NEW YORK TIMES (All the Faces of the Moon)
LARISSA TOKMAKOVA was born in Ukraine, studied painting in Moscow, and moved to New York in 1991. Her work has been widely exhibited, most recently at Vassar College. Chair of the art department at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, she has also taught painting at Ateliers Fourwinds (France) and the Hebei Academy (China).
In 2013, Larissa created 29 paintings to accompany Mike Daisey onstage for his month-long monologue ALL THE FACES OF THE MOON at The Public Theater in New York.
Larissa's stage appearances include PS 122's production of Kristen Kosmas's THERE, THERE, directed by Paul Willis, revived at On The Boards in Seattle; and Elana Greenfield's WRENCH (LABA/14th Street Y). She edited the feature films HORRIBLE CHILD and WENDELL & THE LEMON, and lives in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
EXHIBITIONS
Vassar College, 2025
Pulse, Art Basel Miami, 2019
Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn 2017
The Public Theater, 2013–14
Curate NYC, Conde-Nast, NYC, 2008
Deloitte & Touche, NYC, 2008
Chateau de la Napoule, Cannes, France, 2004, 2008
Columbia University, 2002
Galeria de Arte da Secretaria de Turismo i Cultura, Sao Paulo, 2002
Newark Academy, 2001
Fort Smith, Arkansas, 2001
Kunstcentrum Sittard, Netherlands, 2001
Art Center Gallery, Ann Arbor, 2001
Central Missouri State University, 2001
Delaware Art Museum, 2000
National Society of Artists, 2000
NCA 45th Annual, 2000
Art Association of Harrisburg, PA, 2000
Museum of the Southwest, 2000
NYBD Budapest, 1998
University of Salisbury, MD, 1997RESIDENCIES
Ateliers Fourwinds, Aureille, France, 2000 and 2003
Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojaca, Spain, 2002
Kunstcentrum Sittard, The Netherlands, 2001OTHER EXPERIENCE
Art Department Chair: Saint Ann’s School, Brooklyn, 2019–Present
Art Teacher: Saint Ann’s School, Brooklyn, 2006–Present; Interdisciplinary Studies, 2014–15
Painter: All the Faces of the Moon, Public Theater, NY
Painting Instructor: Hebei Academy of Art, China; Ateliers Fourwinds, France
Production Designer/Editor: Horrible Child (film)
Actor: Kristen Kosmas’s There, There,
Editor: Wendell & the Lemon (film)
Actor: Kristen Kosmas’s There, There, P.S.122, Chocolate Factory, NYC; On the Boards, SeattleEDUCATION
Moscow State Textile Academy, Faculty of Applied Arts, Moscow