Artist Info
Lyasya Sinkovski is a Boston-based realist artist and art instructor. She is passionate about skill-based art and works as an instructor at the Academy of Realist Art, Boston, where she also has a studio. She teaches academic drawing there, while developing her body of work and giving private and small group art classes at her home. Lyasya’s work includes figure paintings and drawings, small plein air landscapes, and still life as a way of visual story-telling. Lyasya’s works have won several awards and have been exhibited at numerous venues, including Boston City Hall.
Artist Statement
A painting is not a political manifesto. One cannot expect every work of art to be reflective of current socioeconomic issues. If that were the case I would rather become a journalist, and not an artist. Some works of art are more meaningful than others, while the latter ones can merely be reminders of the beauty of everyday things, something that makes you stop, look around you, maybe smile; something fun and soothing, a reason to believe that our crazy, scary, and chaotic world is not that bad.
Fine art at its best has the power to not only to grab one’s sensibilities, but, more importantly, to connect people. I believe this connection is possible through recognition of familiar imagery. Realist art is the easiest way to connect with your viewers, but it also presents most challenges for the artist. One has to be an artisan, a craftsman as well as a creative person, brutally honest with themselves, willing to put time and effort in constantly perfecting their craftsmanship. I have a great respect for those on this difficult journey, and I am studying traditional art methods myself.
CV
Exhibitions
2024 — Solo show at Fat Ram’s Pumpkin Tattoo Studio, Jamaica Plain, MA
2024 — James King Bonnar Exhibition, Natick, MA
2024 — YAHAD: Together, Somerville, MA
2024 — Richeson 75 Small Works exhibition
2024 — Newton Open Studios
2023 — New Art Center annual small works show, Newton, MA
2023 — Guild of Boston Artists, New England regional juried exhibition, Boston, MA
2023 — Workshop13 Cultural Arts and Learning Center, Northeast Fine Arts Exhibition, Ware, MA
2023 — North River Arts Society, “Focus on Figures”, Marshfield, MA
2023 — Hyde Park Art Association, annual member show, Boston, MA
2023 — Fusion Art, “Black and White”
2023 — MVA Gallery, “Tribute to Small Works”, Bethlehem, PA
2022 — Fusion Art, “Light and Shadow”
2022 — New Art Center, Small Works Show, Newton, MA
2022 — Small Works Gallery, Holiday show, Holyoke, MA
2022 — Newburyport Art Association member show, Newburyport, MA
2022 — Bromfield Gallery group show, Boston, MA
2022 — Jamaica Plain Branch Library, “Forged in Isolation”
2022 — Roslindale Open Studios
2022 — Jamaica Plain Open Studios
2022 — “Artists for Ukraine”, Harwich Port, MA
2022 — Piano Craft Gallery, “Between You and I”, Boston, MA
2022 — Wedeman Gallery, “Boston Artists for Ukraine”, Newton, MA
2022 — Scollay Square Gallery at Boston City Hall
2022 — Menino Arts Center, “A Visible Mark” group exhibition, Hyde Park, MA
2022 — Newton Open Studios
2021 — Menino Arts Center, “Infinite Dimensions” group exhibition, Hyde Park, MA
2021 — Menino Arts Center, “Personal Space: Self-Portraits” group exhibition, Hyde Park, MA
2021 — Menino Arts Center, “Collages and Constructions” group exhibition, Hyde Park, MA
2019 — Hess Gallery at Pine Manor College, “Passing the Torch”
2019 — Square Root Café, “Facing” group exhibition, Roslindale, MA
2019 — Fay Chandler Emerging Artist Exhibition, Boston City Hall
2019 — MIT Endicott House, “Art in the Garden” youth art scholarship fundraiser, Dedham, MA
2019 — Jamaica Plain Open Studios
2019 — Roslindale Open studios
2019 — Square Root Café, “Big, Bold & Colorful” group exhibition, Roslindale, MA
2019 — West Medford Open Studios
2019 — Needham Public Library, group exhibition
2019 — Needham Open Studios
2019 — Scollay Square Gallery at Boston City Hall, 30th Annual Hyde Park Art Association Exhibition
2018 — Roslindale Open studios
Awards
Finalist of Richeson 75 Small Works Competition
Finalist of Fusion Art’s international online juried exhibition
Fusion Art, “Black and White”, artistic excellence award
Winner of Head Start Competition by The Masters Academy of Art
Painting,1st place, Scollay Square Gallery at Boston City Hall juried show
Best in Show, 30th Annual Hyde Park Art Association Exhibition
Academy of Realist Art, Boston, 2019-2020 scholarship
Publications & Media
Featured artist on BNN TV Network, “It’s All about Arts” show
ArtScope Magazine