Anastasia Kachanova

An artist and lecturer, tour guide and art historian, Anastasia Kachanova was born and lived in
Saint Petersburg. A connoisseur of the city’s museums and architecture, Anastasia worked for
many years on wooden boards. Drawing inspiration from the khokhloma technique, she radically
reworked traditional motifs. Anastasia says that transforming an everyday kitchen cutting board
into “non-pragmatic” art is her rebellion against the constraints society imposes on women.
Since Anastasia moved to Armenia some time ago, Armenian motifs have gradually begun to
permeate the fabric of her work. Examples include pieces inspired by the stone lacework of
Rafayel Israelyan and medieval Armenian miniature painting. In works from this period,
chromatic and compositional richness intertwines with conceptual depth: several narratives and
allusions seem to be woven together within a single image. Foreign audiences often perceive her
work as “Armenian,” while people in Armenia tend to see it as “foreign art about Armenia.” Anastasia also works on book design. She is the author of covers for two books of fiction by Gevorg Ter-Gabrielyan – the collection ‘The problem of short poplars’ (2021) and the novel ‘Talint Pfest’ (2023), both in Armenian. Her work...

An artist and lecturer, tour guide and art historian

2024, 2025 — Exhibitions of the Union of Artists of Armenia
2025 — Burrischopf, Zurich, Switzerland
2026 — Personal exhibition, Museum of Russian Art, Yerevan