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Anastasia AureumCircle of life, horses, animal, animals
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€97,000
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About the Item
94x672cm
6 canvases
original oil paintings on canvas
hand signed
one of a kind
certificate of authenticity
This striking six-meter-long masterpiece, titled "The Circle of Life", is a definitive work by the contemporary artist Anastasia Aureum (also known as Anastasia Kurakina). Priced at approximately €100,000, it represents one of the artist's most ambitious and high-value creations.
Visual and Symbolic Description
The painting is a panoramic, multi-panel composition that utilizes a rich, warm palette dominated by ochre, gold, and deep terracotta reds.
Subject Matter: The work features a dynamic, rhythmic procession of horses and human figures. The horses are rendered with a sense of urgent movement—some galloping, some rearing—evoking a feeling of primordial energy and the "circle" of biological and spiritual existence.
Technique and Style: Aureum employs a "scratched" or sgraffito-like technique, where white and light-colored lines are etched or painted over the deeper tones. This creates a shimmering, ethereal effect that makes the figures appear to be emerging from a historical or subconscious fog. Her style blends Surrealism with Abstract Expressionism, focusing on the "inner nature" of the subjects rather than a literal representation.
Scale: Spanning 6 meters (600 cm) in width, the painting is designed to be an immersive experience, likely intended for a large gallery, public hall, or a significant private collection. It functions as a modern frieze, reminiscent of ancient cave paintings or classical Greek bas-reliefs, updated with contemporary emotional intensity.
About the Artist: Anastasia Aureum
Anastasia Aureum is an internationally acclaimed visual artist based in London. Her background is prestigious and diverse:
Education: She holds an MA in Fine Art from the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome and studied at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Recognition: Her work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London and is included in the permanent collection of the Vatican Museums.
Philosophy: She describes her work as a "passionate art dance" where color serves as an emotional response to space and form. "The Circle of Life" specifically references the interconnectedness of nature, animal grace, and human history.
Market Value
The price point of €100,000 (roughly $115,000 USD) reflects the painting's massive scale and Aureum's rising status in the global art market. While her smaller works and prints are accessible to many collectors, her large-scale original canvases are considered "investment grade" pieces.
About the artist:
Collectors highly regard Anastasia Aureum's work for its sophisticated fusion of realism, surrealism, and abstract expressionism. Often described as a "passionate art dance," her style bridges the gap between traditional fine art and high-luxury aesthetic, making her a frequent choice for large-scale architectural and elite residential spaces.
Artistic Philosophy
Style
Aureum’s work is characterized by a "personal interiorization"—a desire to move beyond the surface of reality to capture the inner nature of her subjects.
The "Art Dance": She fluidly merges genres, allowing figures to dissolve into abstract forms or emerge from surreal, dreamlike landscapes.
Themes: Her portfolio frequently explores vulnerability, intimacy, identity, and transformation. Common motifs include fragmented human figures, circus/theater elements, and horses, often set against muted earth tones or vibrant, emotive palettes.
Mediums: She is a multi-disciplinary artist working in oils, acrylics, watercolors, and even terracotta sculpture. Her large-scale canvases are particularly sought after for their "tactile" quality, achieved through meticulous layering and blending.
Market Value
Collector Appeal
For art buyers, Aureum represents a blend of established prestige and contemporary growth:
Institutional Presence: Her work is held in prestigious permanent collections, most notably the Vatican Museums. She has also been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Price Range: Original works typically range from $3,000 to over $15,000, though her large-scale masterpiece "Circle of Life" has been valued at over $100,000. Limited edition prints and works on paper offer an entry point for newer collectors, often priced between $1,000 and $2,500.
Global Reach: Her pieces are held in private collections across the UK, USA, Italy, Singapore, and France.
short bio:
Art education:
2018 Sorbonne University, Paris, France
2014 – MA Fine Art at the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome;
2012 – Academy of Fine Arts of Rome;
Collections:
Vatican Museums, Nina lobanova-Rostovskaya (London), National Museum of Art Humor of Tolentino, National Museum of Sacred Art of Nonantola (Italy), Marchese Sacchetti(Rome), National Centre for Manzoni’s Studies (Milan);
Private collections in Italy, UK, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Singapore, USA, Croatia
Collective exhibitions:
2025 art MUC contemporary art fair in Munich, Germany.
