Ted Vasin
Painting


Brief Description


Ted Vasin is a San Francisco-based artist who works in painting and sound. His work attacks the phenomenon of the psychological spectrum and its possibilities of expansion and transcendence. On the canvas a collision of hyper-realism and technologically produced abstractions proposes an intersection where the organic self and the physical world must come to terms. Vasin's work is vulnerable and visceral often relying on the grotesque in an attempt to encapsulate a moment and fuse it with the mind; there are toilets, phalli and insects all rendered with the reverence of a 17th century Dutch still life painter. This imagery along with self portraits and iconic pop culture objects offer the viewer something familiar, a point of entry into the picture and down the rabbit hole--asking for and often provoking participation in the shared sensory perception of the human experience. While the artworks are a place for connection, they are also a visual anthology with a recurring index of computer generated forms plucked from the artist's imagination, concurrently questioning and reaffirming the idea of an archetypal universe. The artist's own body often becomes a frame of reference for a sentient existence--the intersection of its limitations (mortality), and its abilities (creation) are starting points in the artist's practice and its continual attempt to transcribe and chronicle the depths and boundaries of consciousness.



Born and educated in Moscow, Vasin has exhibited for nearly two decades both internationally and statewide including shows at the 101/exhibit, Limm Art Gallery, Davis Art Center, artMRKT Hamptons, Frey Norris Gallery, Tarryn Teresa Gallery, Sotheby's New York, Tel Aviv and Amsterdam, Stanford Art Spaces and more. He was an artist-in-residence at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, exhibiting at the Palace of the Legion of Honor and the De Young Art Center. In 2006 Vasin was a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. His work has been reviewed by the ArtWeek, San Francisco Chronicle, ArtSlant and has been featured in Hi-Fructose Magazine, American Art Collector, New American Paintings, Fashion Week Magazine, Wired Magazine as well as online in Juxtapoz, and Beautiful/Decay.

 
Resume/CV
Education



1986



Moscow Art College, Moscow, Russia





Awards and Residencies



2010



Creative Capacity Fund, Quick Grant Program



2006



The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant



2002, 2003



Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Residency





Solo Exhibitions



2012



"Poison Bliss", 101/exhibit, Miami, FL



2008



"Non-Local Cues", Tarryn Teresa Gallery, Santa Monica, CA



"Paintings and Sound", Davis Art Center, Davis, CA



"Paintings and Sound", Limn Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA



2005



"Mathematical Perfection", Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA



2003



"Ted Vasin, Artitst In Residence", California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA



2002



"Ted Vasin, Artitst In Residence", De Young Art Center, San Francisco, CA



"Ted Vasin, Artitst In Residence", California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA



"Overpass", Suarez Gallery, San Francisco, CA



1996



"To the Light", Bauhaus Gallery, San Francisco, CA





Group Exhibitions



2012



Group Show 4, 101/exhibit, Miami, FL



2011



2011 artMRKT Hamptons, 101/exhibit



"Emerge…" 101/exhibit, Miami, FL



2010



SCOPE Miami, 101/exhibit, Miami, FL



Group Show, 101/exhibit, Miami, FL



"Spring Group Show", LIMN Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA



2009



"Bay Area Annual", Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA



2007



"Summer Group Show", Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA



"Arcadia 2007", California Modern Gallery, San Francisco, CA



Los Angeles Art Show, Frey Norris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA



2006



Art LA, Frey Norris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA



"Summer Group Show", Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA



Bridge Art Fair, Frey Norris Gallery, Miami, FL



2005



"Bay Area Annual", Pacifica Center for the Arts, Pacifica, CA



"Summer Group Show", Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA



AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Frey Norris Gallery, New York, NY



2004



"Summer Group Show", Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA



AAF Contemporary Art Fair, Frey Norris Gallery, New York, NY



2003



"ArtSpan Selections", Mills Building, San Francisco, CA



"New Introductions", Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA



2002



"International Young Art 2002", ArtLink@Sotheby's, Sotheby's Tel Aviv, Israel



"International Young Art 2002", ArtLink@Sotheby's, Sotheby's Amsterdam, Netherlands



"International Young Art 2002", ArtLink@Sotheby's, Elisabeth Foundation Center, New York, NY



2001



"2001: An Art Odyssey", Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA



"Autumn Salon", Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA



2000



"Summer Show", Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA



1999



"Grand Opening Exhibition", Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA



