Natalia Nesterova
Natalia Nesterova was born on April 23rd, 1944 in Moscow, into a family of architects. In 1962 she has graduated from the art school under Institute named after V.I.Surikov, from 1962 till 1968 she studied at the Moscow state art institute named after V.I.Surikov. D.D.Zhilinsky was her main teacher during these years. Starting from 1991 she is a professor of the Russian academy of theatrical art. Twice the Winner of the State award of the Russian Federation (1992 and 1999), the winner of the "Triumph" award (2003). She regularly participated in exhibitions, including youth exhibitions, starting from 1984 has started to exhibit the works in the West. Natalia has come under influence of primitivism and «naive art» (in particular N.Pirosmanashvili's paintings), contemporary T.Nazarenko has influenced Nesterova’s early manner. In 1994 Natalia has received a rank of the Honored artist of the Russian Federation. Lives and works in Russia and in the USA.
Exhibitions
2005 | «The reflexions of lost time». The State Russian Museum, St.-Petersburg |
1997 | «Natalia Nesterova». Central House of Artists, Moscow |
1997 | «Natalia Nesterova. Painting». Gallery of Russian Art, Tallinn |
1996 | Hal Bromm Gallery, New-York, USA |
1995 | Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, USA |
1994 | Hal Bromm Gallery, New-York, USA |
1993 | «Natalia Nesterova: 10 paintings». Gallery «Moscow Palette», Berlin, Germany |
1993 | «Art Modern Gallery» (combined with sculptor Lazar Gadaev), Moscow |
1993 | Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, USA |
1992 | «Natalia Nesterova». The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada |
1992 | Together with T.Nazarenko, Fernando Duran Gallery, Madrid, Spain |
1991 | «Natalia Nesterova: New Art». Maya Polsky Gallery, Chicago, USA |
1991 | «New art. Natalia Nesterova» (from private collections). Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA |
1990 | «Natalya Nesterova. Recent works from Moscow». HAL Bromm Gallery, New York, USA |
1989 | «Natalia Nestrova and Lazar Gadaev». Central House of Artists, Moscow |
1988 | «New works from Moscow». HAL Bromm Gallery, New York, USA |
1974 | One day exhibition. House of Artists at Kuznetskiy Most, Moscow |