TASIMENOVA
Gallery
Pessimism
Gzhel Girls
Surveillance
Sypher
Surround
3D Design
Typography
Centquatre VI
Painting
Selected Works
Illustration
kamilatasimenova@gmail.com
@kuumiilaa
MODEL I
Gzhel Girls explores the intersection of fragility, aesthetics, and womanhood through body art inspired by traditional Russian Gzhel ceramics. The project transforms the female body into a living canvas, adorned head to toe in intricate blue patterns reminiscent of porcelain — both delicate and decorative. This visual language speaks to the way femininity has often been framed as something to be admired, preserved, and displayed, qualities that are easily warped as negative when needed. Through photography, an artist book, and a short essay film, the work reflects on personal experiences and questions whether beauty is a form of empowerment or confinement, the painted body used as a metaphor for the tension between strength and vulnerability.
SFX makeup painted by hand onto model.
Artist Book swiss-bound, acetate, munken
FRESCO
Commission work
NAILBED
The idea behind the work lies within the objects' meanings, both as indexical signs, and symbolic ones. An egg is often perceived as a sign of new life, preciousness, and vulnerability. A nail conveys rigidness, danger, and violence. A nest has become a synonym for 'home'. Incompatible concepts present as an unlikely match, to comment on the significance of a familial environment and the impacts it may have on a child. The miniature demonstrates how fragile, impressionable and responsive a child is to their parents or guardians. It represents how damage brought on by the 'home' can leave irreversible cracks.