{{short description|Russian-born American artist (born 1966)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Ted Vasin | image = Ted_Vasin_in_his_studio.jpg | imagesize = | alt = Ted Vasin | caption = Vasin in SF studio, 2009 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|04|11|mf=y}} | birth_place = Moscow, Russia | death_date = | death_place = | field = Painting, Experimental sound | movement = Psychedelic art | awards = Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant | website = http://www.tedvasin.com }}
'''Ted Vasin''' (born April 11, 1966) is an American artist who works in painting and sound.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sfgate.com/art/article/ted-vasin-abstract-art-that-speaks-to-you-3281457.php|title=Ted Vasin: abstract art that speaks to you|last=Harmanci|first=Reyhan|date=June 5, 2008|work=San Francisco Chronicle|access-date=2018-11-12}}</ref> His work addresses the phenomenon of the psychological spectrum and its possibilities of expansion and transcendence. He is based in San Francisco.
== Biography == Born April 11, 1966 in Moscow, Russia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.escapeintolife.com/artist-watch/ted-vasin/|title=Ted Vasin|website=Escape Into Life|language=en-us|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/ted-vasin/|title=Ted Vasin|website=ArtNet.com|access-date=2018-11-13}}</ref> He studied at Moscow Art College and graduated in 1986, before relocating to the United States in the 1990s.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/illustration/metallic-acrylic-works-from-ted-vasin/|title=Metallic Acrylic Works from Ted Vasin|date=2014-03-14|work=Juxtapoz Magazine|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en|quote=born in Russia and has been creating art in the states since the 1990s.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/13556-ted-vasin?tab=PROFILE|title=Ted Vasin|website=ArtSlant|access-date=2018-11-13|quote=Education: 1986, Moscow Art College, Moscow, Russia}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://theaggie.org/2008/07/10/speaking-through-art/|title=Speaking through art|last=Yan|first=Jackson|date=2008-07-10|work=The California Aggie|access-date=2018-11-13|publisher=Associated Students, University of California, Davis (ASUCD)|page=7|language=en-US|quote=He continued to study painting at the Moscow Art College.}}</ref>
Vasin has exhibited for nearly two decades both internationally and statewide including shows at the 101/exhibit,<ref>{{cite news |title= Miami's Spring Standouts: Gallery 101/exhibit |url= http://artlog.com/posts/410-miami-s-spring-standouts |work= Artlog Magazine |date= April 23, 2012 |access-date= 2012-05-23 |first= Jenifer |last= Mangione Vogt |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120427035002/http://artlog.com/posts/410-miami-s-spring-standouts |archive-date= April 27, 2012 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref> Limm Art Gallery, Davis Art Center,<ref name=":2" /> artMRKT Hamptons, Frey Norris Gallery,<ref>{{cite news |title= This Week's Day-by-Day Picks: Ted Vasin’s Mathematical Perfection |url= http://www.sfweekly.com/2005-03-02/calendar/this-week-s-day-by-day-picks/ |work=sfweekly |date= Mar 2, 2005 | first=Joyce | last= Slaton }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Cover Impressions: Reprogramming of Mental Preprogramming - Ted Vasin|url=http://www.amcp.org/data/jmcp/mayjournal.pdf |work=Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy |date=May 2005}}</ref> Sotheby’s in New York, Tel Aviv and Amsterdam, Stanford Art Spaces, and more.
He was an artist-in-residence at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco{{When|date=November 2018}}, exhibiting at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor and the De Young Art Center.{{Citation needed|date=November 2018}} In 2006 Vasin was a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.<ref>{{cite news |title=ARTNET NEWS: POLLOCK-KRASNER GRANTS ANNOUNCED|url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/artnetnews9-7-06.asp |work=Artnet |date=Sep 7, 2006 }}</ref>
His work has been reviewed by the ArtWeek,<ref>{{cite news |title=Ted Vasin at Limn Art Gallery |url=http://www.101exhibit.com/pdf/artists_press/ArtWeek_review_june_2008.pdf |work=Artweek |date=September 2008 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> San Francisco Chronicle,<ref>{{cite news |title=Ted Vasin: abstract art that speaks to you |url=https://www.sfgate.com/art/article/ted-vasin-abstract-art-that-speaks-to-you-3281457.php |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 5, 2008 |access-date=2008-11-23 | first=Reyhan | last=Harmanci}}</ref> ArtSlant<ref>{{cite news |title=Ted Vasin @ Limn Art Gallery |url= http://www.artslant.com/sf/articles/show/1492 |work=Artslant |date=June 6, 2008 |access-date=2012-05-23 | first=Andy | last= Ritchie}}</ref> and has been featured in Hi-Fructose Magazine, American Art Collector,<ref>{{cite news |title=Ted Vasin: Poison Bliss |url=http://www.101exhibit.com/pdf/artists_press/TedVasin.pdf |work=American Art Collector |date=April 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> New American Paintings,<ref>{{cite news |title= MUST SEE PAINTING SHOWS: MAY: Ted Vasin |url= http://newamericanpaintings.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/must-see-painting-shows-may-2/ |work= New American Paintings |date= May 3, 2012 |access-date= May 24, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120514072700/http://newamericanpaintings.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/must-see-painting-shows-may-2/ |archive-date= May 14, 2012 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref> Wired magazine, as well as online in Juxtapoz,<ref name=":1" /> and Beautiful/Decay.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.beautifuldecay.com/2010/10/11/ted-vasin/|title=Ted Vasin|date=2010-10-11|work=Beautiful/Decay|access-date=2018-11-13|language=en-US}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.last.fm/music/Ted+Vasin Ted Vasin music profile] on Last.fm {{authority control}}
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