Nataliya Teslenko

Nataliya Teslenko is a self-taught Ukrainian artist based in Italy. Her work explores memory, identity, and belonging through layered compositions that merge painting with textile elements, including silk and lace from Lake Como.

Drawing from both personal and collective narratives, she creates contemporary landscapes that move between abstraction and atmosphere. Her practice is rooted in the idea of art as a vessel for lived experience, where material, texture, and gesture carry emotional depth.

She is among the selected artists of Echoes of Unity, a European project supported by Creative Europe, bringing together artists across countries to explore shared cultural narratives. Her works are held in private collections and have been exhibited internationally. Through a refined visual language, she offers collectors distinctive pieces that connect aesthetic presence with meaning and story.v

International Institute of Linguistics and Law, Kiev, Ukraine

November 2017 – Group exhibition, Finissage, Centro Culturale La Riseria, Novara, Italy
November 2017 – Group exhibition “Tourism on Lake Como”, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Como, Italy

February 2018 – Painting art fair “Al cuor non si comanda”, Comocuore, Como, Italy
March 2018 – Vernissage “Ci Facciamo il Mazzo”, Centro Culturale La Riseria, Novara, Italy

April 2018 – Group exhibition “Materia e Colori”, Area Contesa Arte, Via Margutta, Rome, Italy
May 2018 – Group exhibition “Metropolis”, Area Contesa Arte, Via Margutta, Rome, Italy

May 2018 – International Art Exhibition, Palazzo Farnese, Piacenza, Italy
May–June 2018 – Venice International Contemporary Art, Palazzo Zenobio, Venice, Italy

June 2018 – “Love and Solidarity”, International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Biennale del Tirreno, Cava de’ Tirreni, Italy – Winner of “La Selezione” Award (curated by Federico Caloi)

August 2018 – 1st Prize, Painting Section, 44th Vicolo Poldo Art Prize, Schignano (Como), Italy
August 2018 – Semi-finalist, Premio Arte, Cairo Editore, Milan, Italy

September 2018 – 2nd Edition “Ragione e Sentimento”, Lenno (Como), Italy; final exhibition at Villa Mainona, Tremezzo (Lake Como Landscape Museum) – 1st Prize ex aequo, “Estemporanea” section

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