Anastasia is of Greek descent and her artistic talent comes from a long line of artists on her mother’s side. Musicians, craftsmen, dancers, and actors are in abundance throughout her family’s history. Although Anastasia’s training is in scientific illustration, she works primarily with mix media and found objects. She creates her pieces by deconstructing found objects and restructuring them into strong bold images. Her creations include book construction, painting and complex collages. All of her pieces have a distinct sculptural element, which directs the viewer's eye through the many layers of her work. Anastasia's art gives one the sense of observing personal conflicts, tragedies and triumphs. Anastasia's extensive background in library sciences, archival processes and preservation, and book conservation, both technical and creative imbue her work with a sense that she is at all times aware of the convoluted process of disassembling and reassembling. Her academic skills and her artistic talents are tightly woven together into a cohesive structured body of work, which encourages the viewer to discover a piece of themselves inside her art. She was featured on National Cable Television HGTV’s “That’s Clever” in August 2006 and March 2007, was listed in the 2008 Studio Visit art catalog, featured as one of the ten assemblage artists in the Jan/Feb 2009 Maine Home and Design magazine, and in 1000 Artists Books.
Anastasia holds a B.A. in Natural Science Illustration with a minor in Museum Studies from SUNY Empire State College (1995), a Masters in Library and Information Science in Archives Management from Simmons College (1998), and a PhD in Information Science from Simmons University (2019). Anastasia's research interest is materials experience of studio artists and how physical materials informs the artist in the creative process.
Anastasia is an archive consultant and owns and runs "In a Bind" studio in Old Orchard Beach, Maine as a bookbinder and artists. She has taught working on various project from Digital Preservation to various workshops in bookbinding and conservation repairs.
See also: The Artful Archivist
Anastasia is an archive consultant and owns and runs "In a Bind" studio in Old Orchard Beach, Maine as a bookbinder and artists. She has taught working on various project from Digital Preservation to various workshops in bookbinding and conservation repairs.
See also: The Artful Archivist
Website update June 2022