Anna Kutishcheva

Long ago and far away, still in high school, Anna Kutishcheva started to illustrate children’s magazines. Since then, she graduated from Sheridan College, illustrated, painted and told stories for different venues and for a plain fun time.

Anna Kutishcheva graduated from Sheridan College, Advanced Illustration program. Anna is a freelance illustrator, writer and fine artist; her illustrations and paintings appeared in MacLean’s, Ocala Style, Niagara Life, American Art Collector, Fine Art Connoisseur, Arabella and Canadian Brushstroke magazines.

Anna’s love is outdoors, where she spent most of her childhood fishing, boating and hiking numerous trails in the woods and meadows. Anna is trying to catch the ever-changing shapes of nature, creating a multi-layered breezing landscape, the reality of dreams and stories. “I work quickly and emotionally; usually, finding the right mood, light, and state of balance takes much longer than painting itself. North American nature, its unique unspoiled magic, is my constant source of inspiration. The ancient way – feelings your way through nature: shapes of trees and rocks, shadows and lights – gives an excellent opportunity to express your soul. One day and place it’s cheerful, another – miserable and angry, but is always glorious.” Anna paints in acrylic and has exhibited her works in Canada, the USA, and Europe.

Awards

Antoinette (Toni) Stevens Award for Best Acrylic Painting In The Show, 2nd Open National Juried Exhibition of Society of Canadian Artists, Society of Canadian Artists 2017 Elected & Associate Members’ Exhibition Be Square II, at Art Square Gallery in Toronto. Award of Merit, Kaleidoscope of Arts in Burlington Art Centre, Honorable Mention, Kaleidoscope of the Arts. Burlington Art Centre – ‘Judges Choice Award’, Art Gallery of Peel’s 36th Annual Juried Show – ‘People’s Choice Award, finalist of the Landscape Artist of the Year’19

Publications

Arabella Magazine, American Art Collector, Canadian Brushstroke Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, Hamilton Spectator, Bruce Trail Calendar, Inside Halton, National Post

Exhibitions

◆ 2022 Active Member Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver, BC

◆ 2022 Scenes from Western Canada Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver, BC

◆ 2022 On the Edge, Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver, BC

◆ Society of Canadian Artists 2017 Elected & Associate Members’ Exhibition Be Square II, at Art Square Gallery in Toronto. Award of Merit for “Spring Woods”

◆ 2019 The Vancouver Salon, Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver, BC

◆ 2019 O Canada! Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver, BC

◆ 2019 Landscapes, Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver, BC

◆ Society of Canadian Artists 2017 Elected Members Exhibition “Oh Canada – our Home & Native Land”, Gallery 78 in Fredericton, NB

◆ Society of Canadian Artists 2017 Open International ONLINE Exhibition

◆ 2016 AGH art salle

◆ 2017 Society of Canadian Artists Juried National Online Exhibition

◆ 2015 SCA’s Elected Members Juried Exhibition, Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, Alberta

◆ 2014, 2013, 2012 Artist Project Toronto

◆ 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 Art Gallery of Burlington art auction

◆ 2014 Solo Show, Art Gallery of Burlington

◆ 2013 Bruce Trail show, Hamilton

◆ 2012 SCA’s Elected Members Juried Exhibition at The Halifax Club

◆ 2012, 2011, 2010 Art Gallery of Hamilton Fall Art Sale

◆ 2012, Society of Canadian Artists 44th Open National Juried Exhibition, Todmorden Mills, Papermill Gallery

◆ 2012 Solo Show Seasons of Light at the Art Gallery of Bancroft

◆ 2012 Solo Show at Visual Arts Mississauga Emily Carr Gallery

◆ 2011, 2010 ; 2009 McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg

◆ 2012, 2011, 2010 Buckhorn Fine Art Festival

◆ 2011, 138th ONTARIO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS’ Annual Open Juried Exhibition “MEMORY”, John B. Aird Gallery

◆ 2011 Southeastern Wildlife Exposition , Charleston, SC

◆ 2011 Solo Show Bruce Trail Illustrated, Burlington Art Centre

◆ 2010 Solo Show The Element of Water, Julia’s, Oakville

◆ 2010 42nd Open National Juried Exhibition of Society of Canadian Artists, Todmorden Mills, Toronto

◆ 2010 ArtWorks Oakville 11th Annual JURIED SHOW, Oakville

◆ 2010 , 2009, 2008 Art Gallery of Mississauga 6th Annual Art Auction

“Anna Kutishcheva is a painter well known for her ability to convey significant depth within the field of landscape painting… Her compositions are extremely well rendered, but it is her celebration of tone and hue that invoke melodrama. Her pieces, not unlike the landscapes of the early Canadian masters, leave us in awe of the sublime forces that exist within nature… she pushes past the picturesque into territory that refuses to remain purely decorative. Her technical objectivity belies the heavy symbolism in her works; this tension is the force that keeps her audience rapt with attention as if each sequential piece promises to reveal a touch more on the mystery of the Canadian landscape.” (Cole Swanson, Curator, Living Arts Center, Mississauga)