Anya Gudimova (b. 1995) received her BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2018. Born in a small town near the Black Sea she immigrated to Alaska at age 8, experiences that continue to inform the emotinal and natural alndscapes within her work. Gudimova explores quiet, suspended moments where intimacy and solitude meet, using femininity and vulnerability to reveal both tenderness and unease withint he human experience. her work explores the tension between beauty and darkness through dreamlike paintings where figures exist between exposure and protection, while natural environments feel emotional rather than literal. Through restraint and ambiguity, the paintings invite viewers to linger in moments that feel both tender and unsettling. Gudimova currently lives and works out of Seattle.
Email: anyagudimova@gmail.com
Instagram: @anyagudimova
B. 1995
2018 University of Alaska, Anchorage BA
FEATURES
“New American Paintings” Feature 181, 2026.
“Love Letters” Viewing room with Harsh Collective on Artsy, 2024
“Launching Your Art Career” Podcast Episode with Women United, 2024
“Stained Glass Mural for the Anchorage Museum” Anchorage Daily News 2020
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 | Art Love Salon, Figure Ground Gallery, SEA
2025 | Irresolute, Harsh Collective NYC
2024 | The Collective ||, Visionary Projects NYC
2024 | Once Upon a Midnight, The Factory Seattle
2024 | Friend of a Friend at Seattle Art Press
2024 | Shadows Royal Blue Gallery UK
2023 | Sex and Sensibility Harsh Collective NYC
2023 | Organized Mischief Center on Contemporary Art Seattle, WA
2023 | Sorry not Sorry Slide Gallery Seattle, WA
2023 | Reimagined Center on Contemporary Art Seattle, WA
2021 | Bellevue Museum Art Fair
2021 | Continuation at University of Alaska Anchorage
2020 | Northwest Mystics Center on Contemporary Art Seattle WA
2020 | MSAG online exhibition
2020 | Mural in downtown Anchorage for the Anchorage Museum
2020 | Alaska Biennial exhibition Museum of Anchorage, Alaska
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 | Quiet Moments at the Factory in MoM Seattle, WA
2018 | Intimaci graduate show at UAA, Anchorage, Alaska