Natasha Freeman
(Natalya Ponomareva)
Conception Go
Go is a game without boundaries, a game of unlimited possibilities. There is a power within every human being, the power of inner flight. As we live our lives, we play a game similar to Go.
The game of Go is based on the ideas of emptiness and freedom. The meaning is to master the playing field, to take possession of the territory, to expand one's living space. In the same way, a person living each day tries to preserve and increase his vital energy, to achieve his global or small goals.
I view the squares of the playing field as the immutable circumstances of life.
In my paintings, the squares diverge, the structure of the field changes, it becomes three-dimensional, it acquires volume, and butterflies as a metaphor for the thought-energy of intention are able to fly inside it as through an ajar Duchamp door. New possibilities and variants of deployment appear. And only the player decides what next move to make, where to direct the flight of his intentions.
And only we decide for ourselves to what extent we will allow ourselves to play this game well, to live this life happily and free from real or invented limitations, breathing fully or to let the feeling of fear and self-doubt during the game make you lose this game.
Feel it: the feeling of flight is gaining strength within each of us. The feeling of flight will help us to overcome the boundaries that our brain or fate can draw.
Go is a game without boundaries, a game of unlimited possibilities. There is a power within every human being, the power of inner flight. As we live our lives, we play a game similar to Go.
The game of Go is based on the ideas of emptiness and freedom. The meaning is to master the playing field, to take possession of the territory, to expand one's living space. In the same way, a person living each day tries to preserve and increase his vital energy, to achieve his global or small goals.
I view the squares of the playing field as the immutable circumstances of life.
In my paintings, the squares diverge, the structure of the field changes, it becomes three-dimensional, it acquires volume, and butterflies as a metaphor for the thought-energy of intention are able to fly inside it as through an ajar Duchamp door. New possibilities and variants of deployment appear. And only the player decides what next move to make, where to direct the flight of his intentions.
And only we decide for ourselves to what extent we will allow ourselves to play this game well, to live this life happily and free from real or invented limitations, breathing fully or to let the feeling of fear and self-doubt during the game make you lose this game.
Feel it: the feeling of flight is gaining strength within each of us. The feeling of flight will help us to overcome the boundaries that our brain or fate can draw.
Natasha Freeman (Natalya Ponomareva) is a Russian-born artist. Freeman is an impressionist artist and strives to modernize and reinterpret the style, giving it a new life.
Her art is full of thought-provoking symbolism on the subject of freedom, challenging the viewer to face their own actions and challenges.
Natasha studied Interior design at the St. Petersburg School of Design and Art the St. Petersburg Academy of Art. Her works have been displayed in both solo and group exhibitions in Russia, Kazakhstan, Greece, Italy, France, UK, USA. Her art is also a part of private collections in Russia, Kazakhstan, Germany, Greece, USA.
Her art is full of thought-provoking symbolism on the subject of freedom, challenging the viewer to face their own actions and challenges.
Natasha studied Interior design at the St. Petersburg School of Design and Art the St. Petersburg Academy of Art. Her works have been displayed in both solo and group exhibitions in Russia, Kazakhstan, Greece, Italy, France, UK, USA. Her art is also a part of private collections in Russia, Kazakhstan, Germany, Greece, USA.
To be able to see the beauty around you is a conscious choice of every person, and to be able to create to this beauty is my conscious choice as an artist.
Performing my art, I return the lost beauty to people. I create beauty from nothingness, from emptiness. I restore it from the ruins of conceptual ideas, making it sound differently in the word full of colours and emotions created by me. I apply painting techniques of an impressionist artist to give the beauty a new shape. I give it volume with a palette knife making it three-dimensional.
I fill the beauty with symbols, which should make everybody think of acute problems in the present world: the freedom choice and the responsibility for the choices we make, the inner freedom of people and the obstacles on the way to that freedom.
I manifest: “ Stop for a moment and look at the world with my eyes, and you will understand and feel how actually free and powerful you are in this wonderful world. I strongly believe there is nothing that can stop you from paving your own path. You are as free as a bird.”
I derive my inspiration from the world around me. In my paintings I try to reflect not only the colours of our beautiful world but also the emotions it stirs in me.
For me, beauty is like a beast. It cannot be tamed. It can only be admired in its wild form. So l show it to people the way it is, believing deeply like Dostoyevsky that "the beauty will save the world".
