Viviene Astakhova

Hi, I’m Viviene — an artist from St. Petersburg.
My artistic journey began in art school and later continued at the Artistic and Aesthetic Lyceum, where I immersed myself in drawing, painting, composition, architectural design, and art history. With a strong foundation in academic techniques, creativity has gradually become much more than a profession for me — it is now a way of life.
In my work, I explore ideas that many people rarely pause to consider: the quiet independence of nature, the strength of the human mind, and the fragile balance between the two. I love experimenting with form and volume to show how small we are before the forces of nature. For example, we can never touch the sky — so in my paintings, it often appears flat, without volume. Light behaves the same way: we cannot hold it, we can only see the shadows it creates as it meets the shape of an object.
My art brings together the poetry of light and shadow, subtle symbolism, and the extraordinary beauty found both in nature and in human creations. I strive to create works that invite viewers to look a little deeper, feel a bit more, and perhaps see the world in a new way.

Exhibitions:
2015 Moscow, Central House of Artist
2015 Paris, Louvre, Carrousel du Louvre
2019 Sochi, NewArtFest
2020 Saint-Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Union of Artist
2020 Novosibirsk, Gallery “Private Collection"
2020 Novosibirsk, Akademgorodok, Russian Academy of Sciences
2021 Saint-Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Union of Artist
2023 First personal exhibition in Moscow. "Посвящается любви"