Nataliya Bagatskaya

Born: 1967

Hometown: Kyiv

Based in: Kyiv

I was born in 1967.

Graduated childrens art school.

Graduated from Kyiv National University of Technology and Design, specializing in designer in 1993.

Academy of Psychosocial Technologies (St. Petersburg) in 2008.

The main creative direction is hyperrealism, photorealism, realism, magical realism and metamodern.

The artworks are in private collections and galleries of Ukraine, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Vietnam, Netherland, USA, UK and other countries.

Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Participated in 3 solo and 30 group exhibition.

I look at the world from the perspective of how it will be depicted on canvas. I would like to preserve a slice of our time for future generations, - how the present society lived, what it admired, what was the everyday life. To continue myself in time is probably the main reason that inspires me to be an artist.
Creating a picture in hyperrealism is a meditative state of mind where there are no thoughts or emotions. The body is making movement, but consciousness is not there. I am at the same time the one who paints, and what is in the process of creation, and a material from which the painting will be created.

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Question Icon What inspires you?

I paint what I see. I live in a big city. On my way home, I saw two paper cups on the facing panel of the beauty salon, someone had just drank coffee there and left them, and on the cups there was a picture with the inscription "life in a big city". How not to embody this on canvas?

Question Icon Describe your creative process.

Creating a picture in hyperrealism is a meditative state of mind where there are no thoughts or emotions. The body is making movement, but consciousness is not there. I am at the same time the one who paints, and what is in the process of creation, and a material from which the painting will be created. It lasts about an hour, then your consciousness comes back, you look at what you have done, and you are surprised that it was done by you. And so on until the painting is finished.

Question Icon What are 3 words that best describe your work?

Observation. Perfectionism. Harmony.

Question Icon Who are some artists that have influenced your work?

There is such an artist. His name is Ivan Marchuk. Even when I have a funk, it is enough just to stand next to him, hear his pep talk, and I am already full of energy. His paintings are something unrealistic and fantastic, where I don't understand how you can even do it - so complex are his artworks. For me this is the upper limit of perfection and I am very proud that I know him personally.

Question Icon What is the most important tool when creating your work?

The most important tool when for creating my work is brush.

Question Icon What is the best piece of advice you have been given?

The best piece of advice I have been given: "Move away from banal plots".

Question Icon Where do you go for inspiration?

I don't go anywhere for inspiration, it is at every step, it is in the surrounding world. I'm just watching him. I'm not making up compositions. They are created by themselves, and I either have a desire to paint them or not. And, if the desire has arisen, then this is the will of the universe.

Collections Featuring Nataliya Bagatskaya

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Credentials

Awards

"Pro Cheese Awards" Grand Prix. "Parkovy" Convention Center.

2021

"NEW YORK REALISM" Fine Art. 1st place in "Portrait" nom.

2018

Exhibitions

Talent Energy Fest, international art projects

Ukraine, 2021

Third All-Ukrainian Exhibition "Women's Portrait". Kyiv.

Ukraine, 2020

Artbox/Project, Barcelona 1.0

Spain, 2020

Until the Day of the Artist, NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2020

Sheldon Rose Gallery, "Big Ideas in Small Art", Toronto

Canada, 2019

Ukraine at 58 Venice Biennale, "Falling shadow Dreams over gardens Giardini "

International, 2019

"Vizionario" in la galleria Merlino Bottega d'arte di Firenze.

Italy, 2019

On Independence Day of Ukraine, NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2019

Group exhibition in "ABC-art gallery". Kyiv

Ukraine, 2019

Until the Day of the Artist, NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2019

“Colors of the World " in Parlament of Ukraine. Kyiv

Ukraine, 2019

Artbox/Project Miami 2.0

United States of America, 2019

"Ukraine from Trypillya to the present" - Biennial. National Union of Artists of Ukraine (NUAU), Kyiv

Ukraine, 2018

Solo exhibition "The Night" in "Zavalnyi Art Center" Kyiv

Ukraine, 2018

Christmas exhibition, NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2018

On Independence Day of Ukraine, NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2018

Solo exhibition "Whish You Were Here", Museum of Lesya Ukrainka. Kyiv

Ukraine, 2018

1st All-Ukrainian Triennale "NU-ART", Kremenchuk

Ukraine, 2018

Until the Day of the Artist, NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2018

Christmas exhibition, NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2017

Until the Day of the Artist, NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2017

On Independence Day of Ukraine, NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2017

Biennale of abstract Painting,NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2017

"Picturesque Ukraine", NUAU,the city of Severodonetsk

Ukraine, 2017

"Portrait Painting" , gallery "Mytets", Kyiv

Ukraine, 2017

Solo exhibition "A Little of Silence" in "Zavalnyi Art Center" Kyiv

Ukraine, 2017

Until the Day of the Artist, NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2016

"To the 160th anniversary of Ivan Franko",NUAU, Ivano-Frankivsk city

Ukraine, 2016

Until the Independence Day of Ukraine / National Union of Artists of Ukraine - Kyiv,

Ukraine, 2016

"Quinghi Memorial", NUAU, Mariupol

Ukraine, 2016

"Picturesque Ukraine", NUAU, Sumy

Ukraine, 2016

"Portrait Painting", gallery "Mitets", Kyiv

Ukraine, 2016

Christmas exhibition, NUAU, Kyiv

Ukraine, 2016

Press

Hyperrealism Magazine #13 – December 2020

2020

Karrie Ross - Artist, Art & Story: A Moment in 2019

2020

Art-album "Kiyv in Art" by Sergey Udovik

2018