Tetiana Kartasheva (b. 1989) is a Zurich-based artist working with abstraction and spatial experience. Her practice explores the emotional and psychological resonance of form, often addressing themes of presence, memory, and belonging. Through simplified forms and a restrained palette, her minimalistic paintings, graphic works, and installations create timeless environments that invite introspection.
“For as long as I can remember, my mind has isolated shapes, silhouettes, and patterns I encounter. In my practice, I turn to abstract imagery to study how arrangement, scale, and repetition shape perception. My works are poetic ecosystems for inward reflection, holding space for remembrance and presence. I am drawn to accessible, tactile materials for their elemental nature and the marks they carry. I see balance as a continual act rather than a fixed state, a way to ease anxiety and counter chaos."
EDUCATION
2021 CAS in Curating, Zurich University of the Arts (CH)
2012 Master in Fine and Applied Arts, National Technical University of Ukraine (UA)
2010 Bachelor in Fine Arts, National Technical University of Ukraine (UA)
SOLO SHOWS
2025 I Step Into the Air it Holds, Kabinett Visarte, Zurich (CH)
2025 The Meeting Point, Chapel Kulturhaus Helferei , Zurich (CH)
2025 dance-repeat-dance [with Seda Hepsev & Lara Russi], HartDurm, Zurich (CH)
2023 A Piece of Land and Eternity [with Patricia Bucher], PS:studio, Zurich (CH)
2023 Silver Thread [with Elena Corvaglia], UnOrt, Zurich (CH)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Room for a View, Bahay Contemporary, Zermatt (CH)
2025 Nun, da Himmel und Erde und Winde Ruhen, Helmhaus, Zurich (CH)
2025 Architecture Festival Zurich, Zenralwäscherei, Zurich (CH)
2025 Einsichten, Kupper Modern, Zürich (CH)
2025 Riders Art Residency Group Show, Riders Art Space, Laax (CH)
2025 Surrealist Salon - Fever Dream, Dolder Waldhaus, Zurich (CH)
2024 Timeless Expressions, Bahay Contemporary x Anggrek Agency, Zurich (CH)
2024 A Letter From A Friend, Bacio Offspace, Bern (CH)
2024 Anonyme Zeichner:innen, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
2024 Line Of Art, Open Air Sculpture Festival, Erlenbach (CH)
2024 Einsichten, Kupper Modern, Zurich (CH)
2024 Room For Obsessions, Rote Fabrik, Zurich (CH)
2024 Picnic At The Park, CoinCoin, Zurich (CH)
2024 Sleep, Villa Nomad Residency, Zurich (CH)
2023 The Secret Garden, Bahay Contemporary, Zermatt (CH)
2023 ZW2 Festival, Zenralwäscherei, Zurich (CH)
2023 Breathing Spaces, Bahay Contemporary, Geneva (CH)
2023 Most Hated Artwork, Toxi Space, Zurich (CH)
2023 Women in Global Context: Art and Unity, Photobastei, Zurich (CH)
2023 Green Salon of the Schaubühne Lindenfels at the Leipzig Book Fair, Leipzig (DE)
GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2025 Project Grant, Katrin Bechtler Foundation, Zurich (CH)
2025 Residency stay, Foundation Kloster Dornach, Dornach (CH)
2025 RAR Art Residency stay & Stipend, Laax (CH)
2025 Project grant, Elisabeth Weber Foundation, Zurich (CH)
2025 Project grant, Ernst und Olga Gubler-Hablützel Foundation, Lausanne (CH)
2024 Research stay, Sitterwerk Foundation, St. Gallen (CH)
2024 Residnecy stay & Stipend, Bahay Contempoaray, Zermatt CH
2022 Project grant, Kulturstiftung Liechtenstein (LI)
(CO-)CURATED PROJECTS
2024 Room For Obsessions, live performances and exhibition, Rote Fabrik
2023 Artist-to-artist studio visits, imatelier.ch (online)
2022 Fragile Architecture, Exhibition by SERIA__, Villa Nomad Residency (CH)
2021 Are we all here? Exploring Embodied Virtuality Today, Group Exhibition, OnCurating Project Space, Zurich (CH)
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
15/12/2025 Postcollapse.art, Ilknur Demirkoparan, In Conversation with Tetiana Kartasheva. Zurich (CH)
10/10/2025 Where Flowers Bloom Magazine #7, Artur Strupka, Interview and Feature. Locarno (CH)
01/09/2025 rûm, Issue °VII, Feature. Graz (AU)
11/09/2025 Architectural Digest, Valentina Lonati, Zurich Design Weeks: il fascino di un festival giovane, intimo e tutto Made in Switzerland. Milan, (IT)
11/12/2024 Tagblatt Zürich, Kati Moser, Die Natur Als Inspiration. Zurich (CH)
18/09/2024 Zürichsee-Zeitung, Til Erzinger, Warum in Küsnacht und Erlenbach Plötzlich Bunte Objekte Stehen. Wädenswil (CH)
24/10/2024 (publ.) Sitterwerk Foundation, BiblioZine #0578 “Als Zweite Natur“. St. Gallen (CH)