Frolova Sasha

Sasha Frolova (b. 1984, Moscow) is a Russian artist, sculptor, and performer known for her “living sculptures,” inflatable latex installations, and the synthesis of performance art with electronic music. In 2006, she completed the “New Artistic Strategies” course at the Institute of Contemporary Art Problems (ICA, Moscow). In 2008, she graduated from the National Institute of Design under the Union of Designers of Russia with a degree in graphic design. For more than ten years, she worked with the team of Andrey Bartenev, where her distinctive style of costumed performance was formed. She was a finalist for the 2009 Kandinsky Prize (“Young Artist. Project of the Year”). In 2013, she received a special prize at the ARTE LAGUNA Prize in Venice. In 2014, she won the “Alternative Miss World” competition in London, founded by British artist Andrew Logan. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Union of Artists of Russia and the International Federation of Artists (New Trends section). She is the author of the music-theatrical project Aquaaerobika (since 2006), featuring performances in futuristic latex costumes with references to Pop Art, Op Art, anime, and Oskar Schlemmer’s Triadic Ballet. Since 2017, she has been creating trampoline sculptures; her major work is Air Island (13×8 m, New Holland Island, St. Petersburg, 2018). In 2020, her solo exhibition Fontes Amoris (“Sources of Love”) was held at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA), curated by Belgian art historian Joanna de Vos. Her works are held in the Ruarts Foundation collection as well as in private collections.