Natalia Nikolaevna Dik (born July 26, 1961) is a contemporary Russian painter,

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, and member of

Saint Petersburg Union of Artists Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Le ...

Life and work

Natalia Dik was born July 26, 1961, in the town of Chesnokovka (renamed to

Novoaltaysk Novoaltaysk (russian: Новоалта́йск) is a town in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the right bank of the Ob River, in the lower reaches of its right tributary the Chesnokovka, across from Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai. ...

in 1962) in

Altai Krai Altai Krai (russian: Алта́йский край, r=Altaysky kray, p=ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan (East Kazakhstan Region and Pavlodar ...

in the

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. From 1976 to 1980 she studied at the Novoaltaysk College of Art. Afterwards, she taught art at the Children's Art School in the village of Klyuchi in Altai Krai. From 1983 to 1989 she studied at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, at the painting studio of

Boris Ugarov Boris Sergeevich Ugarov (russian: Бори́с Серге́евич Уга́ров; 6 February 1922 – 2 August 1991) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and art educator, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was ...

. Her teacher was Viktor Reikhet as well. While studying, Natalia Dik received the so-called Ilya Repin grant awarded for high achievements. Her graduation work "Na Onege" (''"On the

Onega river The Onega (russian: Оне́га; fi, Äänisjoki) is a river in Kargopolsky, Plesetsky, and Onezhsky Districts of Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia. The Onega connects Lake Lacha with the Onega Bay in the White Sea southwest of Arkhangelsk, flowin ...

"'') was shown at the exhibition of the USSR Academy of Arts graduates and awarded with a Silver Medal in 1989. Since 2002 Natalia Dik has been a member of the

. In 2009 Natalia Dik participated in the

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Painting Festival (Netherlands) and was awarded with a Rembrandt Painting Award nomination. She works and lives both in St.Petersburg and Amsterdam.

Exhibitions

*1988 — "Soviet Art from the Academy", New York Academy of Art, New York (USA) *1989 — London (UK) *1990 — Milan (Italy) *1994 — London (UK) *1995 — "Die Bilderwelt der Natalia Dik", Lütt Galerie, Fahrdorf (Germany) *1996 — Brentwood (UK) *1997 — Galerie "Das Fenster", Kiel (Germany) *1998 — Moscow (Russia) *1999 — St.Petersburg (Russia) *2001 — St.Petersburg (Russia) *2002 — Helsinki (Finland) *2006 — s’Graveland (Netherlands) *2007 — Galerie Goda, Amsterdam (Netherlands) *2007 — Bolsjoi Oktober Festival, Amsterdam (Netherlands) *2007 — Galerie Amstelart, Brussels (Belgium) *2007 — Heemstede (Netherlands) *2008 — Galleri Sjöhästen, Stockholm (Sweden) *2008 — Liaohe Art Museum (China) *2009 — Bergen (Netherlands) *2010 — «De Egmondse Nieuwen 2010»,

Museum Kranenburgh A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

, Bergen (Netherlands) *2010 — «De Oude Kerk geschilderd» ", Katwijks Museum, Katwijk (Netherlands)( *2011 — "Kunst10daagse Bergen", Bergen aan Zee (Netherlands) *2011 — "Ver weg, en toch zo dichtbij", Gallery PR² Art Podium, Amsterdam (Netherlands) *2012 год — «Санкт-Петербургскому Союзу художников 80 лет», Санкт-Петербург (Россия) *2019 год — «Lang Leve Rembrandt», Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

References

External links

Artist's Personal SiteArtist at WorkNatalia Dik at the Paintersweek "In het licht van Walcheren" in Domburg (Netherlands)Natalia Dik is a winner at the Noordwijk Painting Festival (Netherlands) in «Rembrandt Painting Award» Nomination
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