Maria Kazanskaya

Russian artist living in San Francisco Bay Area. Most important for me is balancing on the edge, investigation of that uncertain boundary where patterns of paint on canvas turn into an image of an object, and back to patterns of paint, creating an effect of double vision.

- M.F.A., Stroganoff School of Applied Arts, Moscow, Russia
- B.F.A., Samara School of Fine Arts, Samara, Russia

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
"Paradise Lost and Found", one-person show at Palo Alto Studios, Palo Alto, CA. 2025. Jul 20 − Aug 27, 2025
Two-person show, Samovar Hall, Mountain View, CA. Jan 31−Feb 1, 2025
"Route 66 Blues", Mill Valley Community Center, Mill Valley, CA, 2020.
"New Works", Cafe Borrone, Menlo Park, CA, 2019.
“Route 66 Blues”, Mountain View Center for Performing Arts, Mountain View, CA, 2018.
"Metaphysics of Landscape", Samara Regional Museum of Art, Samara, Russia, 2011.
“Game of Life”, Vavilon gallery, Samara, Russia, 2009.
Works on Paper, Stanford University, Tresidder Memorial Union, CA, 2008. Curator: Jeannette Smith-Lows.
"Multifaceted Vision", Mill Valley City Hall, Mill Valley, CA, 2008. Curator: Joan Steidinger.
Floral Retrospective, presented by Terra Nova magazine, San Jose, CA, 2007.
"Water and Rocks", Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR, 2007.
"Water and Rocks", Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, CA, 2007.
"One Kid Show", UC Berkeley YWCA, Berkeley, CA. Curator: Sarah Knox-Miyazaki, 2006.
Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto, CA, 1999.

Selected Museum Exhibitions:
First Place in painting Salon at the Triton 2025, May 17 − Aug 17, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.
Crocker-Kingsley exhibit...