Natalia Grezina

objects - textiles - soft sculptures - ecology - history

I define my artistic practice as “inner restlessness”. I am interested in the relationship of memory to the natural and urban landscape, remembrance culture, symbolism, and boundary states. I am fascinated by the 'ghost' side of history, figures and myths still impacting society. I work with different media, but embroidery is closest to me. I inherited this skill from my grandmother. Paintaking and lengthy work gives me time to reflect; with each stitch, I sew in my thoughts and feelings, shaping my mythology. The objects I create are made of both organic and artificial materials. As a basis for embroidery and sewing, I use polyethene, the fabric of our industrial modernity.

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    • Galatea Art Prize

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 25-03-2023 t/m 03-09-2023
    • In collaboration with: Galatea Foundation
    • Location: Dordrecht Museum, Dordrecht
    • The exhibition and incentive prize is aimed at refugees with a residence permit living in the Netherlands. In the last months of 2022, an Open Call was placed inviting artists with a recent migration history to apply. A jury selected eight talented candidates out of all the applications. They have a chance of winning a prize and having their work shown in a joint exhibition.
    • https://www.dordrechtsmuseum.nl/nu-te-zien-en-te-doen/de-galateaprijs/

    Shimmering Land

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 29-04-2023 t/m 16-09-2023
    • In collaboration with: Anton Yermolov
    • Location: Chrysalid Gallery, Rotterdam
    • The Shimmering Land is a duo exhibition that features the artworks of Crimean artists Natalia Grezina and Anton Yermolov, who have been working alongside curator Marth von Loeben on a project about lost heritage.
    • https://www.grezina.art/shimmeringland

    Big Art

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 03-11-2022 t/m 06-11-2022
    • In collaboration with: Chrysalid Gallery
    • Location: Bajeskwartier, Amsterdam
    • A pop-up platform for XL artworks and huge design objects, brought to you by a blend of established artists and designers as well as upcoming talents. Every year BIG ART occupies a special building in or around Amsterdam where dozens of galleries, artists and designers fill the place with a unique mix of monumental paintings and drawings, large sculptures and photographs, mesmerizing light art and impressive interactive installations.
    • https://bigart.nu/

    Counter bodies

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 25-11-2022 t/m 27-11-2022
    • Location: De Achtertuin, Rotterdam
    • “Counterbodies” will be one of a kind pop-up exhibition to showcase works of 12 international female artists from the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and Crimea that share a common interest about the theme of the body. The show will feature both established artists and new voices in the contemporary art world, to offer the public both quality and freshness.
    • https://www.chrysalid.art/counterbodies-third-edition

    Sunken Garden

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 05-09-2020 t/m 08-11-2020
    • Location: Chrysalid Gallery, Rotterdam
    • The heavy influence of humanity over their natural environment and living condition is undeniable, to the point that the changes in the landscape are visible, tangible and directly reflect on the health of their bodies. The technological hubris that pushes humanity to the limit of their abilities and extremes of their imagination will be absorbed by nature almost effortlessly: the elements will find a way to bring back balance, patiently conquering and reclaiming their rightful domain.
    • https://www.grezina.art/sunken-garden

    The Black Sea Always Turns Red

    Exhibition / presentation

    • 23-03-2019 t/m 15-04-2019
    • Location: Raw street photo gallery, Rotterdam
    • In the first chapter of Hundred Year's War, I chose to explore my own private family history of war and trauma by combining my embroidered sculptures with the tales and witnesses from the visual archive of my grandmother. Each piece has its own story, standing at the border between nightmare and memory, giving an insight to the viewer of the first spark that initiated their creation: the emotional burden handed down on my infant shoulders has shaped the person and the artist I have become .
    • https://www.grezina.art/the-black-sea-always-turns-red

    Acknowledgments

      Pricing

    • The Best Young Artist Kunstschouw

    • 2022
      Pricing

    • Galatea Art Prize 2023

    • 2023
      Publication

    • Wounded Heart: six textile works

    • 2022
    • Paper
    • Gallery Viewer - Manuela Klerkx