NATALIA OKHMAN
Resident of CUTOUT COLLAGE ART PROJECT: August 2021 - Present
Born in the village of Khoroshiv, Zhytomyr region in 1996. She graduated from the National Pedagogical University named after MP Dragomanova (2019), Department of Design and Advertising.
Works in the technique of collage, using fragments from magazines. In her work she considers the theme of personality in social culture, man in the environment and environmental issues. Lives and works in Kyiv.
EXHIBITIONS
2024
- "Look into Yourself", a collective exhibition of CUTOUT residents, CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- " Facets ", group exhibition of Ukrainian collage in collaboration with G.ART Gallery, Freiluft Kunst Klub Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
- "Facets", group exhibition of Ukrainian collage in collaboration with G.ART Gallery, Cafe Kyiv, Berlin, Germany.
2023
- «FREEDOM» – CUTOUT COLLAGE FESTIVAL KYIV-PARIS 2023, CAC M17, Kyiv, Ukraine and gallery Le Bonheur est Dans L'instant, Paris, France.
- «Children of Dr. Frankenstein 2» – Collective collage exhibition, CAC White World, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Genesis of Being» – Collective collage exhibition by CUTOUT, Gunpowder Tower, Lviv, Ukraine.
- «Me and War» – Collective collage exhibition dedicated to the reflections of 2022 ru-Ukrainian war, Museum of Kyiv History, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- 2022 – «PARALLELS» – an exhibition of collages dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor, TUFA, Trier, Germany.
- «Planet Love 3.0» – Ukrainian collage, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, IMAGURU CLUB, Madrid, Spain.
2022
- «Planet Love» – Ukrainian collage, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, art studio El Sitio S, Madrid, Spain.
- «PARALLELS» – an exhibition of collages dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor, Ukrainian Culture Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- «PARALLELS» – an exhibition of collages dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor, National Museum of the Holodomor-genocide, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «CUTOUT AGAIN!» – an exhibition of collages from the CUTOUT collection, Knyzhkovy Lev bookstore, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Walking Home» - group exhibition from the Sorry No Rooms residence, Hotel Zakarpattia, Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
- «Genesis of Being» – charity poster exhibition of CUTOUT, Beyond Limits gallery, Berlin, Germany.
- «KAOS» IV International Collage Festival, Mergentaler Street Gallery, Kranj, Slovenia
- «Supernova. Art of Ukraine», collective project «Mur inamovible», Basel Art Center, Curators: Anna Lugovska, Anna Avetova, Basel, Switzerland.
- «Segments of life», collective collage exhibition, CUTOUT LOVERS, Art gallery «Mytets», Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «Planet Love», group collage exhibition of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO residents, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021
- «Orange», collective collage exhibition, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Third collective collage exhibition, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «On the territory of rhythm», one day exhibition together with photographer Peter Chekal, HVLV bar, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Festival of New Ukrainian Culture «SPALAKH», Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Second collective exhibition of collage, residents of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Opening of CUTOUT COLLAGE STUDIO, residents collective exhibition, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- BOHEMIAN ART CORNER: LUWR EDITION (curators: Anna Avetova, Daria Bilenko), group exhibition in the format of an art party in BC «LUVR», Kyiv, Ukraine.
- «CUTOUT COLLAGE FESTIVAL» (curators: Katya Syta, Annete Sagal, Olga Syta), The first contemporary collage festival, RA Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Exhibition of Contemporary Art «CHANGE» (curator - Dmitry Larchenko) in the framework of the festival «Mykolaiv ART Week» in the Exhibition Space «8 PIER», Mykolaiv, Ukraine.
ARTWORKS
The main topics I research are personality in social culture, people in the environment and environmental issues.
It is important for me to analyze the environment in which we live and how we influence it. When I create a collage, it is as if I conduct a dialogue with myself in which I analyze what is happening around me.
Practically all works have a compositional filling of the bases. After all, yes, I can recreate space and reality that will have their own meaning. In my collages, the main composition is often formed using mixed textures, such as torn and smooth edges from fragments of magazines.
From February 24, 2022, I began actively working on the series «Eclipse», «Flowers from Metal» and the album «Under the Beam», which are a reflection on the war in Ukraine.