About Stasja

“I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.”

- Charles Baudelaire

Stasja Voluti has been a multi-media visual artist, a photographer and painter for almost 30 years. Her sensualist and poetic approach in her work covers a wide range of subjects including loss and isolation, environment, illness, (perception of) the feminine, and anything else that pertains to the human condition.

Of mixed heritage, she spent her formative years in the Dutch Lowlands. Her wanderlust led her to many countries and far away places, and finally to Canada, where she has lived for more than 22 years, and enjoys a quiet life with her husband. You can read a bit more about her work here: Surrealism in Text and Image: A Conversation

Ongoing inspirations: Paul Celan, Ingeborg Bachmann, Robert Desnos, The Quay Brothers, Fellini, Paul Strand, Tina Modotti, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Imogen Cunningham, Dare Wright, Leonor Fini, Hans Bellmer, Wally Elenbaas, and many more.

**Please note: In spite of my concerns regarding social media, I am currently “testing” Instagram. This is the only online presence that I have, any other mentions or pages on the web that may appear to be by me or in my name ARE NOT and are not endorsed by me. — October, 1st, 2026