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ANASTASIYA CHYBIREVA FENDER

EDUCATION 

09.2014-06.2016. University of Texas at Arlington SOA. Masters of Architecture. TX

09.2007-09.2012. The Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art. BArch. NY

09.2005-09.2006. Bennington College. Liberal Arts. VT

09.2003-08.2005. Huntington School of Fine Arts. Studio Art. NY 

ADDITIONAL TRAINING 

2022 Mimetic Instruction in Poetry and Literature Workshop.

2022  Progymnasmata workshop.

2022 Big Five Personality Course.

2021 Workshop with Annie Murphy Robinson

2020 Mentorship with Stephen Bauman

2020 The Art MBA-selected for global program that sets the standard of professionalism for artists

2019 Masterclass in Iconography with Theodoros Papadoupolos

2019 Tina Garrett Workshop

2019 Jennifer Balkans Workshop

2018-2019 Mentorship with with Scott Waddell

2016-2018 Watt Atelier. Classical Fine Art School

2007-2012 Mentorship with Sue Ferguson Gussow

2005 Analogue Film School Intensive. NYSSSA. 

PROFESSIONAL 

06.2017-PRESENT. FREELANCE ARTIST . Art, Illustration, Iconography, Teaching. 

09.2014-01.2022. ADJUNCT PROFESSOR . University of Texas at Arlington. Teaching Architecture, Drawing and Design Studios 

09.2013-2019. CONSULTANT. FK Design. Visualization and Architectural design. 

02.2018-06.2018. INSTRUCTOR . Hull Academy of Art. Taught drawing and composition

09.2012-08.2013. INSTRUCTOR/TEACHER. Huntington Fine Arts. Taught Drawing, Sculpture, and Painting Classes

09.2009-06.2010. INSTRUCTOR/TEACHER . Cooper Union Saturday Program. Taught Drawing classes to high school students 

SHOWS and RECOGNITION 

07.2023 Three Works Selected. International Biennial Portrait Competition. Wausau MoCA.

12. 2022 WINNING ENTRY. Portrait Society of America. Members Only Competition. 

10.2022 SEMI FINALIST in 16th International Salon. Art Renewal Center.

02.2022 Byzantine Arts Festival, Carrollton, Texas.

05.2020 MEAM, European Museum of Modern Art. Figurativas, formally admitted. 

04.2020 Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, International Biannual Portrait  Competition, Finalist.

02.2021 Art Renewal Center Associate Living Master. 

12.2020 FINALIST in 15th International Salon. Art Renewal Center

03.2020 The Razor Edge Show. 33Contemporary 

02.2020 Creator and the Muse. 

12.2019 FINALIST. Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition

10.2019 SOLO SHOW. Artwheel Studio Gallery. TX

10.2019 ANJE 3rd Annueal Juried Competition. Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art


09.2019 ONLINE EXCLUSIVE. The Art of the Nude. 33Contemporary.

04.2019 FAVE15 Boldbrush Award Competition. FASO.

01.2019 FINALIST Circle Foundation of the Arts. Artist Of The Year Award.

01.2019 HONARABLE MENTION Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists. Classical Portraiture  in Digital Age. Bendheim Gallery of the Greenwich Arts Council, CT 

01.2019 GROUP SHOW Portrait Society of America. Chandor Gardens, Weatherford,TX

11.2018 FINALIST Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition

10.2018 FINALIST Global Art Awards, Dubai.

06.2018 FACEOFF Portrait Society of America, Dallas, Overture.

09.2018. GROUP EXHIBIT. Portrait Society of America at Breckenridge Fine Arts 

10.2017 FACEOFF Portrait Society of America, Dallas, Hull Art Academy.

12.2016 FACEOFF Portrait Society of America, Dallas, Milan Gallery.

05.2016 OPEN JURIES SHOW 3rd place in Dry Media Category. Trinity Arts Guild, Bedford  TX.

06.2015 FINALIST KROB WORLDWIDE DRAWING COMPETITION . Dallas TX.

06.2015 WINNER OF PAINTING COMMISSION. Opera Singer Oil on Canvas 5’ x 8’. Private    Collection

05.2015 GROUP SHOW UTA, Arlington, TX

05.2015 PANELIST. At Open Citi book launch by Diane Lewis. MoMA, NY, NY 

11.2014 FINALIST. KROB WORLDWIDE DRAWING COMPETITION . Dallas TX. 

10.2014 DRAWING FROM THE ARCHIVE . RETROSPECTIVE . Cooper Union . NY, NY. 

10.2014 INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL COMPETITION . NY, NY. 

04.2015 HENRY JAMES AWARD . AIA National award for professional and academic   achievement 

SCHOLORSHIPS 

09.2014 FULL SCHOLARSHIP UTA SOA. University of Texas . Arlington TX. Recipient of the full scholarship and a stipend for the graduate professional degree in architecture.

05.2006 FULL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CU. Cooper Union . New York NY. Recipient of the full scholarship for undergraduate professional degree in architecture.

 05.2005 FULL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP NYSSSA. First place NY State film competition. Full scholarship for the analogue film intensive study. Ithaca. New York NY.

05.2003 FULL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP HSFA. Drawing competition grand prize. Full scholarship for the studio art intensive study. Huntington . New York NY. 

ART PUBLICATIONS 

03.2020 The Razor Edge Show. GOSS183 

05.2020 Creator and the Muse Publication. GOSS183

10.2019. History of Charm. GOSS183

09.2019. Annual Juried National Competition Catalogue. GOSS183

08.2019. FEATURE. Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. 08.2019. THE GAZE. Poets Artists. GOSS183

06.2019. PAINTING THE FIGURE NOW. Poets Artists. GOSS183

 09.2019. ADORN ME. Poets Artists Publication. GOSS183 

05.2015. OPEN CITY. book by Diane Lewis. NY, NY 

MEMBERSHIPS 

05.2014-PRESENT National Portrait Society 

10.2018-PRESENT Poets Artists 

02.2021 – PRESENT Art Renewal Center,  Associate Living Master. 

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