2024 The Hari Art Prize, London,UK;
2024 shortlisted for the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London,UK;
2024 preselected for the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London,UK;
2023 – London Biennale 2023, Chelsea Old Hall Town, London,UK;
2023 -YICCA Contemporary Art Prize finalists exhibition, Venice, Itlay;
2023-Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London,UK;
2023 - London, UK, Sunny Art Award exhibition finalist, Sunny Art Center;
2019 – London, UK Royal Watercolour Society’s Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside gallery;
2018 – Edinburgh, UK, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, BP Portrait Award;
2017 – Vatican, Vatican Museums, “AnticoPresente” exhibition;
2017 – London, UK, Sunny Art Award exhibition, finalist Sunny Art Center; 2017 – Exeter, UK, Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, BP Portrait Award;
2017 – London, UK, National Portrait Gallery, BP Portrait Award;
2017 – London, Works on paper Art Fair, Royal Geographic Society;
2016 – Rome, live painting at Brasilian Embassy at Simone Ghera’s “Dance inside Brasil” exhibition;
2016 – Oxford, UK, Oxford International Art Fair;
2015 – Mexico, MUMEDI Mexican Museum of Design;
2015 – Cambridge, UK, Cambridge International Art Fair;
2015 – Rome, Museum of Contemporary art MACRO;
2015 – Finalist of ‘The best of the 4th International Emerging Artists Award” in Dubai;
2013 – Los Angeles, La luz de Jesus Gallery;
2013 – Shanghai, International Art Fair of Contemporary Art;
2013 – Rome, Embassy of Iraq, Embassy of Egypt;
2013 – Venice, Arte Laguna Prize’s exhibition at Venice’s Arsenal;
2012 – Rome, «Green blood» at Dorothy Circus Gallery;
2011 – Museum of Roman Civilization in Rome;
2010 – Naples, “Biennial of the artist’s book”;
2009 – La Paz, Bolivia, 4°Bienal Internacional Siart;
2008 – Bari, 28th International Fair of modern and contemporary
Art; Collections:
Awards:
2017 – Rome, I prize of the national award “Arte&sport” of the AONI (National Italian Olympic Academy);
2015 – Rome, Adrenalina prize I prize;
2013 – Rome, Adrenalina prize under 35 and prize of the public, Museum of Contemporary Art MACRO;
2013 – Chieti, Milan, Golden Medal of«Illustrate Manzoni»award, Chieti-Milano Manzoni’s Museum, Italy;
2012 – Milan, Winner of the scholarship for the artistic research of Socetà Umanitaria of Milan;
2011 – Tolentino, I prize “City of Tolentino” of the 26 th edition of the International Bienniale of Art Humor of Tolentino;
2008 – Modena, I prize “Under 25” of the national Competition of Contemporary Sacred Art “Familia Sancta“.
Personale exhibitions:
2018 –Milan, Zanuso Gallery; 2017 –Luzern, Switzerland, International Comic Festival;
2016 – Porto Cervo, Sardinia,MDM Museum of Contemporary Art;
2016 – Rome, American Embassy;
2013 – Tolentino (MC), International Art Museum of Tolentino;
- Creator:Anastasia Aureum (1987, British)
- Dimensions:Height: 37.01 in (94 cm)Width: 265.36 in (674 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2144217399852
Aureum is an internationally renowned visual artist with the background in fine art and interior design. Antique and vintage furniture, contemporary and modern art and accessories inspire her. Anastasia's creations are characterized by a wide range of styles. Surrealism, realism and abstraction are merged in a passionate art dance. Embracing, discovering and penetrating each other, they take on new forms and shades in every new painting. The artist reflects on the relationship between space and forms, where colour is an emotional response to the way they intersect Collections: Vatican Museums, Nina lobanova-Rostovskaya (London), National Museum of Art Humor of Tolentino, National Museum of Sacred Art of Nonantola (Italy), Marchese Sacchetti(Rome), National Centre for Manzoni’s Studies (Milan); Private collections in Italy, UK, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Singapore, USA. Collective exhibitions: 2024 selected for The Hari Art Prize, London,UK;
2024 shortlisted for the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London,UK;
2024 preselected for the Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London,UK;
2023 – London Biennale 2023, Chelsea Old Hall Town, London,UK;
2023 -YICCA Contemporary Art Prize finalists exhibition, Venice, Itlay;
2023-Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Exhibition at Mall Galleries, London,UK; 2023 - London, UK, Sunny Art Award exhibition finalist, Sunny Art Center;
2019 – London, UK Royal Watercolour Society’s Contemporary Watercolour Competition, Bankside gallery;
2018 – Edinburgh, UK, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, BP Portrait Award; 2017 – Vatican, Vatican Museums, “AnticoPresente” exhibition; 2017 – London, UK, Sunny Art Award exhibition, finalist Sunny Art Center; 2017 – Exeter, UK, Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, BP Portrait Award; 2017 – London, UK, National Portrait Gallery, BP Portrait Award;
2017 – London, Works on paper Art Fair, Royal Geographic Society;
2016 – Rome, live painting at Brasilian Embassy at Simone Ghera’s “Dance inside Brasil” exhibition; 2016 – Oxford, UK, Oxford International Art Fair;
2015 – Mexico, MUMEDI Mexican Museum of Design;
2015 – Cambridge, UK, Cambridge International Art Fair;
2015 – Rome, Museum of Contemporary art MACRO;
2015 – Finalist of ‘The best of the 4th International Emerging Artists Award” in Dubai;
2013 – Los Angeles, La luz de Jesus Gallery;
2013 – Shanghai, International Art Fair of Contemporary Art;
2013 – Rome, Embassy of Iraq, Embassy of Egypt;
2013 – Venice, Arte Laguna Prize’s exhibition at Venice’s Arsenal; 2012 – Rome, «Green blood» at Dorothy Circus Gallery;
2011 – Museum of Roman Civilization in Rome;
2010 – Naples, “Biennial of the artist’s book”;
2009 – La Paz, Bolivia, 4°Bienal Internacional Siart;
2008 – Bari, 28th International Fair of modern and contemporary Art; Collections: Awards: 2017 – Rome, I prize of the national award “Arte&sport” of the AONI (National Italian Olympic Academy);
2015 – Rome, Adrenalina prize I prize;
2013 – Rome, Adrenalina prize under 35 and prize of the public, Museum of Contemporary Art MACRO; 2013 – Chieti, Milan, Golden Medal of«Illustrate Manzoni»award, Chieti-Milano Manzoni’s Museum, Italy;
2012 – Milan, Winner of the scholarship for the artistic research of Socetà Umanitaria of Milan; Personale exhibitions: 2018 –Milan, Zanuso Gallery; 2017 –Luzern, Switzerland, International Comic Festival;
2016 – Porto Cervo, Sardinia,MDM Museum of Contemporary Art;
2016 – Rome, American Embassy;
2013 – Tolentino (MC), International Art Museum of Tolentino;
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