SELECTED WORKS
Dasha Maltseva
Dasha Maltseva was born in Perm in 1994 Lives and works in Moscow. Graduated with aBachelor’s degree in History from the HSE University (2016), then received a Master’sdegree at the HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL at the program “Contemporary Painting”curated by Vladimir Dubosarsky and Oksana Simatova (2021). Currently studying at theJoseph Bakstein Institute of Contemporary Art. Member of the Creative Union of Artists ofRussia. The artist’s works have been exhibited in Moscow, St. Petersburg, London, Romeand Venice.
About the artist
Dasha Maltseva’s art is about the sensation of things and phenomena — their states, their history. For the artist, it is essential to grasp the essence of her subject and distill its precise formula into a painted monument. She conveys her ideas through figurative painting, yet her manipulation of images serves as her own form of abstraction. Dasha Maltseva does not merely recreate them but follows her concept of reinterpretation: she acts as a researcher, exploring their alternative properties, meanings, transformations, and perpetual cycles of decay and rebirth. In this way, she discovers new modes of interaction with them, liberating them from familiar contexts and translating them into the language of painterly poetry.
This interplay keeps both the artist and the viewer in a state of constant tension, breaking free from conventions — blurring the line between the rational and the logical, the intuitive and the sensual. Her works often take on strange textures and “nervous” painterly-graphic combinations, yet Dasha Maltseva remains confident in the truthfulness and precision of her language. Each piece is an affect — a reborn fusion of the mundane and the familiar. Yet it does not demand decoding; rather, it is meant to resonate as a singular, cohesive construct.
Education:
current – Joseph Bakstein Institute of Contemporary Art, Moscow
2021 – HSE Art and Desogn School, Contemporary Painting (workshop of Vladimir Dubosarsky and Oksana Simatova), Moscow
2016 – HSE, History, Perm, Russia
Selected solo exhibitions:
2024 Life in Rose (La Vie en Rose), curated by Nadya October. SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2021 The Event Horizons. Triumph Gallery, Moscow
Selected group exhibitions:
2024 "Winter Market". SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2023 "Winter Market". SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2023 Utopia and Pause. The Arkhangelsk State Museum-Reserve, Moscow region, Russia
2023 "Kvartirnik" — exhibition of works by graduates of Vladimir Dubosarsky. PIRogovo, Moscow region, Russia
2023 The illusion of reality. Abramova Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022 What has been, what will be, than the heart will calm down. In Art Gallery by Ksenia Podoynitsyna, Moscow
2022 Picturesque Russia. The Art of the Young. The seventh interregional traveling exhibition, Izhevsk-Kirov-Stavropol-Moscow, Russia
2022 Marathon of group exhibitions. Arts Square Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022 In a certain kingdom. HSE Art Gallery, Moscow
2022 Not here / not now. Spazio Malvasia — Temporary, Venice, Italy
2022 Apoc. The end of the world every day. Triumph Gallery, Moscow
2022 The Andromeda Nebula. Religions of extraterrestrial salvation. In Art Gallery by Ksenia Podoynitsyna, Moscow
2021 Through the Eyes of Russia. Camden Image Gallery, London
2021 Better Food Future. Оnline gallery Figurative Vertigo, Rome
2021 Images of the future. Telling stories festival, Moscow
2020 Forced relationships. HSE Art Gallery, Moscow
2020 It's going to be okay. White Room Foundation, Moscow
2024 Life in Rose (La Vie en Rose), curated by Nadya October. SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2021 The Event Horizons. Triumph Gallery, Moscow
Selected group exhibitions:
2024 "Winter Market". SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2023 "Winter Market". SISTEMA GALLERY, Moscow
2023 Utopia and Pause. The Arkhangelsk State Museum-Reserve, Moscow region, Russia
2023 "Kvartirnik" — exhibition of works by graduates of Vladimir Dubosarsky. PIRogovo, Moscow region, Russia
2023 The illusion of reality. Abramova Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022 What has been, what will be, than the heart will calm down. In Art Gallery by Ksenia Podoynitsyna, Moscow
2022 Picturesque Russia. The Art of the Young. The seventh interregional traveling exhibition, Izhevsk-Kirov-Stavropol-Moscow, Russia
2022 Marathon of group exhibitions. Arts Square Gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022 In a certain kingdom. HSE Art Gallery, Moscow
2022 Not here / not now. Spazio Malvasia — Temporary, Venice, Italy
2022 Apoc. The end of the world every day. Triumph Gallery, Moscow
2022 The Andromeda Nebula. Religions of extraterrestrial salvation. In Art Gallery by Ksenia Podoynitsyna, Moscow
2021 Through the Eyes of Russia. Camden Image Gallery, London
2021 Better Food Future. Оnline gallery Figurative Vertigo, Rome
2021 Images of the future. Telling stories festival, Moscow
2020 Forced relationships. HSE Art Gallery, Moscow
2020 It's going to be okay. White Room Foundation, Moscow
