Bright and bold with an emphasis on texture, Anastasia Zielinski’s art is a celebration of the natural world.
The artist in her studio at INSCAPE ARTS Seattle, photo by Nate Gowdy
BIO
Anastasia Zielinski is a multidisciplinary artist, arts educator, and owner of FREAK’N ART, a community studio in Bend, Oregon. Her work spans painting, fiber-based collage, and installation, exploring materiality and place. She earned her BFA from Pratt Institute and has exhibited nationally and internationally, including site-specific installations for INSCAPE Arts, Shunpike’s Storefront Seattle, Spaceworks Tacoma, and CLAVO. She has participated in residencies with Casa Lü, eeeee, and New Pacific Studio, and received the 2023 Jerry Goldstein Foundation Award. In 2026, she curated Nourish, a benefit auction for Family Kitchen in Bend, Oregon, and presented the solo exhibition Discovering Home at Cindy and Duncan Campbell Gallery in Sisters, Oregon. She lives and works in Central Oregon.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work explores the natural world and our connection to it. Time spent outside is vital to my wellbeing and artistic practice. My process starts with walking meditations. As I move, surroundings dissolve into patterns of color and light. I experience a sense of wonder, creative energy, and a desire to share these positive sensations with others. Through my art I document the plant life of public spaces, gardens, parks, and open lands. Rather than highlight grand vistas and panoramas, I focus on the varieties of vegetation that thrive in the often-overlooked areas along my walks. I am particularly drawn to moments of overgrowth and density, where there is no foreseeable end to the foliage. These mysterious environments inspire dense, detailed compositions that spark wonder and captivate the viewer.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Discovering Home, The Cindy & Duncan Campbell Gallery, Sisters, OR (upcoming)
2023 Silent Reverie, The Loft, Bend, OR
2021 Verdant, eeeee, Mexico City, MX
2006 Chinatown Series, BAMA Galleries, Hoboken, NJ
INSTALLATIONS
2021 Jardín Secreto, with Casa Lü at CLAVO, Mexico City, MX
2018 Head in the Clouds, Spaceworks Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
2017 Rainbow Showers, INSCAPE Arts, Seattle, WA
2015 Light, Bright, Heavy, Spaceworks Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
2014 Good Time, Iron Door Gallery, Seattle WA
It Begins, Storefronts Seattle, Seattle, WA
2013 Just a Glimpse, Studio 226 INSCAPE Arts, Seattle, WA
The Setting Sun, Studio 226 INSCAPE Arts, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Inaugural Show, Dry Canyon Community Art Center, Redmond, OR
2025, 2023 Artist Trust Benefit Art Gala, Seattle, WA
2024 Wild, PXP Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
2021 Color Field: Green, dodomu gallery, online
Continuuum, Casa Lü, Mexico City, MX
2020 Visual Impressions 2020, Ryan James Fine Arts, Seattle, WA
Congruence, I LIKE YOUR WORK, online
2017 12 X 12, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
Woolgathers, Rosen Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Open Call II, Lorimoto Gallery, Ridgewood, NY
35 Live: CoCA Members' Show, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2015 Shadow Box, Ghost Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Fiber X Five, Westhaven Center for the Arts, Trinidad, CA
Pulp, Lorimoto Gallery, Ridgewood, NY
2012 Fall Art Show, Bemis Arts, Seattle, WA
2009 Top Ten, The Wit Gallery, Dallas, TX
2008 GLAAD OUT Auction, The Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
1st Annual Represent Brooklyn, TRA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Summer Preview, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2006 71st Annual Fine Art Exhibition, Polish Museum of America, Chicago, IL
2005 Life in a Time of Decadence, Cork Gallery, The Lincoln Center, NY, NY
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & REWARDS
2023 Jerry Goldstein Foundation Award
2021 eeeee, Mexico City, Mexico
Casa Lü, Mexico City, Mexico
2007 New Pacific Studio, Mt. Bruce, New Zealand
PRESS
Ignoring the Naysayers, Bold Journey, September 26, 2024
FREAK'N ART & Book-A-Librarian, Deschutes Public Library YouTube, August 9, 2024
101 Art Book Floral Edition 2024, August 2024, page 24
Meet Anastasia Zielinski | Visual Artist and Art Educator, owner of FREAK’N ART, SHOUTOUT LA, June 10, 2024
Sarah Mills, Finding Beauty in the Overlooked: Paintings, Collages, and Installations by Anastasia Zielinski, create! Magazine daily blog, June 4, 2024
Conduit Of Joy, Bend Magazine, March/April 2024, page 109-111
Anastasia Zielinski, create! MAGAZINE, issue #40, December 2023, page 68-71
Sarah Mills, Vibrant Multi Layered Mixed Media Paintings By Anastasia Zielinski, create! MAGAZINE, May 15, 2021
Lisa Kinoshita, “Artifice Trumps Nature in Two New Artscapes”, SPACEWORKS Tacoma blog, January 26, 2015
Branden Duncan, “INSCAPE ARTS: June Open Studios”, Art Scene Seattle blog, June 24, 2014
Byron Carr, Anastasia Zielinski, Byron Likes Art blog, December 14, 2014
“Mixed Media Master”, Eureka Time-Standard, January 13, 2012, B1
EDUCATION
2005 B.F.A. with a minor in art history from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2004 The International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture, Umbria, Italy
2000 Savannah College of Art and Design, Rising Star Program, Savannah, GA
Upcoming Events
Ongoing - Verdant, gouache paintings by Anastasia Zielinski at FREAK’N ART, Bend, OR