TAJA SPASSKOVA
Taja Spasskova is a multidisciplinary visual artist originally, from Belarus, currently based in Prague, CzechRepublic. Her practice focuses on projects regarding social and spiritual issues. The main mediums Tajas works the most with are photography and abstract drawing. The author’s research is driven by her need to explore topics related to her personal experience, such as transcendence, consciousness, and self. Her work is based primarily on her own mental state, meditative practice, spirituality, and psychology.
Cabinets & Shelving units/Nouveau collection
Limited edition of collectible furniture with pyrography drawings by Taja Spasskova, designed by Jirí Krejcirík. The furniture is inspired by Czech Art Nouveau aesthetics and inter disciplinary artists of that period such as František Bílek. Interdisciplinarity, which was typical for that era ,led to Jiri's and Taja's idea of combining design and drawings, crossing the borders between applied arts and fine arts. Jirí designed the sculptural furniture which Taja etched using a wood burning technique that was typical of the aforementioned period. These influences are present in the limited collection of collectible furniture in which both the design and drawing are related to the era. The furniture is carefully hand-crafted in the Czech Republic with a deep focus on delicate details such as miter joints, beveled edges, soft-touch matte surface finishing ,etc.
Abstract drawings
Taja’s minimalist drawings represent the author's search for the balance of forms, through testing the maximum limits of the medium’s possibilities.
Within her own psychological frameworks of thinking that repeat themselves in a cycle, Spasskova’s drawings and paintings create a transcendent element that reflects the cycle and allows the viewer to go on their own path towards self-reflection.
Photography / selected projects
In her photographic work, Taja reopens issues concerning society and identity.
Her photographs have been published in magazines such as i-D Magazine, The Calvert Journal, MUSÉE MAGAZINE, Phase, CAP740522, L’Œil de la Photographie Magazine, etc.
