CONTACT
For general inquiries art@anastasiatumanova.com
For commissions, please fill out my commission form before contacting me
BIOGRAPHY
Anastasia Tumanova is a Russian American ceramic artist who currently lives and works in Berkeley, California. Her ceramic work is inspired by the flora and natural surroundings of her home in California. She captures the spirit of nature by translating its shapes, patterns, textures, and colors into abstract, dimensional artworks that venerate nature's beauty and bring the outdoors inside.
Tumanova has shown her work at Minnesota Street Project, West Coast Craft, Rare Device, and Oakland First Friday. Some of her corporate clients include The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Google, and Walt Disney World. Anastasia received her Bachelor of Art from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2009, and worked for a decade as a graphic designer before she became a full time ceramic artist. Her training as a designer has informed her process and graphic approach to working with clay. Russian by birth, Anastasia's artwork is influenced by traditional Russian arts: ceramics, enamelware, architecture, lacquerware, textiles, and music.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
My earliest memory of seeing art in my natural surroundings was observing a strand of red currants at my family's dacha in Moscow, Russia and feeling an outpouring of delight. I experience joyful moments like this everyday when observing elegant strands of Eucalyptus, bobbing heads of Nasturtium, and sunny yellow buttercups. I channel these moments of delight in my ceramic arrangements, a medium that allows me to capture color, form, texture, movement, and dimensionality. My artwork is playful, dynamic, and calming. When I create, I improvise like a musician; every artwork is made emotively in the present moment.
CURRICULUM VITAE
SELECT COMMISSIONS
2024 [UPCOMING] Terra Cotta Bells Loom, University of California Medical Center, Orange County, CA
[UPCOMING] Changing Seasons Ginkgo Loom, Private Collection, Guerneville, CA
Evergreen Loom, 18700 N Hayden Road: OSAIC Headquarters, Scottsdale, AZ
Eucalyptus Loom, 560 SW 10th Ave: Davis Wright Tremaine Headquarters, Portland, OR
2023 White Mosaic, Hills Plaza Business Center: Google Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
Stems Mobile Suspension, 500 Montgomery: Taylor Design Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
Gingko Fern Loom, The Smith, Boston, MA
2022 Mandala Wild, Kaiser Permanente: Obstetrics Manteca Medical Offices, Manteca, CA
Eucalyptus Mural, 50 California Street: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA
2021 Living Leaf Mosaic, Hills Plaza Business Center Google Headquarters, San Francisco, CA
Waterfall Looms, Swan Hotel Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL
Diego Rivera Pottery Collection, SFMOMA Museum Store, San Francisco, CA
2019 Blue Reverie (temporary installation), Rare Device, San Francisco, CA
2018 Botanical Symphony (temporary installation), Eleanor Harwood at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 [UPCOMING] East Bay Open Studios, Strawberry Creek Design Center, Berkeley, CA
NARRATIVE + Oakland Art Murmur, Oakland, CA
2019 Oakland First Friday at Local Language SUNFLOWER, Oakland, CA
Rare Device, Blue Reverie, San Francisco, CA
2017 Artspan, Goddesses & Gardens, San Francisco, CA
Tasja P. Presents We Are Clay, Copenhagen, Denmark
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 [UPCOMING] Refined Interiors Fall Show, Duo Exhibition with Forrest Middelton (FLM Ceramics), Berkeley, CA
2019 Group Exhibition, Heron Arts, Sanctuary, San Francisco, CA
2018 Group Exhibition, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Pleasure Garden, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition, West Coast Craft, WCC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibition, First Amendment Gallery, Lately, San Francisco, CA
SELECT PRESS
HENRY, San Francisco Design Center, Ceramic Culture
Remodelista, Meet the Makers
Design Wanted, Unique ceramic murals made by Anastasia Tumanova
In Her Studio Magazine, Autumn Issue The Visual Language of Nature
Luxe Interiors & Design, Earth Works
TEACHING
Handbuilding Interior Design, Strawberry Creek Design Center, Berkeley, CA
Mosaics & Tile, The Potters Studio, Berkeley, CA, Spring 2023
Intermediate Ceramics, Dusted & Blue Ceramic Studio, San Francisco, CA, 2020
Introduction to Ceramics, Clayroom, San Francisco, CA, 2018
After-School Ceramics, The Hamlin School, San Francisco, CA 2018
EDUCATION
2009 BFA Graphic Design, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2006 BA Violin Performance, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL