Anfisa Kass

Ukraine

Born in the city of Kyiv. She has been professionally engaged in painting since the age of 5. She studied at an Art School in Kyiv. She graduated from the Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting named after Repin with a degree in «Painting» in 2007. She graduated from the «European Design School» with a degree in «Interior Designer». She is engaged in the design and decoration of interiors. She has experience working as a TV host, and currently hosts the program «Fashion Truth» on the O-TV channel. The work of the artist Kass reflects a woman in society as an active subject of society, a mother, a wife, a creative personality, beautiful outside and inside. She is concerned with the questions of spiritual growth and self-realization of a woman in society. Every year the desire to express her feelings in painting grows greater, which became especially successfully realized in her paintings. In 2016 she was selected and printed in the International Catalog of Contemporary Painting MUSA INTERNATIONAL ART SPACE «WE CONTEPORARI». In March 2017 Kass's painting was presented at the prestigious exhibition in Paris «WOMAN'S ESSENCE PARISrn2017». The project consisted of an exposition of paintings by women artists from around the world in the center of Paris, in a prestigious location, and an Artbook with criticism by Prof. Laura Francesca di Trapani. At this exhibition Kass was awarded the «Womanrnart award» (Women's Art Prize), dedicated to Berthe Morisot. Kass's motto is «Life is emotions, and emotions are color!» That is why in her works she prefers bright and pure colors. On November 18, 2015 the first art exhibition «Naked Feelings» by the artist Kass opened in Kyiv. The artist presented her paintings in the art space AMD Design Club. On June 14, 2016 the second exhibition of Kass took place – «Two Stories» in the museum «Chocolate House» at 17/2 Shovkovychna St. 1 In her works the artist relies on the female sensual experience, the sensation of the world and mysterious signs, the understanding of color, which she reflects in her paintings. These are bright, contrasting and juicy works with memorable images and conceptual stories of their creation. She paints in various techniques. Oil, acrylic, stained glass on glass, batik. The works are in private collections in Ukraine and Russia. In 2016 she transferred her paintings onto silk, used prints of paintings in the design of clothing for adults and children from knitwear under her own brand «ACCENT by Anfisa Kazanikova». She creates brooches by hand. In the summer of 2017 the "Ball of Flowers" took place in Monaco, at which works from the series «Naked Feelings» were presented; after the exhibition the works are displayed and sold in the Nice gallery «Gallery Saleya» and in Cannes «Gallery Saleya».