1998



Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford, CA





Panel Discussion



2006



"Outside of Fashion", GenArt and Epicenter:Arts, 111 Minna Gallery





Publications / Media





2012



"Vol. 24 Preview" Hi-Fructose, Ted Vasin feature preview, June 19, 2012



"Ted Vasin | Poison Bliss at 101/exhibit" Designitecture, May, 29 2012



SAGL, "Ted Vasin’s ‘Poison Bliss’" Cromeyellow, May, 29 2012



Susan Williamson, "What To Wear To Wynwood's Hottest Galleries" Refinery29, May 24, 2012



Jordan Melnick, "Art walk guide: Poison Bliss @ 101 exhibit" BeachedMiami, May 8, 2012



Sabine, "Plug In by Ted Vasin" Mocoloco, May 4, 2012



"Must See Paintins Shows: May" New American Paintings blog, May 3, 2012



Kathleen Elise, "Free Events This Week: Poison Bliss, Out of Place, Eclipse" Miami New Times, April 30, 2012



Zach Tutor, "Ted Vasin" Supersonic Electronic, April 27, 2012



Jenifer Mangione Vogt, "Miami's Spring Standouts" Artlog, April 24, 2012



Carlos Suarez De Jesus, "Smokin' Arts: Ten Works in Miami Best Viewed While Stoned" Miami New Times, April 20, 2012



Attaboy, "Ted Vasin’s Poison Bliss" Hi-Fructose, April 16, 2012



"Ted Vasin: Poison Bliss" Flavorpill, April 14, 2012



Richard Scarry & Chippy Coates, "Miami's Spring Standouts" Daily du Jour, April 14, 2012



"Ted Vasin" UnDo, April 14, 2012



"Ted Vasin: Poison Bliss at 101/Exhibit Gallery " FAD, April 14, 2012



"Ted Vasin “Poison Bliss” at 101 Exhibit" SoFlaNights, April 13, 2012



Amanda McCorquodale, "Second Saturday Art Walk Guide: April" The Huffington Post, April 12, 2012



"Ted Vasin" adondelaviste, April 12, 2012



Abhilasha Singh, "Watchlist Artist: Ted Vasin" ArtSlant, April 11, 2012



"101/ Exhibit presents Ted Vasin Poison Bliss" Artefuse, April 10, 2012



Jeff, "Ted Vasin" Booooooom, April 4, 2012



Vitalina Egereva, "Ted Vasin - yarky i vesenny" Borsche, April 4, 2012



JJJ, "Ted Vasin. Poison Bliss – Miami – Florida" International Art News, April 2012



"The illustrations by Ted Vasin" Design You Trust, April 2012



"Ted Vasin. Poison Bliss" in American Art Collector, Issue 78, pages 112-113, April 2012



"101/exhibit in Miami to present Ted Vasin - Poison Bliss" Art Knowledge News, March 27, 2012



"Ted Vasin" Art & Artworks, March 17, 2012



"The Art of Ted Vasin" Juxtapoz, March, 16 2012



QRieuZ, "Ted Vasin" Au-Secours, March 10, 2012



"Ted Vasin - Poison Bliss" Art Week, March 8, 2012



"Ted Vasin" Grab Magazine, Issue 14, pages 14-21, March 2012



2011



"Moscú is alive?" in ARTyCool, November 2011



Stephanie, "Spotlight On: Artist Ted Vasin" in Platinum Cheese, November 2011



Ken Harman, "New works by Ted Vasin" in Hi-Fructose, October 2011



Dmitry Bezouglov, Feature Interview, Fashion Week Magazine, September 2011



Interview Artflow Magazine, Issue 8, pages 22-25, August 2011



Darcy Johnson T-SQUAT, July 2011



MOCT Magazine, Issue 2, pages 75-80, July 2011



Poets/Artists Magazine, Voulume 4, Issue 4, pages 37-41, July 2011



Skypenguin, July 2011



Magpie Magazine, Issue 2, pages 50-57, July 2011



The Young Artists' Collective, blog post, June 2011



Moloko+ , June 2011



DOUX Magazine, Issue 7, pages 80-93, June 2011



"Ted Vasin Paintings", Panoplya, April 2011



Semi-Permanent, 2011 Book, first edition



Johny Screams, "Brain Storm in Acrylics, amplified sound effects in the paintings", Kulturologia.ru, February 2011



