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2007 - Academy of Watercolors and Fine Arts (Moscow)
Natalya Zhadenova is a Russian artist who lives and works in Moscow. In 2007, she graduated from the Academy of Watercolors and Fine Arts. She is the winner of the London Art Biennale 2021, the American Art Award 2020 in the Impressionism - Human category, the 6th International Art Resilience of Musée de peinture de Saint-Frajou, and the International Pastel Artists Competition PASTELium 2020. She participated in the Art Russia Fair in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2025. Her works are being developed in new collections in Russia, the USA, Germany, and Sweden.
«The greatest interest in art for me is the possibility of dialogue between artists of different epochs, styles, and nationalities. That’s why I incorporate elements of other artists’ works into my own, filtered through the prism of my own perception. Cosplay and appropriation are the two main strategies I use to create my Illusion – the Universe of "PERPETUUM FLORIUM" inhabited by "blooming" people.
With the help of flowers as symbols, I explore the personality of a person, removing social masks and revealing the inner world. After all, a flower is beautiful not because someone looks at it, nor because it is caressed by the rays of the sun – but because inside it is real, great, and beautiful.
Thanks to references to different historical epochs, the Past, Present, and Future on my canvases dissolve into each other and exist simultaneously, breaking the illusion of linear time and collapsing it into the moment "here and now," prompting a dialogue about the Eternal.
The works are executed in a realistic manner. The most tactile mediums – pastel and velvet cardboard – allow me to create a three-dimensional and almost tangible image. This gives the viewer the opportunity to easily feel the nature of familiar objects while expanding the horizons for the flight of imagination to see the complex versatility of the embedded idea in a familiar image. I also use fluorescent acrylic in some of my works, which creates a glowing effect.»
2007 - Academy of Watercolors and Fine Arts (Moscow)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 -- Art Russia Fair
2023 -- Art Russia Fair
2022 -- Art Russia Fair
2021 -- Art Russia Fair
2021 — London Art Biennale — exhibition curated by Gagliardi Gallery in conjunction with the International Confederation of Art Critics and the Chianciano Art Museum.
2020 — 6th International Art Resilience Fair. Musée de peinture de Saint-Frajou.
2020 — "Intersections", 5th annual International Juried Exhibition of Pastel Paintings. National Pastel Society of Russia.
2020 — "PURE COLOUR", 4th annual International Juried Exhibition of Pastel Paintings. Pastel Society of North Carolina, USA.
2020 — "Nature: Morte?". Online international exhibition Beam Collective, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2020 — "Between Surrealism and Magic Realism". Online international exhibition. Beam Collective, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2020 — "Women's World". Khimki Museum of Modern Art, Moscow region, Khimki
2018 — New Jerusalem Museum and Exhibition Complex. Exhibition project "Artists of the Moscow Region"
2017 — World Art Forum "Art Geography: ART GeoAward" as part of the 7th Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art. Moscow House of Artists. A series of pastels "The Gray Steppes of the Don."
2016 — "KhimkiART. 10th Anniversary of the Creative Union." Central House of Artists, Moscow
2010 — Art project "Traditions of the Russian Landscape" for the 150th anniversary of I.I. Levitan. Central House of Artists, Moscow
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2020 — Personal project "Flower Evolution 2". Museum of Modern Art, Moscow region, Khimki
2019 — Personal project "Flower Evolution". Museum of Modern Art, Moscow region, Khimki
2014 — Personal exhibition project "UNREAL REALITY", graphics. Exhibition space of SIEMENS Corporation Representative Office. Moscow
2011 — Exhibition of graphics (personal stand) as part of the Moscow ARTSESANIA project. Exhibition Hall "NEW MANEZH", Moscow
2011 — Personal exhibition "Season of Flowers". Municipal exhibition hall "Schelkovo", Moscow. Schelkovo
COMPETITIONS
2020 — Musée de peinture de Saint-Frajou. 6th Salon International Art Resilience. 1st place "Juice"
2020 — "Intersections", 5th annual International Juried Exhibition of Pastel Paintings. National Pastel Society of Russia. Grand Prize.
2020 — American Art Awards, 4th place — "Tulipia", category "Impressionism — Human".
2020 — HelvetArt Swiss. International open call. Honorable Mentions. "Tulipia"
2020 — International Pastel Artists Competition "PASTELium" (Moscow). 1st place — "Multifruit". Nomination "Still Life"
2020 — International Pastel Artists Competition "PASTELium" (St. Petersburg). 2nd place — "Quince". Nomination "Still Life"
2018 — All-Russian exhibition-competition of contemporary classical art "Talent of Russia". 1st and 2nd place in the nomination "Graphics". Gostiny Dvor, Moscow
2017 — International exhibition and competition of contemporary art "Art-Water". State Geological Museum Vernadsky, Moscow. 1st place in the nomination "Man and Water"; 1st and 2nd place in the nomination "Water as Force of Nature"
2015 — Exhibition-contest dedicated to the 175th anniversary of the birth of P.I. Tchaikovsky. Khimki Picture Gallery. Gorshina, Khimki. A series of graphic works "Seasons". 2nd place
Publications
2021 — Arts in the City No. 66 (July) 2021. When Art Becomes Resilient
2020 — Catalog of the personal exhibition "Flower Evolution-2", Khimki
2019 — Catalog of the personal exhibition "Flower Evolution", Khimki
2018 — Catalog of the exhibition "Artists of the Moscow Region", Museum "New Jerusalem"
2017 — "Russian Art 2017" catalog, Moscow.
2013 — Catalog "KHIMKIN ARTISTS. 10th Anniversary of the Creative Union", Khimki
2011 — Catalog "Moscow Artesania IV" NEW MANEZH, Moscow
2011 — OSTWIND Magazine, Germany. Graphics Series
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