Anastasiia Chaikovskaia

I am a contemporary Italian artist of Russian origin, born in Moscow in 1992. After graduating from the Moscow Academic Art College, I furthered my studies at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, followed by the Rome Academy of Fine Arts. Today, I reside and work in Rome.

My artistic expression is rooted in traditional figurative painting but engages with contemporary visual languages. A key feature of my work is the physicality of the objects and figures I depict. The forms are modeled in details, sometimes bordering on hyperrealism, yet removed from their usual contexts. I place them in illusory spaces, where they are distorted, reassembled, and suspended in compositions that feel both dynamic and frozen.

I explore the tension between life and stillness. The living forms - often anthropomorphic or organic - appear frozen, like bodies turned to statues. This sense of suspension creates a feeling of time being paused, as if the moment is held in a fragile balance. The figures might seem familiar, but their stillness disconnects them from life, heightening the contrast between their material presence and their lifelessness.

My work explores the shifting boundaries of identity, the body, and the environment in a world of constant tr...

Florence Academy of Fine Arts
Rome Academy of Fine Arts
Moscow Academic Art College