Oksana Shatalova

Since 2004, I have been working as a contemporary artist (self-taught). In the 2000s and 2010s, I participated in many group exhibitions, including the Central Asian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Two solo exhibitions.

In the 2000s, when digital technologies were new, I was fascinated by their capabilities. But in today's AI world I began to be attracted to media that contain a trace of the hand: papermaking, monotype, collage.

As for the subject matter of my works, I have always been attracted to the theme of the spirit of the times. I am also interested in the complex relationship between nature and culture. I am a psychologist by education (Master of Psychology), and my dissertation was devoted to the psychology of contacts with nature. I am slowly writing a book on this topic and creating some of my visual works in unison with this book.

A self-taught artist
The Master of Psychology

Solo Expositions
2007: "Non-Eroticism", Almaty, Kazakhstan
2008: "Intervals And Borders", Athens, Ohio

Collective Expositions
2009: Central Asian Pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale
2015: The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT8) and many others.