the Arts Jury Member, Queens, NY
2015 Transformus Art Grant Jury Member, Asheville, NC
2006 Student Gallery Space Jury Member, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Teaching
2018- Teaching Artist, The Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY
2020
2013-14 Teaching Assistant, Art Center at 92nd Street Y
Education
2009 Maryland Institute College of Art, Painting, B.F.A. cum laude, Baltimore, MD
2023 University of Oregon, School of Art and Design, M.F.A candidate, Eugene, Oregon
Residencies
2023 La Wayaka Current, nomadic artist residency, Atacama desert, Chile
2022 Mudhouse Artist Residency, Crete, Greece
2018 GlogauAIR Residency Program, Berlin, Germany
2008 New York Studio Residency Program, Parsons The New School for Design, DUMBO, NY