ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Art has always been a very strong part of my identity. My grandfather was a great influence on me in the early years. He ran a small art school in Moscow and was a respected water color painter. After coming to America with my family in 1991, having a direction and a passion for art helped me overcome those confusing first years in a new country.
In my work, along with exploring the visual elements found in the external world of nature, I also focus on the feelings and internal states of consciousness that accompany life's moments of change and transformation. As I implement abstract elements like colorful undulating shapes and lines weaving throughout the painting, I think of the weaving tapestry of life's paths that we encounter and navigate.
As I work, I look for a certain vitality and energy in the final painting, which is why I always have been attracted to vivid colors and meandering lines. I like to have a lot of information in the painting for the viewer's eye to move freely and never get bored.
Transformation and spontaneous change are a part of my work process as well as my subject matter. After I start with an idea that inspires me, the painting inevitably takes a turn, then another and another. Although it is often difficult to let go of my original vision, my job is to embrace those changes because I know it is a way towards a better piece of art.
Making art reminds me of how important it is to submit to the flow of life and let go of my expectations and demands. I always enjoy the process of collaboration between the painting and myself. The highlight of the journey is discovering the final result that my initial inspiration brings about.
RESUME
EDUCATION
2018 - 2019 De Marcos Fashion Academy, Santa Barbara, CA
2006 - 2012 Tom Wudl Studio, Los Angeles, CA
1999 B.F.A. in Fine Arts, Otis College of Art and Design
1995 - 1999 Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
SOLO SHOWS
2019 New Botanics, Person Ryan Gallery, Summerland, CA
2017 SB CAST, Studio C, Santa Barbara, CA
2016 Ojai Art Center, Ojai, CA
2016 Gaia's Path, Palm Loft, Carpinteria, CA
2014 Pulse of Line, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
2013 ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Pulse of Line, Karpeles Manuscript Museum, Shreveport, LA
INSTALLATIONS
2021 Film Tribe, Digital Painting, Film Tribe Production, Atlanta, GA
2020 Sky Dance 2, Digital Painting, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2021 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2020 Printing Artistry, MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, Santa Barbara, CA
2020 The Pritzlaff Conservation Center, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 Let There Be Color, Distinctive Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 Color Line Form, Izen Miller Gallery on El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA
2017 Art & Fashion, St. John Boutique on El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA
2017 Multiplicity, Izen Miller Gallery on El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA
2016 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2015 Neoteric International Exhibition, The HUD Gallery/Dab Art, Ventura, CA
2015 Firgure, CASA Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2015 A Step into Spring, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2014 Holidaze Group Show, Galerie 102, Ojai, CA
2014 Feast Your Eyes, The Arts Fund, Santa Barbara, CA
2014 LAX WAX, Santa Barbara Tennis Club, Santa Barbara, CA
2014 Nature vs. Nurture, Galerie 102, Ojai, CA
2013 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2013 A Bee's World, Two person show, Ca'Dario Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2013 Affordable Art Fair, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
2013 Encore Angel, Santa Barbara Tennis Club, Santa Barbara, CA, Award of Merit
2013 2-D & 3-D Works Exhibition, LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton, CA
2013 National All Media Exhibition, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
2013 In Her Minds Eye, Santa Barbara Tennis Club, Santa Barbara, CA
2013 12th Annual Juried Open, Topanga Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA
2013 Paintings, Paintings, Paintings, Pacific Art League Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2013 Affordable Art Fair, Metropolian Pavilion, New York, NY
2012 100 Grand, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 Birth of Color, Arts & Recreation Center, Baldwin Park, CA
2012 Holiday Collectible Exhibition, Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 In Tune, Palm Loft Gallery, Carpinteria, CA
2012 Timeless Meditations, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ, Award of Merit
2012 Peace, Love, Grace, Juried Show, Palm Loft Gallery, Carpinteria, CA
2012 Santa Barbara Studio Artists Show, Santa Barbara Frame Shop and Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 Standard Deviation, Pop up Show of Alternative Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 New Growth: Two person show, Corridan Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 Collector’s Choice Show, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA
2011 Holiday Blue, Palm Loft Gallery, Carpinteria, CA
2001 Organic Aesthetics, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
1998 LA Countywide Arts Open House, Los Angeles, CA
MURALS
2017 Jardin de las Rosas, Peoples' Self-Help Housing and Santa Barbara Arts Fund, Santa Barbara, CA
1999 Anomaly Factory ll, Private Hollywood Hills Club, Sponsored by Entertec Inc., Hollywood, CA
LECTURES AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020-Present Art Instructor, Kline Academy of Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Bring Your Tech to the Garden, Intro to Digital Painting, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA
2017 Lunch & Learn, Laguna Blanca Parents' Auxiliary, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2018 "130 Women of Impact in 30 Countries," Paksy Plackis-Cheng, Founder of impactmania
2017 “Laguna Blanca’s Spring Benefit”, Montecito Journal, Vol. 23, March 9-16
2017 Laguna Blanca Magazine @steelcitypress.com
2016 “Featured Artist: Masha Keating, Painter,” impactmania.com
2016 Hope Ranch Living Magazine, Resident Spotlight
2015 "Осознание" (Consciousness) Poems by Boris Kornfeld
2014 Artist Interview: Masha Keating and Galerie 102”, theojai.net
2013 "Stories We Tell" catalog for the Women's Caucus for Art
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2017 Painted Smirnoff, Studio C, SBCAST
2017, 2016 Hospice of Santa Barbara
2017, 2016 “Off the Wall”, Women’s Board of Santa Barbara Museum of Art
2017, 2016 “VADA Draw”
2016 Arts Fund Mentorship Program
ORGANIZATIONS
2018, 2017 Women of Impact, impactmania
2017, 2016 Santa Barbara Studio Artists
2016 WOCA, Women of Contemporary Art