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Natalya Nesterova
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Natalya Nesterova (1944-2022), a figurative artist, became a member of the Artists’ Union of the USSR in 1969, a short year after graduating from Moscow’s Surikov Art Institute. She was soon considered a leading member of the left wing of the Union, and at age twenty-two took part in the exhibits of the Young Moscow Artists. Creating works in a figurative primitivist manner while often depicting grotesque imagery, Nesterova was sometimes accused of undermining the foundations of Russian professional artistic training.  The appeal and popularity of her work seemed only enhanced by such critiques. Nesterova returns often to the theme of fate and enlightenment with religious connotations and elements of theater. At the opening of her major 1992 retrospective at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Nesterova was asked to explain the meaning of her works. In halting English, she explained that she wants the viewer to find their own meaning in her work.


Exhibition History:

Natalya Nesterova
Natalya Nesterova
Natalya Nesterova
Four Russian Messages: Carnival or Drama?
40: The Anniversary Exhibition
Natalya Nesterova


1988
1990
1994
1994
2016
2017


Press:


April 30, 2023Russian Artist Natalya Nesterova Gains Overdue Acclaim With New York Exhibition
Forbes

April 20, 2023Natalya Nesterova Back at Hal Bromm, 35 Years Later
Office Magazine

April 15, 2023Hal Bromm Gallery Is Hosting the First Posthumous Exhibition of Soviet-Era Painter Natalya Nesterova
Widewalls

April 13, 2023How Soviet Non-Conformist Art Challenged Creative Repression in the USSR
Art & Object



April 1996Natalya Nesterova’s Works of Nostolgia at Hal Bromm Gallery
TribecaArts


Now on view:

Lucio Pozzi
Cornucopia: the Bielefeld Watercolors


Through May 10, 2025
Upcoming:
May 22 - The Queer Show Part II
Opening Reception 6-8 pm
@ Hal Bromm Gallery

September 19 - 50: The View From Tribeca
Opening Reception 6-8 pm
@  Hal Bromm Gallery