Anastasia (Tory) Tyranova-Romanchuk
is a surrealist artist from Odesa. She left Ukraine during the spring of 2022 and, after seven months spent in Berlin, moved to the UK at the end of 2022.
"Most of my works hold the idea of life's duality - safety/danger, love/hatred, strength/weakness, stability/chaos etc. But despite all the confusion and fear that is present in our lives, there's got to be some light after all...
I was never good with words. I find it very limiting to describe something, no matter what language you are speaking. That's why I chose painting and sculpture to express my thoughts and feelings. In my opinion visual art is the international language that can appeal to anyone on a deeper level of understanding. Art is the search for meaning".
For the last couple of years, she's been researching the theme of "uncanny valley" and is interested in what makes something unsettling and "a little bit off".
"I believe it helps to direct the attention of the viewer, so they can see more and feel more, and look deeper into themselves in search of meaning".
She has been working professionally as a ceramic artist since 2008.
"I'm working in mixed media - mainly with clay, textile, metal and wood. Nothing could help me to understand myself better than working with clay. Ceramic gives you multiple opportunities to explore and express yourself. But at the same time you can make irreversible mistakes. It doesn't allow you to cheat, teaches you to be patient and makes you accept the fact that it takes time to get results. In many ways it's very philosophical and holds resemblance with living life in itself'
Anastasiia is currently co-curator at Salon Gallery in Margate, where she continues to expand her body of work and collaborates with local artists to celebrate Margate’s creative community.
She is featured here in interview for the Salon opening exhibition “Glimmer” in the summer of 2023:
Recent activities and exhibitions:
2024
01.03.2024 - 26.03.2024
Exhibition “Sanctuary” (Participant and Curator) - Salon Gallery, Margate, UK
16.02.2024 - 20.02.2024
Exhibition "Unfinished Art Show 2" - Pie Factory Gallery, Margate, UK
10.02.2024 - 23.03.2024
Solo Exhibition "Focus" - Vorona gallery, Berlin, Germany
01.12.2023 - 01.02.2024
Exhibition “Superstore” (Participant and Curator) - Salon Gallery, Margate, UK
2023
13.11.2023 - 19.11.2023
Exhibition “Of Land and Sea” - Whitstable Museum Gallery, Whitstable, UK
26.10.2023 - Present
Partner and curator - Salon Gallery, Margate, UK
27.07.2023 - 31.08.2023
Solo Exhibition “Glimmer” - Salon Gallery (Launch Exhibition), Margate, UK
24.07.2023 - 30.07.2023
Exhibition “Of Land and Sea” - Whitstable Museum Gallery, Whitstable, UK
16.06.2023 - 23.06.2023
Solo Exhibition “There’s Got to Be Some Light” - Cliftonville Cultural Space (Opening for Refugee Week), Margate, UK
05.04.2023 - 13.04.2023
Exhibition - The Margate School Gallery Space, Margate UK
31.03.2023 - 13.05.2023
Exhibition "Die Welt ist Frau" - Vorona gallery, Berlin, Germany
02.03.2023 - 29.04.2023
Exhibition "Unity" - Whitstable Museum, Whitstable, UK
23.02.2023 - 27.02.2023
Exhibition "Unfinished art show" - Pie Factory Gallery, Margate, UK
2022
16.11.2022 - 22.11.2022
Exhibition "Over land and sea" - Fishslab gallery, Whitstable, UK
10.09.2022
Exhibition - Museum Berlin-Reinickendorf, Berlin, Germany
03.09.2022 - 04.09.2022
Exhibition during Open Studios at art residency Kunstlerhof Frohnau, Berlin, Germany
28.07.2022 - 30.07.2022
Exhibition "In Between Fires" - Hotel Continental: Art Space In Exile, Berlin, Germany
12.07.2022 - 27.08.2022
Solo Exhibition "Every day: Born-Die-Born-Die-Born" - Vorona Gallery, Berlin, Germany
18.07.2022 - 29.07.2022
Exhibition "Threads in Motion" - Haus der statistics, Alexander platz, Berlin, Germany
19.05.2022 - 28.06.2022
Exhibition "Art Movement Ukraine" - Ferrara, Italy; Vienna, Stockerau, Austria
11.05.2022 - present
Member of art project - “Studio Ukraine” - Berlin, Germany