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.
Studied at the Lviv National Academy of Arts (department of sacred art). Lives and works in Lviv. Engaged in modern sacred art.
Since 2019, she has been working at the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv.
Works are in private collections of Ukraine, Poland, Canada, USA, Italy, Austria, etc.
Exhibitions:
1. "Iconart: Visions of a World Unseen", The Ukrainian Institute of America, New York, 2015
2. "Food for the soul", ICONART gallery, Lviv, 2015
3. Participation in the International Plein Air Exhibition of Icon Painters in Nowyca (Poland), 2014-2023
4. Participation in the "Christmas in Iconart" project, ICONART gallery, Lviv, 2016-2023
5. Participation in the open-air icon painting "Sources", Truskavets, 2017, 2018, 2020
6. Joint exhibition "East Meets West: Women Icon Makers of Western Ukraine", St. Christopher’s Gallery Chatham, Massachusetts, USA, 2017
7. "Agape" ICONART gallery, Lviv, 2017
8. Participation in the plein air of Druskininkai, Lithuania, 2017
9. Participation in icon painting plein air in Lourdes, France, 2018
10. Museikon personal exhibition, Alba Iulia, Romania, 2019
11. "On a dark background" ICONART gallery, Lviv, 2023