Tetiana Kartasheva (b. 1989) is a Zurich-based visual artist. Her paintings, graphic works, and installations use an abstract language that comes from the space between instinct and reason, movement and stillness, nature and architecture. Through a minimal visual vocabulary marked by formal precision and careful spatial placement, her work engages the senses directly, setting up conditions for connection and immediacy. Focusing on bodily perception over narrative, and on shared human experience beyond cultural symbolism, she explores themes of memory, self-identification, and belonging.
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
2026 THIS MOMENT, AND THE REST OF TIME [with Zhang Yunfei], Mep, Lucerne / CH
2025 I STEP INTO THE AIR IT HOLDS, Kabinett Visarte, Zurich / CH
2025 THE MEETING POINT, Chapel Kulturhaus Helferei , 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, Zurich / CH
2025 DANCE-REPEAT-DANCE-REPEAT-DANCE [with Seda Hepsev & Lara Russi], HartDurm, Zurich / 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 ANONYMEE 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 THE MOST HATED ARTWOK, Toxi Space, Zurich / CH
2023 WOMEN IN GLOBAL CONTEXT: ART AND UNITY, Photobastei, Zurich / CH
2023 GREEN SALON of the Schaubühne Lindenfels, 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 Residency stay & Stipend, Bahay Contempoaray, Zermatt / CH
2022 Project grant, Kulturstiftung Liechtenstein, Schaan / LI
(CO-)CURATED PROJECTS
2024 ROOM FOR OBSESSIONS, live performances and exhibition, Rote Fabrik, Zurich / CH2023 Artist-to-artist studio visits, imatelier.ch (online)
2022 FRAGILE ARCHITECTURE, Exhibition by SERIA_, Villa Nomad Residency, Zurich / 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)