Anastasia Bay’s paintings present scenes borrowed from theater, opera or the carnivalesque scenes of Ensor or Brueghel the Elder. Her characters embody the irony of overturning society's established roles and norms at these moments of popular gathering. Bay’s work is all about contrast and balance in a very cathartic way. The choice of a precise fragment of reality  in her works dissolves any narration. The mysterious, sometimes disturbing characters are caught in vibrant movements, blurring the lines of their barely sketched bodies and faces. There is a search for simplicity in her gesture, seeking for the essence of the being she is depicting. She shares with Philip Guston or Gérard Gasiorowski a bluntness in the works and the ability to express very vivid emotions through a very simple and assertive line.

Galerie Derouillon

Brussels

Miami

NADA Miami

New York City

The Armory Show

Art Brussels

Paris

Nada

Miami Beach

Art Basel Miami

Berlin

Nbb Gallery

Waldburger Wouters

Beijing

Spurs Gallery

Under Construction Gallery

Sorry Were Closed

Venus Over Manhattan

Gent

S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst

Villa Empain

Centre Wallonie Bruxelles

Marseille

Buropolis

Musée D'Art Moderne De Paris

Ica Miami

Lafayette Anticipations

Riga

Zuzeum

X Museum

Anastasia Bay

École Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux-Arts

Soprano

Maestra Lacrymae (L’Enlevement d’Arlequin)

Les Filles en Ruine en Deux

Le Songe

Le Bol de Watari (il vous fait passer dans l’autre monde)

Pleurant n°1

Dimanche

Cariatide Réclamant son Eau