Artist Bio
Anastasiia Hrobova is a Ukrainian-born artist currently based in the United States. Working mostly in painting and mixed media, she explores memory, grief, and the emotional weight of ordinary things. Her work often begins with a quiet feeling or image that won’t leave her alone—something small that asks to be noticed. She creates slowly and intuitively, allowing each piece to unfold rather than forcing it toward a fixed idea.
Much of Anastasiia’s perspective has been shaped by personal experiences of war, migration, and the process of learning to live between places. Painting became a way to process what didn’t fit into language, and over time, it turned into a space where she could hold both the beautiful and the painful without needing to resolve either.
Her work often blends elements of abstraction and symbolism, using texture, contrast, and softness to invite reflection. Rather than offering clear answers, her pieces try to hold space—for pause, for presence, for feeling something quietly but fully.
She recently earned her Associate’s degree in Psychology and is continuing her studies in Creative and Applied Arts, drawn to the ways emotion and expression intertwine through visual storytelling. Anastasiia has exhibited her art in Ukraine, the United States, and Canada, and continues to develop her practice with care and curiosity, believing that even small, honest gestures can carry meaning.