Tatyana Nazarenko


Professor Tatyana Grigorievna Nazarenko is one of the leading Russian contemporary painters. She was born in Moscow where she still lives and works.
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About her work

Her early works "Execution of the Narodniks" ; "Moscow Evening" and "Pugachof" gained her recognition for innovative reflection of present reality in contemporary painting.
She later moved on to reflect the political changes and economic impact thereof in her exhibition "Transition", an installation of over 120 life-size figures.
She is an artist who continues to search for new ways to reflect the changing world around her, and who regularly surprises her spectators with new techniques such as the installation "Transition"; or in 2004 an exhibition featuring sculptured full-size figures along with traditional painting in the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow; in 2006 a large installation "Explosion" using full-size polyurethane foam figures at the "Vanishing Reality" exhibition in the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, while in adjoining halls a selection of her career's works was on show; and in 2008 a video-art project. Meanwhile, she continues painting on canvas in a distinct and recognizable manner.
Olga Thomson says of her: "Scandalous and provocative as her latest works are, they testify to the feeling of tragedy that haunts the artist living in today’s world."

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