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NATASHA DIKAREVA
(415) 503-8659
natasha@dikarevart.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 "Power of Secrets," 1000 Van Ness Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 "In the Garden of Forked Paths," Fabric8 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 "Sculptural Habitat," Porto Franco Art Parlor, San Francisco, CA
"Age of Aquarius," Workspace, San Francisco, CA
2007 "Take-Off," Workspace, San Francisco, CA
2006 "Floating Riddles of Time," a. Muse Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Encrypted Happening," Workspace, San Francisco, CA
2005 "Babylonian Underground," AZ Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
"Inside Eternity," ArTrujillo Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2004 "Searching for Beginnings," Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN
2003 "Awaiting Answers," Saint Paul Academy, St. Paul, MN
"One Desire for Three," Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, MN
2002 "Mythomorphoses," Phipps Centre for the Arts, Hudson, WI
1999 MC Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1997 "Enigma and Revelation," Kraine Fine Arts, Saint Paul, MN
1996 "Head for Great Ideas," Hommage Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1995 "Game with Time," Gonchary Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine,
and Status-Crosna Gallery, Moscow, Russia
1991 Hommage Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 "Deep in the Shed / A Studio Sojourn," SMAART Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Feats of Clay," Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
"Future Culture," Asterisk Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Plates and Totems," Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
"30 Cearmic Sculptors," Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
"California Clay Competition," The Artery, Davis, CA
"Dynamic Narratives," Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX
"Peaceable Kingdom: Animals Real and Imagined," Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
AGCA National Clay & Glass Exhibition, Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
2012 "Shanghai Art Fair 2012," Shanghai, China
Ceramics Annual of America, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
"Deja View," SMAART Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Teapot Redefined," Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
"Big Fish; Small Teapot," American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
"30 Ceramic Sculptors," Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
"Elements," ArtWorksDowntown, San Rafael, CA
"Bark," Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
"California Clay Competition," Artery, Davis, CA
"CreativiTea," ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
"Good Company, Great Clay & Glass in California 1932-2012," Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA
2011 "To Go," Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
Ceramics Annual of America, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
"The Order & The New Surrealism," Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
California Clay Competition, Artery, Davis, CA
ACGA@MAH, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA
"Mud/Marriage & Magic," Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 3rd Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition, Concordia University, St. Paul, MN
"Reliquaries," Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Narrative Visions: Clay onto Art," Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 "Out of Fire," Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
"Dia de los Muertos," ArtWorks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
"Small Works," John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
"Two Person Show," Pamela Skinner/Gwenna Howard/Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
"California Clay Competition," The Artery, Davis, CA
"Bancroft Sculpture Exhibit," The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA
2008 "Bay Reflections," California Modern Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"What Goes Around," ARTworkSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 "Fired, Forged and Fabricated," ARTworkSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Opening show, Union Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"East Meets West," ARTworkSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Russian Art Exhibition," Canvasations Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Nocturnal Visions," ARTworkSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Transformations," Polarity Post Productions, San Francisco, CA
"Life is Beautiful,;" La Vita E Bella Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Fine Art Summit," Mighty Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006 "Relic," ARTworkSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Pleasure Zone," SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
"Lost in Translation," ARTworkSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 "Faith in Women," Intermedia Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
"H2O@AZ," AZ Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2004 "Good Harvest: Making a Joyful Noise," AZ Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Minnesota State Fair Art Exhibition, St.Paul, MN
"Common Thread," Minneapolis Mosaic, Minneapolis, MN
Upper Midwest Juried Sculpture Show, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
MFA Exhibitions, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
"College Bowl," Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2003 "Common Treasures," Mykonos Municipal Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
"Minnesota Clay," Rochester Arts Center, Rochester, MN
Saint Paul City Hall, St. Paul, MN
"Fringe Visual Exhibition," Thom Berry Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Graduate Student Exhibition, Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Opening Show, L'Attitude Gallery, Boston, MA
"Icebreaker," Di Stilo Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Opening Show, Joan of Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Group Show, L'Attitude Gallery, Anna Maria, FL
"Flesh," College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
"Fairy Tales," Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Annual Fine Craft Exhibit, Art Resources Gallery, St.Paul, MN
"Eternal Transformations," Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
1998 Menorah Exhibition, The Vine Gallery, Louisville, KY
MC Gallery Summer Show, Minneapolis, MN
1993 "Superthing," Moscow, Russia
"Teapot 93," "The Autumn Collection," "The Silver Trace," Kiev, Ukraine
1991 "Anti AIDS," an AIDS charitable exhibition, Hanover, Germany
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 Art Instructor, Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, CA
2007-present Teaching Workshops "Adventures in Clay," San Francisco, CA
2004-2005 Instructor in Graphic Design, Drawing, and Art History, Academy College, Bloomington, MN
2002-2004 Instructor in Beginning Drawing, U of MN, Minneapolis, MN
2001-2002 Teaching Assistant in Beginning and Intermediate Ceramics, U of MN, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Instructor in Fine Arts, American Indian OIC School, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Instructor in Drawing and Sculpture, MCTC, Minneapolis, MN
1998-1999 Instructor in Clay, Visual Arts, Jewish Middle School, Saint Paul, MN
Instructor in Clay, Drawing and Painting, Edina Art Center, MN
AWARDS
2012 Grand Prize, "Big Fish: Small Teapot," American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
Finalist, "Niche Award," Philadelphia, PA
2011 Third place, "To Go," Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
2009 The Leslie Ceramics Award, 2009 California Clay Competition, Davis, CA
2004 Honorable mention, Minnesota State Fair, Minneapolis, MN
2003 Graduate Partnership Scholarship Award, U of MN, Minneapolis, MN
Joel and Aja Ceramics Scholarship Award, U of MN, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Brown-MacKenzie Arts Scholarship, U of MN, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Second honor, Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, MN
1996 Second honor, Minnesota State Fair, Saint Paul, MN
First honor, Planetary Renaissance, Landmark Center, Saint Paul, MN
EDUCATION
2004 MFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Highest Honors,
Kiev Fine Arts College, Fine Arts and Graphic Design, Kiev, Ukraine