Nata Shemshur

Nata Shemshur is an American - Ukrainian contemporary artist
and designer with artistic pedagogical education. Artist name is Natalia Ignatenko (pseudonym Nata Shemshur).

She was born in 1966 in Odesa, Ukraine. In 2016, Nata moved to the USA, where she has lived since then.

In her works, she combines classical and contemporary art. From the image of people, nature with their depth to the transfer of the abstract and expressive. Her work also focuses on current social issues.

Multi-disciplinary artist, whose name is officially entered in the art market Artprice (France).
Inspired by the classics of Michelangelo, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso artist Nata Shemshur tries to make conceptual contributions to contemporary art.

Artist statement:
The main goal is to convey an emotional and semantic message. Her work is not only visually attractive but also gives an impetus to philosophize. All the artist's works have several semantic levels. They unite in themselves today's worldview of the artist and appeal to something historical that unites us all. They convey both the deep inner world of the image and the abstractness of the expressiveness and musicality of painting.

Before becoming an artist, she worked for over 10 years in educat...

Education
2021 - Currently a student of MoMa courses Modern Art & Ideas The Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Art.

1998-2003 - the Grekov Art College (Academic program: painting, graphics, anatomy human, art historical, teaching art) in Odesa, Ukraine.
1995-1996 - the Department of Practical Psychology of South Ukrainian Pedagogical University in Odesa, Ukraine.
1990-1993 - the Art University (ZNUI) (drawing, painting) in Moscow, Russia.

Courses
2006 - Educational System service class foundation Interior Designer in Odesa, Ukraine.
2004 - Computer Graphic Designer
at the "Status" training center in Odesa, Ukraine.

03/2022 - 2 Certificate of was being accepted by the jury for the ArtBox. Project Venezia 1.0 and shown at the Biennale Art Expo, Tana Art Space, Venice/Italy, May 2022
12/2021 - Certificate of IAF I International Art Fair, Margo Gallery, New York, US
2019 - At the Studio Fine Art Gallery, Brooklyn NY, New York, United States
2013 - Art Box gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2009 - Art Gallery House of Artists, Odesa, Ukraine
2003 - AURUM art Gallery Odesa, Ukraine

Many of my paintings belong to foreign private collectors in Germany, Italy, England, Holland, France, the USA, Israel, Ukraine, Russia, etc.

You can see my early artworks https://www.natashemshur.com/gallery-early