About the author
Born 1971 in Moscow. Graduated from Stroganov Moscow State University of Industrial and Applied Arts, with post-graduate studies in art history in the same school. Member of the International Academy of Ceramics IAC (Geneva), Moscow Union of Artists, International Artist Federation, Professor of the Stroganov University.
Many of Natalia Khlebtsevich’s installations are marked by the presence of biological components. The primary media of her work are clay and porcelain which, by way of firing, are permanently unchangeable, signifying the irrevocable terminality. Juxtaposed to this nominal timelessness, the biological, obviously mortal parts stand as contrapuntal elements embodying life and growth, constantly changing the visual perception of the objects. Some of the installations include light and water and soundtracks epitomizing the passage of time. The work is not in a state of standstill, the accompanying living things and recorded sounds induce the viewers in the process of its creation engaging them to participate in artist’s exploration of human condition and the perception of time.
Prizes :
International Festival of Archtecture and Design. Moscow 2011
International Festival of Landscape Archtecture. Moscow 2010
Laureate of Young Artist Show 2004 Moscow Union of Artists
Nominee. Kandinsky Prize. 2009/2011. Breus Foundation
Collections:
All - Russian Museum of Decorative Applied and Folk Art. Moscow
Yelagin Museum of Russian Decorative and Applied Art and Interior
The State Museum of Ceramics and “Kuskovo XVIII century”
Saint Petersburg Stroganov Academy Museum
Museum of Architectural Education, Moscow
Main exhibitions:
2020
"From form to texture". Vantaa Artsi Museum of Contemporary Art. Vantaa. Finland
Taiwan International Biennale of Contemporary Ceramics. Taipei. Taiwan.
"Subject dialogue". Gallery "Heritage". Moscow
COSMOSCOW 2020. Gostiny Dvor. Moscow. • “Ceramics. Paradoxes ". State Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno". Moscow.
"Invented and made in Russia." State Museum of Decorative Arts. Moscow.
2019
"Flowers and Herbs". State Historical-Architectural Art and Landscape Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno". Moscow
"Around the vase". State Historical-Architectural Art and Landscape Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno". Moscow
"Not a marriage". Gallery A3. Moscow.
2018
End resource. Russian-Finnish project within the parallel program of the 6th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Gallery Tunnel. Moscow.
"Transition Zone" State Literary Museum
"Archetypes of aggression". Personal exhibition. State Darwin Museum. • "Pure culture". Gallery "Coat"
2 Biennale of ceramics in Daugavpils. Mark Rothko Center. Latvia.
2017
39th International Ceramics Competition in Gualdo Tadino (Italy). Honorable mention by the jury.
11 Triennale of MINO ceramics (Japan). Honorable mention by the jury
2016
1 Biennale of ceramics in Daugavpils. Mark Rothko Center. Latvia.
"Superfragility. Special project in the framework of the exhibition" Lace on display ". All-Russian Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts. Moscow.
Moscow ceramics. Kuznetsky Most, 11. Moscow
2015
"IN / PLACE. Glass and ceramics within the interior ". Special project of the XVI International Festival of Architecture and Interior Design "Under the Roof of a House ...". House on Brestskaya. Moscow.
2014
24th Biennale of Contemporary Ceramics in Valloris, France.
2013
Shadow of the Time. Tsaritsyn Palace Museum.
15th International Festival «Under the Roof». Brestsky House. Moscow
5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. «BioLogic of Natalia Khlebtsevich» One-Woman-Show, А3 Gallery Moscow
6th International Festival of conceptual and applied Art «Unforgotten Traditions 2013». Belyaevo Gallery, Moscow
2012
«Tree of Life». Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Moscow
2011
Nominees of Kandinsky Prize Show, Central House of Artists, Moscow
«Newly Identified Objects». VKhUTEMAS Gallery. Moscow
Sretenka Design Week – International Design Festival. VKhUTEMAS Gallery. Moscow.
«Forms of Life». Return to Reality. State Tretyakov Gallery
2010
«White Christmas». Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Moscow
2009
Nominees of Kandinsky Prize Show, Central House of Artists, Moscow
Dialogue. Museum of Decorative and Applied Art, Moscow