Natalia Nikitina

Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor
at the Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists, diploma recipient of the Russian Academy of Arts

Ruslan Anatolyevich Bakhtiyarov

Candidate of Art History, Associate Professor at the Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, member of the St. Petersburg Union
of Artists, diploma recipient of the Russian Academy of Arts

Ruslan Anatolyevich Bakhtiyarov

"Natalia Nikitina's artistic practice seeks to bridge and foster an active creative dialogue between two arts — painting and photography. Employing an original authorial technique (archival pigment print), she strives to find an aesthetically perfect interpretation of the enduring plastic theme of "simple things."

In a cycle comprising ten works, Nikitina develops a dramaturgy of the image of a single object. Across different spatial, color, and even narrative contexts, this object becomes saturated with the force of mutual attraction, the energy of falling and flight, and even the drama of a universal cataclysm — an explosion akin to the birth of a "supernova" organic form.

Each photograph by Natalia Nikitina is a kind of still frame from a non-existent series
or documentary film, where the stable form of an egg provides the artist
with a foundational module for the creative process — one in which a "surrealist trace"
is clearly discernible.

The simple things in Natalia Nikitina's works are never static. They are imbued
with the energy of movement, carry within them the power of intense light streams,
or intrigue with the moment of transformation from a simple form into an animate
object — one that not only gives life to something new but also possesses life itself."

"Natalia Nikitina's artistic practice seeks to bridge and foster an active creative dialogue between two arts — painting and photography. Employing
an original authorial technique (archival pigment print), she strives to find an aesthetically perfect interpretation of the enduring plastic theme
of "simple things."

In a cycle comprising ten works, Nikitina develops a dramaturgy of the image of a single object. Across different spatial, color, and even narrative contexts, this object becomes saturated with
the force of mutual attraction, the energy of falling and flight, and even the drama of a universal cataclysm — an explosion akin to the birth
of a "supernova" organic form.

Each photograph by Natalia Nikitina is a kind of still frame from a non-existent series or documentary film, where the stable form of an egg provides
the artist with a foundational module
for the creative process — one in which
a "surrealist trace" is clearly discernible.

The simple things in Natalia Nikitina's works are never static. They are imbued with the energy
of movement, carry within them the power
of intense light streams, or intrigue with
the moment of transformation from a simple form into an animate object — one that not only gives life to something new but also possesses life itself."

"Natalia Nikitina's artistic practice seeks to bridge and foster an active creative dialogue between two arts — painting and photography. Employing an original authorial technique (archival pigment print), she strives to find
an aesthetically perfect interpretation of the enduring plastic theme
of "simple things."

In a cycle comprising ten works, Nikitina develops a dramaturgy of the image of a single object. Across different spatial, color, and even narrative contexts, this object becomes saturated with the force of mutual attraction, the energy of falling and flight, and even the drama of a universal cataclysm —
an explosion akin to the birth of a "supernova" organic form.

Each photograph by Natalia Nikitina is a kind of still frame from a non-existent series or documentary film, where the stable form of an egg provides
the artist with a foundational module for the creative process — one in which a "surrealist trace" is clearly discernible.

The simple things in Natalia Nikitina's works are never static. They are imbued with the energy of movement, carry within them the power of intense light streams, or intrigue with the moment of transformation from a simple form into an animate object — one that not only gives life to something new but also possesses life itself."

A professional, an innovator and, above all, a person who is able to see beauty
in everything. Having devoted herself to mobile photography relatively recently, since 2019, she has already won recognition and respect both in Russia and abroad.
Natalia came to mobile photography with experience in the field of style, make-up
and fashion art. Her artworks have always been distinguished and appreciated by both critics and viewers. Collaboration with leading masters of photography pushed Natalia
to independent development. It was a period of intense learning and, of course,
an unrelenting desire to create and shoot.

A professional, an innovator and, above all, a person who is able to see beauty in everything. Having devoted herself to mobile photography relatively recently, since 2019, she has already won recognition and respect both
in Russia and abroad. Natalia came to mobile photography with experience
in the field of style, make-up and fashion art. Her artworks have always been distinguished and appreciated by both critics and viewers. Collaboration
with leading masters of photography pushed Natalia to independent development. It was a period of intense learning and, of course,
an unrelenting desire to create and shoot.

A professional, an innovator and, above all,
a person who is able to see beauty in everything. Having devoted herself to mobile photography relatively recently, since 2019, she has already won recognition and respect both in Russia and abroad. Natalia came to mobile photography
with experience in the field of style, make-up
and fashion art. Her artworks have always been distinguished and appreciated by both critics
and viewers. Collaboration with leading masters
of photography pushed Natalia to independent development. It was a period of intense learning and, of course, an unrelenting desire to create
and shoot.