2010



Rooms Magazine, #03, December 2010



Six Years Later, Issue One, December 2010



New American Paintings, Volume 91, December 2010



Christopher, "Work of Ted Vasin", Art Fucks Me, December 2010



Rucha, "Who Is Ted Vasin", My Street, December 2010



Alex, "Ted Vasin", It's Nice That, December 2010



Sophia Chen, "ART: Ted Vasin", Sick of the Radio, October 2010



Meisy Cheong, "Ted Vasin | Get Lost", Feature Interview ACCLAIM Magazine, October 2010



Julie, "Ted Vasin", Beautiful/Decay, October 2010



Wylo, "Ted Vasin Paintings", Cool Material, September 2010



Armida, "Intense Art Composites - Painter Ted Vasin's Works are Undeniably Surreal ", Trend Hunter, September 2010



"The Latest from Ted Vasin" in Juxtapoz, September, 2010



"Ted Vasin: Fresh for 2010" in Juxtapoz, May 2010



Ken, "The Art of Ted Vasin" in Hi-Fructose, April 2010



2009



Kendrick Daye, "Circles: An Interview With Ted Vasin" in Art Nouveau Magazine, September 2009



"Ted Vasin: Non-Local Cues" on Integral Naked, September 2009



Seth Curcio, "Ted Vasin" in Daily Serving, May 2009



Dormain Geyer, "Ted Vasin Interview" in Arteaser, April 2009



2008



Katie Barnes, "The Sound of Art - "Non-Local Cues" Make Sense in Local Gallery" in LAsThePlace, September 2008



"Ted Vasin: Non-Local Cues at Tarryn Teresa Gallery" in Russian Life magazine, August 2008



"Ted Vasin Solo Exhibit" in Beautiful Decay, September 2008



"Ted Vasin at LIMN Gallery", Sound Performance Video in Art Ltd. Magazine, Sept. 2008



Aimee C. Reed, "Ted Vasin at LIMN Gallery" in ArtWeek, September 2008



Nicole Docimo, "Alternate Realities" in The Davis Enterprize, July 2008



Jackson Yan, "Speaking Through Art" in The California Aggie, 2008



Shoka, "Sight of Sound", in The Sacramento News & Review, July 2008



"Russian Artist Ted Vasin Exhibition Featured at Davis Art Center", in Art Daily, July 2008



Erie Vitiello, "Sound, Art will share the vibe", in The Davis Enterprize, June, 2008



Andy Richie, "Ted Vasin @ Limn Art Gallery", in ArtSlant, June, 2008



"Ted Vasin: Paintings and Sound presented at Limn Gallery", in Art Knowledge News, June 2008



Rayhan Harmanci, "An Abstract Mind" in 96 Hours of SF Chronicle, June, 2008



Isaac Amala, "Ted Vasin Paintings and Sound at LIMN", ArtBusiness, June 2008



"Ted Vasin at LIMN Gallery", Sound Performance Video in Culture-Surfer, June 2008



2007



"Ted Vasin Paintings with Hypersonic Sound", in Art Knowledge News, August 2007



"HyperSonic Sound Accompanies New Vasin Painting at Frey Norris Gallery", in Art Daily, August 2007



2005



"The Future Is a No-Show" in WIRED Magazine, July 2005



Sheila Macho, "Cover Impressions: Reprogramming of Mental Preprogramming - Ted Vasin", Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, May 2005



Sabine, "Edge of Your Carpet" in Art MoCo, April, 2005



Joyce Slaton, "Mathematical Perfection" in SF Weekly, March 2005



2003



New American Paintings, Volume 43, January 2003



2002



Renee Baldocchi, Wei Fang, "Ted Vasin - Artist and Performer", in Fine Arts Magazine, Fall 2002



"Ted Vasin at Suarez Gallery", Gallery Guide, May 2002



Catalog, International Young Art 2002 ArtLink at Sotheby's



2001



New American Paintings, Volume 31, 2001



2000



Chris Rooney, "Art goes high-tech", in Marin Scope, July 2000



P.C., "My friend Picasso" in Where: San Francisco, October 2000



1998



Kate Manning, "A trio of Styles", Palo Alto Weekly, 1998



1997



David Gefter, "Vernisage" in Vzgliad Weekly, 1997



Afrikhan Davies, "Artist Ted Vasin", Jazz Line, TV show, 1997



Collections



C-Collection, Switzerland

 
Awards and Accolades
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant


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