Anasyasiya was born in Eastern Europe and immigrated with her parents to the US in her teens. She started drawing and painting in her early childhood and received a figure-based atelier training growing up. While teaching architecture she has pursued a painting career over the last decade. She has been awarded recognitions by the European Museum of Modern Art, National Portrait Society, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Poets Artists, the Beautiful Bizarre, Goss183 publication, and others. Currently, Anastasiya is pursuing her PhD in visual arts with a dissertation on the role of hand drawing in the politics of architectural environment.