Nataliya Bagatskaya

Born in 1967.
I live and work in Kyiv.

Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine.
Specialization: Acrylic painting.
Style: Hyperrealism, Photorealism, Modern realism.
Historical oil painting techniques implemented using acrylic paints.
Subject: Still lifes, nature, environment, people.

Artist's statement

There is no attempt in my art to embellish reality or escape from it. I work with what surrounds us - complex, disturbing, honest. The war changed not only my physical space, but also my inner landscape. What seemed solid and stable, in an instant turned into fragments - homes, roads, the familiar world, faith in justice, even the ability to see the future.

I create paintings in which these fragments are assembled into a new visual mosaic. There is no illusion of completeness or naive optimism here. This is an honest attempt to capture the state of a person living at the crossroads of eras - between destruction and hope, between pain and the search for new meanings.

My works are a dialogue with the viewer about fear and strength, about loss and transformation, about the fact that even in the most uncertain times we continue to seek support - in memory, in art, in ourselves.

I work in the technique of acrylic painting, combini...

Graduated from Kyiv National University of Technology and Design with a degree in Fashion Design.Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine

Participated in exhibitions:
Solo exhibitions:
2022, «Live in Avatar» in Art-Caffe "Klub", Kyiv.
2018 "The Night" in "Zavalnyi Art Center" Kyiv
2018 "Whish You Were Here", Museum of Lesya Ukrainka. Kyiv
2017 "A Little of Silence" in "Zavalnyi Art Center" Kyiv, Ukraine.
Group Exhibitions:
IV Ukrainian Contemporary Women’s Art Fest at Modern Art Research Institute of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2021
International Exhibition "#365daysafter" in "Mytets" gallery, Kyiv, 2021.
Exhibition "HRYVNA ART" in the Art center "Svitovid", Kolomyia, 2021.
Exhibition "HRYVNA ART" in the Palace of Arts, Lviv, 2021.
Exhibition "HRYVNA ART" in the Museum of History of Kyiv, Kyiv, 2021.
Exhibition "HRYVNA ART" in Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, Kyiv, 2021
Exhibition at the Sky Mall, Kiev. 2021
Exhibition-competition "Pro Cheese Awards", Kiev, "Parkovy" Exhibition and Convention Center. Grand Prix. 2021
Third All-Ukrainian Exhibition "Women's Portrait". Kyiv. Ukraine. 2020
Барви світу" in Parlament of Ukraine. Kyiv. Ukraine, 2019
Sheldon Rose Gallery, "Big Ideas in Small Art", Toronto, Canada, 2019
Group exhibition from Ukraine at 58 Venice Biennale, "Falling shadow Dreams over gardens Giardini ". Italy, 2019
Exhibition "Vi...