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NATASHA DIKAREVA
(415) 503-8659
natasha@dikarevart.com
| SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2025 | "Once in a Blue Moon," Art Ovation Hotel, Sarasota, FL |
| 2024 |
"Edge of Dreams," Three Stones Gallery, Concord, MA "Moonlight Blues," SAA Gallery, Exeter, NH "Healing Hands," Art Ovation Hotel, Sarasota, FL "Through Sorrow Into Light," Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL |
| 2023 |
"Fleeting Moments," Three Stones Gallery, Concord, MA "Embracing Ephemeral," Millspace Gallery, Newmarket, NH "Wishing You Blue Skies," SAA Gallery, Exeter, NH |
| 2022 |
Solo Exhibition "On Another Shore," Millspace Gallery, Newmarket, NH Solo Exhibition "From Whispering to Screaming," SAA Gallery, Exeter, NH |
| 2020 |
Solo Exhibition "Certain About Uncertainty," Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA |
| 2019 |
"Solo Exhibition," Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, Ojai, CA "Elements," IARE, Saint-Raphaël, France "Evolution of Shell Dweller," Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA "Return to Concodia," Concordia Art Center, Saint Paul, MN |
| 2017 |
"Sea Calling," SMAart Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Zone In," Oregon& Finest Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2016 |
"Enter & Escape," Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA "Doulbe-Take," Clay by the Bay, San Francisco, CA |
| 2015 | "Downtown Atlantis," Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 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 |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2025 |
Liberty's Reach, Three Stones Gallery, Concord, MA Epoch of Change: Footprints of Humanity, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL The Birds & The Bees, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2024 |
It Figures, Duncan McCLellan Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL Fantasy, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA Animal Attraction, Florida CraftArt Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL Form and Flow: Sculptures Unveiled, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA Gladly Beyond, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 2023 |
Limitless Translations: The Artist as Storyteller, Fountain Street
Gallery, Boston, MA In.Visible, The Bascom Art Center, Highlands, NC Soulful Sculpture, LexArt Gallery, Lexington, MA About Face, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA Bridges, Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA Carnival, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA Figure, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA Large, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL Black & White, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL Inside & Out, Spaulding Aldrich Heritage Gallery, Whitinsville, MA |
| 2022 |
Thinking with Animals, Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH Forms & Emptiness, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton, CA Women Artists Making Their Mark 2022, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA I am the Clay, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota FL Summer Surprise!, LexArt Gallery, Lexington, MA From Dark to Light, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA Sculpture Invitational, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA Faces & Places, Sarasota Art Center, Sarasota, FL Lover's Eye, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA Of Dreams & Stars, Millspace Gallery, Newmarket, NH |
| 2021 |
Real or Imagined, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA Artexpo, New York, NY Forward, Anew, Millspace Gallery, Newmarket, NH Foursquared, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA Honoring, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA 14th Contemporary Figurative Art Show, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO Real or Imagined, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA April in the Annex, three-person exhibition, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 2020 |
"Paper Dreams," Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA "SOFA," Hive Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL "Rare Birds," Pence Gallery, Davis, CA "Visions in Clay," LH Horton Jr Gallery, Stockton, CA "What Lies Beneath," Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA "48 Pillars," Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Serenity," UCSF Women's clinic, San Francisco, CA |
| 2019 |
"SOFA," Hive Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL "Bioneers," San Rafael, CA "Off Center," Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA "Sculpture Now," Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA "Heated Expressions," Olive Hyde Gallery, Freemont, CA "Teapots! 13th invitational exhibition," Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA |
| 2018 |
"Art Palm Springs," Maria Kravetz Gallery, Palm Springs, CA "SOFA," Maria Kravetz Gallery, Chicago, IL "La ragazza con gelato e la sua compagnia," C.R.E.T.A, Rome, Italy "La Mesa Invitiational – Garden Party," Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM "Off Center," Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA "Three Generations Moving Beyond Boundaries," Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA "Deconstructing the Conversation," Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA "Farenheit 2018," American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA "Generous Kingdom II," Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2017 |
"Craft Rebels," Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA "Tiny Show," Pence Gallery, Davis, CA "Retrospective 10," Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA "SOFA," Maria Kravetz Gallery, Chicago, IL "Call Me What You Want," Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA "4th Clay & Glass Biennial Competition," Brea Artery, Brea, CA "California Clay Competition," The Artery, Davis, CA "International Sculpture Day Exhibition," Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA "Illuminate," Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Teapots! 11th invitational exhibition," Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA |
| 2016 |
"A.I.R. Vallauris," Galerie Aqui Siam Ben, Vallauris, France "Bancroft Sculpture Exhibit," The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA "TeaTime," Pence Gallery, Davis, CA "21st San Angelo National Ceramic Competition," San Angelo, TX "Teapots! 10th invitational exhibition," Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburg, PA "Equality," Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH "3 Realms: Land, Sea & Sky," SMAART Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2015 |
"Holiday Showcase," Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, CA "Retrospective," Inclusions Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Energizing the Issues with Clay," Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC "Clay: tell-tale signs of connected(ness)," SMAART Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Sphinx," tree person show, Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Gallery, San Jose, CA "Bancroft Sculpture Exhibit," The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA "California Clay Competition," The Artery, Davis, CA "Cupid's Arrow National Exhibition," Santa Fe, NM "Dynamic Narratives," Folk Art Center, Ashville, NC "Bark," Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA |
| 2014 |
"Clay: A Chancy Act of Prolonged Engagement," SMAART Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Bancroft Sculpture Exhibit," The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA "Dynamic Narratives," N.A.W.A. Gallery, New York, NY "Big Fish; Small Teapot," American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA "8 from ACGA," Davis Art Center, Davis, CA "30 Sculptors," John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA "California Clay Competition," The Artery, Davis, CA "The Figure – A Bay Area Legacy," Gary Francis Fine Art, Alameda, CA "Submerged," Three person exhibition, SMAart Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Bark," Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA "In Full Bloom," Baltimore Clayworks, MD |
| 2013 |
Ceramics Annual of America, Civic Center Plaza, San Francisco, CA "Ink and Clay #39," Kellog University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA "Bark," Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA "Bancroft Sculpture Exhibit," The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA "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 |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |
| 2023 |
"Sculpting Dreams 2," Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA "Surrealist Totems 2," ceramic workshop, Ojai, CA |
| 2022 | "Sculpting Dreams," Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA |
| 2019 | "Expressive Hands & Faces," ceramic workshop, Ojai, CA |
| 2018 |
"Surrealist Totems," ceramic workshop, Ojai, CA "Fantastical Creatures," ceramic workshop, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico |
| 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 | |
| 2020 | Honorable Mention, "What Lies Beneath," Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA |
| 2019 | Excellence Award, 1st World Teapot Competition, Yixing, China |
| 2017 | Best in Show, "4th Clay & Glass Biennial Competition," Brea Gallery, Brea, CA |
| 2016 | Finalist, "Niche Award," Washington, DC |
| 2015 | People's Choice Award, 2015 California Clay Competition, Davis, CA |
| 2014 | Honorable Mention, "Big Fish: Small Teapot," American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA |
| 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 |
| 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 |