Natalya Aikens

Pleasantville, NY, United States

About Natalya Aikens

Architecturally inspired, delicately stitched: that is the motto for Natalya’s art. She celebrates the beauty of architecture around her and stitches skyscrapers, buildings, homes, bridges and fire escapes. Reclaimed and repurposed materials such as plastic shopping bags, fabric scraps, and vintage linens are in her paint box. She collages and layers, sketches and stitches by hand and machine. Natalya has exhibited her work in juried shows throughout the US; most recently she won First Place in Mixed Media at the Armonk Outdoor Art Show 2017 and Best New Artist in 2016. She was juried into Quilt National 2017 at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, OH; Breakout: Quilt Visions 2016 at the Visions Art Museum in San Diego, CA; Quilt National 2013 at the Dairy Barn Arts Center and 63rd Annual Art of the Northeast at the Silvermine Art Center in New Canaan, CT. Most recent publication is in Artful Adventures in Mixed Media by Nathalie Kalbach, from North Light Books. She has been published in Fiber Art Now, Quilting Arts Magazine, Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine, and Art Quilting Studio. She is a member of SAQA (Studio Art Quilts Associates) and SDA (Surface Design Association). Natalya has earned her BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and had a previous career in the fashion and film industries. She currently lives and works in Westchester County, NY.

Education:

Pratt Institute BFA

AWARDS
Armonk Outdoor Art Show, First Place, Mixed Media 2017
Armonk Outdoor Art Show, Best New Artist 2016
Off The Grid: Surface Matters, Belger Arts Center, Third Place Award 2009
Up in Stitches, Yeiser Art Center, Third Place Award 2008

Exhibitions:

2017
The Other Art Fair, Saatchi Art, Brooklyn Expo Center, NY
Armonk Outdoor Art Show 56th Annual, Armonk, NY
Quilt National, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
CraftMorristown, Artrider Productions, Morristown, NJ

2016
Haven Invitational, NestArtsFactory, Bridgeport, CT
Armonk Outdoor Art Show 55th Annual, Armonk, NY
SPUN, Nest Arts Factory, Bridgeport, CT
Collective Expressions, Art&Sound Gallery, Greenwich,CT
Breakout: Quilt Visions 2016, San Diego, CA
Concrete and Grassland, Grant’s Pass Museum of Art, Grant’s Pass, OR

2015
Fiber Currents/Current Fibers, FMCC Perella Gallery, Johnstown, NY
The Gloaming, Etui Fiber Arts Gallery, Larchmont, NY
Art Around Town, ICD Contemporary, Chappaqua, NY

2014
City Lines Solo Exhibit, Etui Gallery, Larchmont, NY
Westchester Biennial, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY
What the Fiber, Windsor Arts Center, Princeton Junction, NJ

2013
Summer ARTiculated, Osilas GAllery, Concordia College, Bronxville, NY
Kimono Inspirations, FiberArtNE, The Art Quilt Gallery, New York, NY
63rd Annual Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Quilt National 2013, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH

2012
Rituals Invitational, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Softer Edges-Fiber Artists & the Urban Environment, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia PA
Synchronicity, HighWire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Piecing It Together, ArtsWestchester, White Plains, New York

2011
A Spin on Green, KMAA Members' at ArtsWestchester, White Plains, New York
Fiber Revolution:Visual Thoughts, Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
The Space Between, International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA
Beyond Comfort(Invitational), Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England
Volusia Wrapped in Fiber, Gateway Center for the Arts, DeBary, FL
Fiber Revolution, West Windsor Arts Council, Princeton, NJ
Identity in Fiber, Windsor Art Center, Windsor, CT

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