Natasha
Lozinskaya is an artist working with documentary and art photography. She was
born in Kirov (Russia), graduated from Moscow Literary Institute with a
specialization in poetry, now lives and works in Saint Petersburg (Russia) and
Krasnodar region (Russia).
Photography has become another expression of poetry for her and an attempt to find a national identity and harmony with the
world around, to convey nostalgic feeling of a lost home. In photography she explores
social themes, focuses on themes of relationships with the past, emotional
attachments to places of residence. As the author she also interested in subjects
of national identity, archetypes, magical realism, social and cultural features
of the Russian outback in different regions. In projects she uses medium of
photography, work with archives, collage method, texts.
Natasha Lozinskaya is a participant of several collective exhibitions. Her works have been published in such editions as “Dodho Magazine”, “Private”, “Colta”, “Novaya”, “Zapovednik”, “Republic”, “Takie dela”.
Education
2022 — Danish School of Media and Journalism workshop “Transit Istanbul” with Mads Nissen and Mads Greve. Istanbul, Turkey
2022 — modules one and two of the
Canon Student Development Programme. Girona, Spain
2022 — photojournalism
workshop by Andrei Polikanov “Beyond Photojournalism”. Samara, Russia
2021 — educational laboratory of the HYDRA project, which studies the ecological context of St. Petersburg and unites young scientists, researchers and artists. St. Petersburg, Russia
2021 — Danila Tkachenko’s art photography educational workshop. Photo festival “Foton”. Kaliningrad, Russia
2020-2022 — Academy of documentary and art photography “Fotografika”, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2006-2011 — Literary Institute named after Gorky, faculty of poetry, Moscow, Russia
Publications
“PRIVATE” magazine, “Dodho Magazine”, “Republic”, “Colta”, “Zapovednik”, “Novaya”, “Takie dela”, “Discours”.
Selected group exhibitions
2023 — “No time”, cultural and exhibition center “Tower”, Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
2022 — “12/25”, “Zerno” gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022 — “Beyond Photojournalism” (curators Andrei Polikanov, Kristina Syrchikova), art space “Zero Room”,
Samara, Russia
2021 — “Family portrait” (curators Ekaterina Bogachevskaya, Asya Bobritskaya),
gallery of Academy of art and documentary photography “Fotografika”, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 — Red biennale (curator Ekaterina Vasilyeva), Saint
Petersburg, Russia
2021 — “Fathers” (curator Liza Svetlova), “Zerno” gallery, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 — “Go through the forest” (curator Asya Bobritskaya), Lisiy Nos, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2021 — “Resistance of Materials” (curators Oksana Yushko, Arthur Bondar), art space “Horse”, Saint Petersburg.
2021 — “Young photographers of Russia — 2021”, Kaluga, Russia
2021 — “Where the Past Remains” (curators Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Asya Bobritskaya), Saint Petersburg, Russia
2020 — “Young photographers of Russia — 2020”, Kaluga, Russia
2019 — “Festival of Theatre Photographers”,
Krasnodar, Russia
Awards
2023 — “Pictures of the Year Asia 2023” (finalist in category “Cultural Practices”)
2022 — “Young photographers of Russia — 2022” (laureate)
2021 — “Young photographers
of Russia — 2021” (finalist)
2020 — “Young photographers of Russia — 2020” (laureate)
2019 — “Festival of Theatre Photographers” (special jury mark)
Collections
FotoDepartament, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia
Artist talks, teaching, other activities
2023 — artist talk “From street photography to creating photo projects”
2022 — curator (with art group “Postoronnie”) of the group exhibition “Communication Tube”. Saint Petersburg, Russia
2022 — artist talk at the Academy of art and
documentary photography “Fotografika” (zoom meeting)
2022 — workshop and lecture at “Postoronnie” master class. Samara, Russia
2022 — artist talk at the museum “Tower”. Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
2022 — organiser and mentor of the photography workshop (with art group “Postoronnie”). Kirov, Russia
2021 — artist talk in the independent space “Vyatka Subjective”. Kirov, Russia 2020 — charity auction in support of doctors during pandemic “Photographers for doctors”, Fotografika Academy in cooperation with the Zhivoi Foundation and EverydayRussia