Natalya Aikens

Pleasantville, NY, United States

About Natalya Aikens

Natalya’s art is an extension of her commitment to using recycled and repurposed materials, a lifelong advocacy. Her detailed works are nuanced and reimagined images inspired by the lines of the urban environment. A close examination of Natalya’s art reveals delightful and unexpected combinations of materials as diverse as vintage lace, plastic sheeting, and candy wrappers, layered and collaged with machine and hand stitching, For the last ten years, Natalya has been selected to exhibit in juried art shows throughout the United States, including the Diary Barn’s biennial Quilt National exhibition (2013 and 2017) and the 63rd Annual Art of the Northeast at the Silvermine Art Center in New Canaan, CT. Natalya has also showcased her works in juried art fairs such The Other Art Fair in Brooklyn, NY and The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show in Philadelphia, PA. The Visions Art Museum in San Diego included Natalya’s work in the exhibition, Breakout: Quilt Visions 2016. Viewers of Natalya’s DVD workshop titled, Texture Transformation: Stitch Alter Recycle, get an intimate glimpse of the artist at work, learning as Natalya explains her thought-processes and some of her techniques. Natalya’s work has been featured in periodicals and books including Fiber Art Now, Quilting Arts Magazine, Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine, Art Quilting Studio, and Artful Adventures in Mixed Media by Nathalie Kalbach, from North Light Books. Natalya is represented by Oak and Oil Gallery in Katonah, NY. She is a member of Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), Surface Design Association (SDA) and the Katonah Museum Artist Association (KMAA). Natalya earned her BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Following careers in the New York City fashion and film industries, she 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:

2018
Thoughtfully Repurposed, Solo Exhibit, Armonk, NY
CraftNYC, Lincoln Center, NY
The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY
The American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, NY

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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