Asya Zaslvaskaya (b. 1998, Moscow) is a visual artist working with a wide range of media from painting to performance. While Zaslavskaya generally deals with the subject of the universal human condition in her practice, her special interests lie in the Caucasus region. Having a background in conservation work, she currently studies at the MARCH Architecture Studio in Moscow and is a resident of Garage MCA studios.
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A Thingy, 2017. The title of this work is a wordplay on the word meaning “a little thing” and a slang word for 1,000 rubles
Classwork, 2019. This work’s tongue-in-cheek title is its own praise (“a work of class”) disguised as the all too familiar school term for any work done in class
From the performance 6/8, 2016. The work is based on a wedding tradition shared by Ossetians and Chechens, which sees the bride silently stand in the corner for up to 10 hours during her own wedding, as a sign of respect to the groom’s family
Hesychasm, 2017
I Don't Know What's Coming Tomorrow, 2017
Memento Vitae installation visualisation (renders by Liza Mordvintseva and Maria Glinskaya), 2019
Road Home, 2016. This project is about the modern-day odyssey of Moscow’s cab drivers—an absurd journey where one has to travel 400,000 km to get back to the Caucasus that in fact are only 3,000 km away
Zazhiviom, 2016. The title is a wordplay on the verbs "to heal" and "to start a new life”
Beginning, 2020
