Natalya Rusetska
My art is about the eternal, the timeless, the extraterrestrial, the hidden. One of the inherent features of sacred art is symbolism. This is a figurative creation that reveals the inner essence of the depicted. Sacred art affects and changes the spiritual state of human.
Born in Khmelnytskyi.
Studied at the Lviv National Academy of Arts (Department of Sacred Art).
Lives and works in Lviv. Works with contemporary sacred art and illustration.
Works at the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv.
Her works are held in: Museikon (Alba Iulia, Romania), the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion, and private collections in Ukraine, Poland, Canada, the USA, Italy, Austria, and other countries.
Participation in exhibitions:
“Iconart: Visions of a World Unseen”, The Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, 2015
Solo exhibition “Food for the Soul”, ICONART Gallery, Lviv, 2015
Participation in the International Icon Painters’ Plein Air in Nowica (Poland), 2014–2025
Participation in the project “Christmas in Iconart”, ICONART Gallery, Lviv, 2016–2025
Participation in the icon painting plein air “Dzherela”, Truskavets, 2017, 2018, 2020
Group exhibition “East Meets West: Women Icon Makers of Western Ukraine”, St. Christopher’s Gallery, Chatham, Massachusetts, USA, 2017
Solo exhibition “Agape”, ICONART Gallery, Lviv, 2017
Participation in the plein air in Druskininkai, Lithuania, 2017
Participation in the icon painting plein air in Lourdes, France, 2018
Solo exhibition at Museikon, Alba Iulia, Romania, 2019
Solo exhibition “Against the Dark Background”, ICONART Gallery, Lviv, 2023
Participation in the project “Icons Give Life” at ICONART Gallery (July 25, 2023 – August 6, 2023), exhibition-auction
Solo exhibition “Saints in Paradise”, ICONART Gallery, Lviv, 2024
Participation in the residency for icon painter artists in Zhovkva within the project “IN HOC SIGNO VINCES / BY THIS SIGN YOU WILL CONQUER”, Lviv Museum of the History of Religion, NGO Ecology. Culture. Art, Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, 2024
Participation in the UCU icon painting plein air “Christmas. Hope”, 2025.