A delirium of surrealistic dimensions

Hidden behind the mask, could be Anastasia Pilepchuk or any other person tempted to transform her identity in order to access the alternative dimension that the artist walks through, which is as utopian as it is disturbing.

From the designs typical of a distant fantasy, such as the reflective polka-dot headdresses, tribal masks or floral motifs; but also from the bristling, spiky, or even buttoned faces of her first collection—launched in 2018—, one might think that Pilepchuk creates armor for a post-pandemic world. However, for her and her Russian and Burat ancestry, “it’s more about something sacred (...). Rituals and masks are in our DNA,” explains the artist, who, through her own meditative process, explores the other side of the mirror and captures it in threads, capes, spikes, feathers .... you name it.

Her high capacity for introspection and adaptation allows her to mold her appearance, mimicking the environment and time. Proof of this is her second collection, of organic and animal reminiscence, where the designs evolve towards a greater facial discovery and the factions are widened based on filaments. From vegetable masks and floral crowns, she gives way to her latest series, a delirium of pearly bangs and veils of links that takes us to that dreamlike state on which Pilepchuk delves.

In addition to exploring the notions of sublimity and elusion through goldsmithing, the virtuoso of concealment—also co-founder of Areola Magazine and the Areola Models agency—is half of the DJ duo Maiden Obey. Anastasia Pilepchuk is, in short, pure creative ostentation of surreal dimensions.