With the background Architecture & Urban Design and re-trained in Art Theory & Philosophy, Olga Tarasova explores the interconnection between spatial and artistic practices and perception in relation to phenomenology. Her work focuses on the capability of spaces to contain elements that are unavailable for human perception and cannot be grasped. These elements manifest themselves in the experiences that affect the subject.
Since 2012 Tarasova has been an independent interior designer and during 2014-2015 she was working as an Architectural Assistant at St. Petersburg Research Design Institute of Urbanism. Simultaneously she was undertaking her BArch in Architecture & Urban Design in Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture (2010-2015). Tarasova completed her MArch in Glasgow School of Art (2015-2018), from where she got inspiration and motivation to develop her longstanding passion for art into career.
Tarasova now lives in London and is completing her MRes Art Theory and Philosophy course at Central Saint Martins. Her dissertation focuses on the notions of the Third Spatiality and the Touch in relation to artistic practices. While doing her MRes course, Tarasova has co-curated "Language Limitations" performance for T&P Collective at Tate Exchange, reading of Episolipsist Manifesto for Episolipsism at the Old Biscuit Factory, "Open Mouth" student film festival. She has also been part of Chalton Gallery since January 2019, where she co-ordinated the Art Night Programme, Chalton Frieze Day, Day of the Dead. Tarasova has recently showcased there her solo-curatorial debut, a 2 person exhibition FOR/IN ITSELF. Moreover, she contributed to the work of The LabF at FOLD as a Promotion Manager.
Since 2012 Tarasova has been an independent interior designer and during 2014-2015 she was working as an Architectural Assistant at St. Petersburg Research Design Institute of Urbanism. Simultaneously she was undertaking her BArch in Architecture & Urban Design in Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture (2010-2015). Tarasova completed her MArch in Glasgow School of Art (2015-2018), from where she got inspiration and motivation to develop her longstanding passion for art into career.
Tarasova now lives in London and is completing her MRes Art Theory and Philosophy course at Central Saint Martins. Her dissertation focuses on the notions of the Third Spatiality and the Touch in relation to artistic practices. While doing her MRes course, Tarasova has co-curated "Language Limitations" performance for T&P Collective at Tate Exchange, reading of Episolipsist Manifesto for Episolipsism at the Old Biscuit Factory, "Open Mouth" student film festival. She has also been part of Chalton Gallery since January 2019, where she co-ordinated the Art Night Programme, Chalton Frieze Day, Day of the Dead. Tarasova has recently showcased there her solo-curatorial debut, a 2 person exhibition FOR/IN ITSELF. Moreover, she contributed to the work of The LabF at FOLD as a Promotion Manager.