Dr Natalia Jezova
Based in London
Education:
Natalia’s professional career as an artist began around twenty years ago when she made a clear decision to pursue this direction. Her BA and MA studies have been a fascinating challenge that inspired Natalia to further explore and develop her artistic work and knowledge. To deepen her understanding and contextualize a practice, Natalia combined research and studio work, leading her to pursue a Professional Doctorate. She successfully obtained a Professional Doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of East London in 2021.
2009-2012 BA Fine Arts, University of East London
2013-2015 MA Fine Arts, University of East London
2015-2021, Professional Doctorate in Fine Arts, University of East London
Exhibitions, Festivals, Awards:
Natalia has had exhibiting internationally in more than a hundred exhibitions from 2009 onwards with her first solo show at the “Nati” Gallery (London, UK) in 2014.
2024
September - November: "Salon Des Etrangers" Exhibition at the 60th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
October:
Best Director Award (Short Experimental Film Nomination) Alpine International Film Festival, Bern, Switzerland
"Cinescape" International Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
"Daydream" Film Fest, Online
"Moonlight" International Film Festival, Online
September:
"Global Shorts" International Film Festival, LA, USA
"Darkland" International film Festival, Online
"Sensei" international Film Festival, Japan
August:
Best Director Award (Short Experimental Film Nomination), Golden Swan Zurich Film Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
July:
“ONBOART EXHIBITION” with Vueling Aircraft
May: "CLIMAX" Film Festival, Madrid, Spain
"Creative Excellence" Award by Circle Foundation for the Arts
"Sydney Cinematic Horizons" FilmFest, Sydney, Australia
March: "Venice Under the Stars" Film Festival, Venice, Italy
January – February: ”IN OUT”, Unit 2, Gerry Raffles Square, London, UK
2023
December: “Lonely Wolf” International Film Festival
October: “Beautiful”, Waterloo Station, Unit G18, London, UK
“Mother of All”, “Blue on the Hill” gallery, London, UK
September – December:
“Parallel Worlds”, online exhibition
September: “Moving Silently”, “Living Room” gallery, Manhattan, NYC, USA
August: “ARTISTICA”, “Espacio” gallery, London, UK
June - September: “Beyond Utopia: Visions of a Perfect World” online exhibition
March – October: “Collectors Art Prize” online exhibition
April: “ARTBOX.PROJECT NEW YORK 2.0”, Artexpo, NYC, USA
2022
November:“British Art Prize” exhibition, Oxo Tower, London, UK
“Contemporary Venice 2022”, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy.]
“Barcelona Biennale”, European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain.]
September: “Art San Diego”, CA, USA
“Serbest” International Film Festival, Kishinev, Moldova
May – October: “ARTBOX.PROJECT VENEZIA.1”, 59th Venice Biennale,
“Tana Art Space”, Fondamenta de la Tana, Venice, Italy
May: “FLICK FAIR” Film Festival, CA, USA
March: “ARTBOX.PROJECTS”, “Urbanside” gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
February: “International Prize Leonardo da Vinci”, Borghese Palace, Florence, Italy
2021
October: “EuropArtFair 2021”, Amsterdam, Netherlands
September: “Palermo International Bienniale”, “Effetto Arte” gallery, Palermo, Italy
August: “Swiss Art Expo”, Zurich, Switzerland
June: “Professional Doctorate Degree Show 2021”, “AVA” Gallery, London, UK.
May 2020 - April 2021: “World Without End”, No Barking Art, online exhibition
2020
December: “Michelangelo’ David Award”, Venice, Italy
September: “Plague and Locusts 2020”, online exhibition
November: “World Art Week”, online exhibition
“Raffaello & Canova”, Venice, Italy
May: “Masquerade 2020”, online exhibition
January: “Baltica: Memory and Landscape”, Old Biscuit Factory, London, UK.
“Atina” exhibition, hArtslane gallery, London, UK
2019
December: “Into The Light”, Espaccio Gallery, London, UK
November: “Moving Silently”, Victoria Theatre, San Francisco, USA
September: “Fit The Slit”, Alberoni, Venice, Italy
August: “Passaggiatina 2019”, Cantinone gallery, Atina, Italy
July: “Moving Silently & Club Foot Modern Machines”, Empress Theatre, CA, USA
May – June: “Everywoman II”, Kingsland Road gallery, London, UK.
May - August: “MINISCULE VENICE 2019” Exhibition at the 58th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
March – May: “Miniscule”, Cross Lane Project, Kendal, Cumbria.
February: “Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad”, Q-Park Leicester Sq. London, UK
January – February: “Fragments”, Old Biscuit Factory, London, UK
2018
December: “Atina”, hArtslane gallery, London, UK
November: “Present Perfect”, “Zverev” Contemporary Art Centre, Moscow, Russia
August: “PASSAGGIATINA 2018”, Palacco Ducale, Atina, Italy
June: “Showcase 2018”, UEL, London, UK
March: “Moving Silently”, Essanay’s Silent Film Museum, Fremont, CA, USA
January: “Identity”, “Espacio” gallery, London, UK
2017
February: “Echoes From The Cave”, “Crypt” Gallery, London, UK
June: “AVA” gallery, London, UK
November: “What We Wear”, CA, USA
2016
August: “No Barking Art Biennale”, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
June: “Showcase 2016”, UEL, London, UK
June-August: “REM-Brand”, Lola Nikolaou gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2015
October: “ARTMASTERS 2015”, Old Truman Brewery gallery, London, UK
June: “Showcase 2015”, UEL, London, UK
2014
December: “Synthesis”, "Trinity Buoy Wharf"gallery, London, UK
November: “WE”, “AVA” gallery, London, UK
July: “MA Showcase 2014”, UEL gallerty, London, UK
May: “Lady with an Ermine”, Solo exhibition, “Nati” gallery, London, UK
2013
June: “Showcase 2013”, UEL gallery, London, UK
March: “IF THIS”, Bermondsey Project gallery, London, UK
2012
June: “Showcase 2012”, UEL gallery, London, UK
March: “Olympic”, “Old Street” gallery,
January: “Empty”, “Trinity Buoy Wharf” gallery, London, UK
Awards/ Residencies
2024
February:Artist of the Year Award "Masterful Minds", Circle Foundation for the Arts
2023
July :"One-Reeler" Short Film Competition: Award Winner, LA, USA
59th "Artavita" International Art Contest, Award Winner
June: "IDEAL" Magazine, Contest Finalist
May: "Collectors Art Prize", Contemporary Art Curators Magazine
March: "Global Shorts" Short Film Competition: Award Winner, LA, USA
February: Circle Foundation for the Art, "Artistic Excellence" Award
January: International Competition "FLOWER", Honorable Mention Award
"One-Reeler" Short Film Competition: Award Winner, Los Angeles, USA
2022
December : “Circle Foundation” for the Art, Artistic Excellence Award
October: "Global Shorts" Film Competition: Award Winner, LA, USA
March: "One-Reeler" Short Film Competition: Award Winner, LA, USA
June: Art competition dedicated to the Platinum Jubilee for Queen Elizabeth II, Excellence Award, London, UK
2021
October: CQAR Magazine Contest, Excellence Award
2019
August: “Passaggiatina 2019” art residency, Atina, Italy
2018
August:“Passaggiatina 2018” art residency, Atina, Italy
Mach: “38th Annual Photography Forum”, Student Category Award, (HSPC), USA.
2016 “Directional Forces”, art residency, Psarades, Greece
2015 “Europos Centras” art residency, Vilnius-Nida, Lithuania
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