Nastya Zharko

I am Nastya Zharko, an artist from Kazakhstan who has lived in India, Georgia, Russia, Thailand. I love different cultures, the mix of real ones with those
where I travel virtually.
The experience of interacting with people from different cultures helped me to delve deeper into the main theme of my work - awareness.
Awareness is the topic that runs through all series of my works.
I wrap up difficult life situations
into innocent images through my own plastic language - "Hedwigs".
This fictional world of distorted characters that were born from the influence of visual pop culture and kitsch
from the 2000s - like a vivid imprint
from childhood.
The Hedwigs help to unpack complex and important issues. Their characters are not scaring viewers away with something unbearable, but on the contrary s how harmless and naive images.
Through Hedwiigs, I can tell stories about people and for people, drawing attention of everyone to the question
“What is really important to me?”

• 2013 — 2018
Kazakh National University of Art/ Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan/ Bachelor in monumental art
• 2015
Imperial Academy of Arts/ Saint-Petersburg, Russia/ International school

•Form of gratitude
2022 Astana, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
(personal exhibition)
•S.O.S.
2022 Almaty, Kazakhstan
(personal exhibition)
•DROP
2021 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (personal exhibion)
•IDEATION
2021 Almaty, Kazakhstan (personal exhibion)
•Absolute art x Bro Kazakhstan
2021 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (group exhibition )
•They live in my head
2017 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (personal exhibition)
•In atmosphere
2016 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (group exhibition)
•Inspired by Bosch
2015 Amsterdam, Nederland (group exhibition)
•Astana art show
2015 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan (group exhibition )