Anastasia Savinova
Anastasia Savinova is an artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans drawing, sculpture, photography, video, performance, installation, and found objects. Her work is a heartfelt exploration of places, ecologies, and humanity's relationship with the “more-than-human world.” Through her creations, Savinova investigates the profound interconnectedness of all things, inviting us to reflect on how we are always part of something larger than ourselves.
Born in 1988 near the Ural Mountains in the former USSR, Savinova has called the Swedish North her home since 2013. Her deep connection to both natural and cultural landscapes resonates throughout her work.
Savinova’s art is held in public collections such as Moderna Museet and Konstmuseet i Norr, as well as numerous regional and municipal collections across Sweden. Her pieces also grace private collections worldwide.
Her work has been exhibited and performed in Sweden at Bildmuseet Umeå, Konstmuseet i Norr Kiruna, the Museum of Women’s History in Umeå, Norrbottens Museum Luleå, Umeå Konsthall, Ájtte Museum in Jokkmokk, and Sundsvalls Museum. Beyond Sweden, her art has reached audiences at Barents Spektakel in Kirkenes, Norway; Kunstwerk Carlshütte in Büdelsdorf, Germany; MUViM in Valencia, Spain; Michele Mariaud Gallery in New York, USA; and König Gallery in London, UK.
Through her thoughtful and intricate practice, Savinova offers an invitation to connect more deeply—with places, with others, and with the shared, greater world around us.
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27.5 X 19.9” (70 x 50cm), edition of 25. $700
45 X 31’ (114 x 79cm), edition of 25. $1,200
Archival fine art print (delivered in a tube)
Mounting & framing available upon request.
About Anastasia Savinova
Born 1988, Sverdlovsk, USSR
since 2013 lives and works in Sweden
currently based in Umeå
Education:
2022 Umeå Art Academy, MFA
2011 Samara State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, MA Design
2009 Samara State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, BA Design
Solo exhibitions:
2024 Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
2023 Waterwalk Encounters / Odenplan metro station, Stockholm
2023 Oceanic Rooms / Galleri Verkligheten, Umeå
2023 Dialects of The Deep (with J.A. Wilhite and R.Oomen) / Barents Spektakel, Norway
2023 Genius Loci / Fotoparken, Gustavsberg, Sweden
2022 Geosmin / Röbäcks Kulturmejeriet, Umeå, Sweden
2021 We Swim in One Water / act IV, ocean blue / Konstmuseet i Norr, Kiruna, Sweden
2020 We Swim In One Water / Köttinspektionen, Uppsala, Sweden
2020 Genius Loci Norr / Ajtte Museum Jokkmokk, Sweden
2019 Genius Loci Norr / Norrbottens Museum, Luleå, Sweden
2019 Genius Loci / Sundsvalls Museum, Sweden
2019 High Land / Å-Huset, Konstnärsklubb, Uppsala, Sweden
2018 Geometry of Organic / Umeå Konsthall
2017 Genius Loci / Palazzo Rava, Ravenna, Italy
2015 Cycle Up! / Galleri Pictura, Skånska Konstmuseum / Lund, Sweden
2015 Icons / Akademiska Sjukhuset / Uppsala, Sweden
2014 Cycle Up! / Art Lab Studio I / Uppsala, Sweden
2014 Artists care / for TEDx "Who cares?"/ Stadsteater/ Uppsala, Sweden
Performances:
2023 Glacier Granddaughter and Apprentice of the Tide / Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn
2022 River Walk / KH Huset, Klöse, Sweden (with Ida Boman and Anna Zingmark)
2019 We Swim in One Water II, performance / Stationen Svenshögen / GIBCA extended
2018 We Swim in One Water / Rum för Performance / Bildmuseet / Umeå, Sweden
2018 What s/he fears / Kvinnohistoriskt Museum / Umeå, Sweden
2018 Come Back, Come Barefoot / Konstepidemin 13Festivalen / Göteborg, Sweden
2017 Make you mine / Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway
2017 You don’t feel pain, do you? / performance and installation in town, Ålvik, Norway
2017 The Love You Send / Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Outdoor works:
2024 Womb Lake Egg / Land Art Live, Biosphere Festival, Arna Kultur, Skåne, Sweden
2022 Drift / floating installation on the river by Bildmuseet, Umeå
2022 Cod Connection / floating sound-sculpture, with J.A.Wilhite and R.Oomen/ MUNCH Museum, Oslo, Norway
2022 Waterwalk Encounters / river sculpture park, Festiälv, KF Huset, Klöse, Sweden