Performing my art, I return the lost beauty to people. I create beauty from nothingness, from emptiness. I restore it from the ruins of conceptual ideas, making it sound differently in the word full of colours and emotions created by me. I apply painting techniques of an impressionist artist to give the beauty a new shape. I give it volume with a palette knife making it three-dimensional.
I fill the beauty with symbols, which should make everybody think of acute problems in the present world: the freedom choice and the responsibility for the choices we make, the inner freedom of people and the obstacles on the way to that freedom.
I manifest: “ Stop for a moment and look at the world with my eyes, and you will understand and feel how actually free and powerful you are in this wonderful world. I strongly believe there is nothing that can stop you from paving your own path. You are as free as a bird.”
I derive my inspiration from the world around me. In my paintings I try to reflect not only the colours of our beautiful world but also the emotions it stirs in me.
For me, beauty is like a beast. It cannot be tamed. It can only be admired in its wild form. So l show it to people the way it is, believing deeply like Dostoyevsky that "the beauty will save the world".
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 - GALLERY "SAL SERI" EXHIBITION "BLOSSOM ON/OFF' ASTANA, KAZACHSTAN
2019 - GALLERY “SUNFLOWERS”, EXHIBITION “. "LOVE AND OTHER COLORS”, EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA.
2018 - GALLERY UPP “VECTOR”, EXHIBITION “ONCE THERE WAS SUMMER", EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA.
2017 - GALLERY “WINDOWS”, EXHIBITION “URAL’S FLAVOR”EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA.
2016 - GALLERY “ALBUM”EXHIBITION “FAR AND NEAR HORIZONS” , EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS
2024 - San Francisco ART FAIR with Perseus Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2024 - INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL GROUP EXHIBITION“Nature”, Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art
2024 - EXHIBITION “ SHARE YOUR heART”, lagunaArt Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, USA.
2024 - EXHIBITION “Street life”, San Francisco Women Artist Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
2024 - INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL GROUP EXHIBITION “CIRCLES, SQUARES, TRIANGLES”, EXHIBIZONE.
2024 - INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL GROUP EXHIBITION “SIGNS AND SYMBOLS”, GALLERIUM ART.
2023 - INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL GROUP EXHIBITION “GLOBAL HORIZONS X”, ARTIO GALLERY.
2023 - SYNERGY ART FAIR, ART BASEL MIAMI WEEK, USA.
2023 - "Beyond Borders X". Artie Gallery. International Digital Group Exhibition.
2023 - INSPIREFEST, Astana, Kazakstan.
2023 - International exhibition “Future stars” ,The Holy Art Gallery, Athenes, Greece; London, UK.
2023 - International exhibition "WOMAN", BARBAGELATA Contemporary Art Foundation, Italy.
2023 - BAY AREA OPEN ART , Cupertino, California, USA.
2023 - BIG SPRING MUZART FESTIVAL , Bayland Park, California, USA.
2015 - 2019 - Participation in annual international plein air “CO - CREATION”. Participation in the final exhibition. Staroutkinsk, Russia.
2014 - Participation in annual international plein air program "CREATIVE DACHA". Participation in the final exhibition. Fourges, Normandia, France.
2013 - Participation in annual international plein air event within the framework of the year of Russian culture in Italy . Participation in the final exhibition. Grottemmare, Italy.
Education
- 2023- Online Art Communication School by Julia Sysalova, Greece.
- 2017-2019 - Repin Art Institute (St Petersburg State Arts Academy). Studied classes as a non-resident student.
- 2017 - MoMA , on-line course “Postwar Abstract Painting”.
- 2017 - Repin Art Institute (St Petersburg State Arts Academy). summer school program on academic drawing and painting.
- 2015 - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. On-line course “European Paintings: From Leonardo to Rembrandt to Goya”.
- 2014-2017 - I.D.Shadr Sverdlovsk Art School. Studied classes as a non-resident student.
- 2006-2007 - Higher School of Design and Technology in St. Petersburg, graduated in the department of interior design.
«Flying over the borders» 60 - 60 cm, acryl on canvas, 2024
Natasha Freeman
«Flying over the borders 2» 60 - 60 cm, acryl on canvas, 2024
Natasha Freeman
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