MASKOVNA

Grey Sheep

maskovna_concept

Location

moscow / russia

University

MSU

Graduation year

2008

Contact

Contemporary Moscow artist. Publisher, Lecturer, Activist. Works in the genre of photo installation, video-art and performance art. She implements self-expression ideas through the ironic action of the game, fashion practices, and high-quality sensations. Maskovna has been active in art since 2015.

Author's projects
2015
Zvuchi. Performance. Moscow. Kuznetsky Most.
Street performance "ZVUCHI" attempts to draw attention to an individual, particular way of life; a timely encouragement not to turn your individuality into a social pattern or a shallow sound of false self-affirmation.

2019
Protocol 20/40. Spatial installation. Performance protocol. Moscow.
An exploration of the personality phenomenon and the sociology of things through such forms as fashion, style, clothing, and brand.

Activism. Manifest. Moscow.
March of fashion activists along the streets of Moscow [put the route here] to carry out an artistic, live and friendly dialogue with the fashion community. Critical reflection on the actions of fashion corporations. [link]

2020
Waiting does not mean getting. Video art.
An algorithm of frustrations that can still be changed. A blatant life drama of a person who has a whole life behind her.

With personal opinion. Short-film.
A search for meanings through an appearance, where clothes are not food, but is a tool for forming knowledge about yourself.

Based on the work of Dmitry Gutov "Volany" (1992). Homage. Artefact.
Cape-cloth, which was presented to the artist Dmitry Gutovas as a gift for the birthday.

2020-2021
Currently, Maskovna is working on the project "Reconciliation", which includes a large-scale spatial installation and an author's experimental performance.

Participation in exhibitions
2021
International art exhibition "VAU FANTASTIKA".
02.03.-20.06. Moscow. Gallery "Khodynka" (Association "Exhibition Halls of Moscow"). Curated by Elena Kovylina. The exposition presents the media installation, performance and themed manifesto under the same title, "Maskovna. Alive Skin" (2021). Also, the spatial photo installation "Maskovna. Protocol 20/40 "(2020) is presented.

Latest Collection

ARTISTS PREFER THE word UPDATE (UPCYCLE)

The collection "ARTISTS PREFER THE WORD "UPCYCLE"" is about the things preserved by time. The artist renews them for modern life, which combines fashion and style.

Natalia Maskovna has refused the formula of creating a collection from season to season and is updating it as long as new ideas appear. Each work is an art object. The only difference is that instead of a canvas, the clothes are preserved by time, which the artist sees from a different angle, reassembles them into one piece, reevaluates, and creates an object for the collection. By giving a new meaning to the clothes, Natalia Maskovna herself becomes a source of renewal.