2021 Genius Loci Craiova, Traian Demetrescu street, Craiova, Romania
Selected group exhibitions:
2024 Lay Of(f) the Land: Nordic Narratives / Swedish American Museum, Chicago, USA
2023 Det gode liv (The Sweetness of living) / Festspillene, Galleri Nordnorge, Harstad, Norway
2023 Speaking Water / YAM Yarrila arts & museum, Coffs harbour, Australia
2023 Speaking Water /The BAS, The Basil Sellers Exhibitions Center, Moruya, Australia
2022 Speaking Water / Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, Australia
2023 11th International Biennial of Drawing and Graphic Arts Győr
2022 Festälv / KH Huset, Klöse, Sweden
2022 Live is Life / GSA gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2022 Live is Life / Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
2021 No Ghosts Need Apply, Von Ahnska magasinet, Umeå, Sweden
2021 Samla och Visa / Konstmuseet i Norr, Kiruna, Sweden
2021 Everything will be alright / Gallery Alva, Umeå, Sweden
2020 König Galerie London, UK
2020 All That is Solid Melts Into Air / Michele Mariaud gallery / New York, USA
2020 Celebration of the dark side of life's circus / Konsthall Kåddis / Umeå, Sweden
2020 100! / Gallery CC, Malmö, Sweden
2018 Torino Graphic Days, Torino, Italy
2018 Bothniasalongen, Västerbotten museum, Umeå, Sweden
2018 Bothniasalongen, Luleå Konsthall, Sweden
2017 Nord Art / Kunstwerk Carlshütte / Büdelsdorf, Germany
2017 Fresh Legs / Galleri Heike Arndt / Berlin, Germany
2017 Transience II / Å-Huset, Konstnärsklubb, Uppsala
2017 Transience I / Schau Fenster, Berlin
2016 Discoveries 2016 / Galleri Heike Arndt / Kettinge, Denmark
2015 "Ung Salong" / Uppsala Art Museum / Uppsala, Sweden
2014 Discoveries II / Galleri Heike Arndt DK / Kettinge, Denmark
2014 Järnboden konsthall / Harg, Sweden
2014 Fresh Legs / Gallery Heike Arndt / Berlin, Germany
2014 Home of Israel / Balboa park, San Diego, CA, USA
2013 Deluge, exhibition for TEDx “Resilience”/ Concert and Congress Hall / Uppsala
2013 Belfast Photo Festival / Love and Death Gallery/ Belfast, UK
2013 Incubarte laureates/ Club Diario Levante, Valencia, Spain
2012 Incubarte / MuVim Valencian Museum of the Illustration and of the Modernity
2012 Virion / bienniale of dgital art / Brisbane, Berlin, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland
Residencies:
2024 Land Art Live, Arna Kultur / Vombsjön, Sweden
2023 Pikene på Broen / Kirkeness, Norway
2023 Malakta Art Factory / Finland
2022 Pikene på Broen / Kirkeness, Norway
2021 Pikene på Broen / Kirkeness, Norway
2021 Kunstnarhuset Messen / Ålvik, Norway
2021 Street delivery / Craiova, Romania
2019 Kunstnarhuset Messen / Ålvik, Norway
2019 Swedish Lapland AiR, Norrbotten, Sweden
2018 Kunstnarhuset Messen / Ålvik, Norway
2017 Kunstnarhuset Messen / Ålvik, Norway
2017 Alstra Atelje / Umeå, Sweden
2016 Kunstnarhuset Messen / Ålvik, Norway
2014 Art Lab Studio / Uppsala, Sweden
2012 Can Xalant / Mataro, Spain
Grants / awards:
2024 Maria Bonnier Dahlins Scholarship
2024 Konstnärsnämnden (Swedish Art Grants Committee), 1 year working grant
2023 Konstnärsnämnden (Swedish Art Grants Committee), project grant
2023 Konstnärsnämnden (Swedish Art Grants Committee), International exchange grant
2023 KC Nord, project grant
2022 Verkligheten's prize
2021 Sparbankenstiftelse Norrland
2021 Estrid Eriksson Stiftelse
2018 Resurscentrum för konst, Art North, Sweden
2017 Konstnärsnämnden / International exchange grant
2016 Mobility support / Nordic Culture Point
2015 Konstnärsnämnden / International exchange grant
2013 Experiment bio / Special mentions / Bilbao, Spain
2012 Incubarte festival / Premio Especial Incubarte V/ Valencia, Spain
Public art collections:
Moderna Museet, Sweden
Konstmuseet i Norr, Sweden
Västerbottens county, Sweden
Norrbotten county, Sweden
Halland county, Sweden
Kronoberg county, Sweden
Västra Götaland county, Sweden
Jämtland Härjedalen county, Sweden
Sörmland county, Sweden
Norrköpings municipality, Sweden
Uppsala municipality, Sweden
Umeå municipality, Sweden
Sundsvalls municipality, Sweden
Höganäs municipality, Sweden
Västerbottens city council, Sweden
Upplands Konstförening, Sweden
Uppsala Akademiska Sjukhusets konstförening, Sweden
Center for Sustainable Development, Uppsala University, Sweden
Metro Health Medical Center / Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA