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About

My name is Natasha Kravchenko. I am a photographer and multimedia visual artist. I am working in the genre of fine art photography. I always photograph what I am interested in, what reflects my state at the moment, and what I am not indifferent to. At present, my research centers on exploring the intricate dynamics between individuals’ inner and outer worlds, delving into the psychological nuances of these connections, and experimenting with various methods of artistic expression. Focusing on the interaction of the external and internal allows people to think about their souls. And I think that the analysis of the inner and outer worlds of people’s personalities gives different options for self-development and allows them to become harmoniously developed and integral personalities.

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Artist Statement

How close are our inner and outer worlds? How whole are we? Do we all have harmony inside? Who or what is locked inside our souls? Where is the line between the internals and externals? Under my exploration, I try to answer these questions and many other questions for myself and express these ideas in my work.

The human personality is a very complex mechanism, and its study makes it possible to better understand ourselves and our problems. Each of us has our own inner side or our soul, and it knows everything about us. My idea is about how different or similar the external and internal worlds are, and how all of this is combined in us. I want to show how they interact and what it would look like if we could see it. In an attempt to combine psychology and art in my research, I want to demonstrate the inner struggles, feelings, emotions, despair, hope, conflicts, differences, and reconciliation inside us.

I work in collage style, both real and created using Photoshop. These methods help me to most accurately express what I want to show. Different lights, shadows, and long exposure enable me to create an unclear effect of blurring and ambiguity. Also, I often use different symbols such as mirrors, ropes, mirror fragments, and so on. All these symbolic, dramatic, allegorical matrices give me the opportunity to work with ambiguity, ambivalence, and uncertainty in my research.

Education

2021-2023

  • Master of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania State University, USA

       Major: Art Studies/Photography

2002-2007

  • Bachelor Degree in Biology, Voronezh, Russia

       Major: Biology

Exhibitions

2024

  • 25th International Open – group exhibition at Woman Made Gallery Chicago, IL, USA

  • “Identity Ether” – group exhibit in Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

  • Open Theme 2024 issue #125 of F-Stop Magazine

2023

  • International Photography Exhibition "Art SQUARE at Times SQUARE" – group virtual exhibition in Art Square Gallery, New York, USA

  • The International Photography Hall of Fame’s virtual exhibition of the 2023 Open Photography Competition, juried by Joyce Tenneson

  • International Photography Exhibition "BLACK & WHITE" – group virtual exhibition in Art Square Gallery, New York, USA

 

  • Group Exhibition in Project Space, PennWest University, Edinboro, PA, USA

  • Group Exhibition at Penn State President’s house, University Park, PA, USA

  • “Reflexion” - MFA Thesis Solo Exhibition in Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA

2022

  • “Осколки” - Solo Exhibition in Borland Project Space, Pennsylvania State University

  • “Claustrophobia”, “Reconciliation" - Group Exhibition in Keller Collective Gallery, University Park

  • “Viewpoint” - Group Exhibition in Zoller Gallery

  • “Women Artists at Penn State” - Solo Exhibition in Borland Project Space, Pennsylvania State University

  • “Two” - Visual Arts Annual Graduate Research Exhibition at HUB Gallery, Pennsylvania State University

  • “Inner Talk”, “Two” - Solo Exhibition in Borland Project Space, Pennsylvania State University

  • “Inner Talk” - First Year MFA Exhibition in Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University

2021

  • Art 496 “Figure Drawing” - Group Exhibition in Patterson Building Hall, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA

Academic Honors and Awards

2023

2022

2021-2023

2021

  • Grant from the PennWest Faculty Professional Development (PW FPD) Fund

  • Graduate Student Travel Grant, Pennsylvania State University

  • The Brock Scholarship, Pennsylvania State University

  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship & Tuition Waiver, Pennsylvania State University

  • Bunton Waller Graduate Assistantship, Pennsylvania State University

2007

  • Diploma of higher education with honors, Voronezh State University


 

Publications

2024

  • Photobook “Moments in Focus: A Decade of Visual Storytelling, A Decennial Retrospective of InFocus Photo Exhibit
     

2023

  • Art Square gallery, NY, photobook “Art SQUARE at Times SQUARE”

 

  • Art Square gallery, NY, photobook “Black & White”

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