Polianina Vasilisa — a contemporary Belarusian artist, illustrator, author of the book "Kupalle".
In 2009, she graduated from the Belarusian State University with a degree in "Design." After that, she spent two years in Weimar (Germany), where she interned in the workshop of artist Walter Sachs. In 2017, she became a participant in the "Young Writers' Residence," which took place in Vilnius. And in 2019, she received a scholarship in the 'Gaude Polonia' program, organized in Warsaw. Currently, the artist lives and works in Minsk.
Experimenting with techniques and directions in art, Vasilisa Polyanina is searching for a connection between the animal and the sexual, interested in the origins of human evolution.
Selected Exhibitions
2015 Personal exhibition "Water as such". National Center for Contemporary Art, Minsk, Belarus
2015 "Selfie". Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus
2016 Personal Exhibition "Water as such. Part 2". Ventspils Beach, Latvia
2016 "Be like 'I'". Gallery Ў, Minsk, Belarus
2017 Participation in the performance "The Problem That Doesn't Exist" (art group "Polyanina/Pchelka"). Minsk, Belarus
2017 Participation in the performance 'Fertile soil' (art group 'Polyanina/Pchelka'). Festival 'Memory Lands', B#S Gallery, Treviso, Italy
2017 "You can't be too careful". Exhibition space "TSEKH", Minsk, Belarus
2018 "Here and Now". Exhibition space "Squat", Minsk, Belarus
2019 "Local Case". National Center for Contemporary Art, Minsk, Belarus
2020 "Forbidden Zones". Gallery "KH", Brest, Belarus
2020 "Green Corridor". DiDi Gallery, Saint Petersburg
2020 "Putting my hand on my heart". National Botanical Garden, Minsk, Belarus
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