Dasha Bazanova is an international mixed media artist and curator, born in Arkhangelsk Russia, right before the collapse of the Soviet Union. Her work is heavily inspired by her Russian heritage, past memories, and unconscious connection to European mythology, representing the conflict between conscious desire and collective human experience.
In 2011, Dasha received her master’s degree in commerce and marketing at Moscow State Institute of International Relations. In 2012 Bazanova moved to New York where she earned an MFA at Long Island University (CW Post) in 2014. She currently lives and works in Bushwick/Ridgewood, NY.
Bazanova has shown extensively in the United States and Internationally. She exhibited her work in New York galleries and museums such as the Painting Center, Lorimito gallery, Sideshow Gallery, The Buggy Factory, GRIDSPACE, Underdonk, M.David & Co, The Royal Gallery, Islip Museum, Steinberg Museum, and more. Bazanova Participated in the Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art in Russia, Ekaterinburg in 2015 and exhibited at NEW ART PROJECTS (“2 Years of Looking ”), London UK. She recently had a solo exhibition at the Spring Break Art Show / NYC 2022 & a two-person show curated by Ambre Kelly and Andrew Gori at Spring Break / LA 2023, as well as Spring Break Secret show in NYC.
Her artwork was written about by Hyperallergic, Art Spiel, Art News, The Art News Paper, Bmore Art, The UNTITLED Magazine, Structure and Imagery, Arcade Project, Naia Brooklyn magazine, and more. Bazanova’s artwork is in a number of private collections such as Beth Rubin Dewoody and Stephanie Ingrassia.