Natalia Oreshina is a documentary and art photographer. She lives and works in St. Petersburg. Since 2021, she has been a member of the Union of Photo Artists of Russia. She is a graduate of the Docdocdoc School of Contemporary Photography (2020).
Since 2017, she has been engaged in personal projects, exploring changes in urban space. Currently, her interests are focused on project photography dedicated to the interaction of mysticism with the material world.
She has participated in group exhibitions and festivals. Her works have been published in Russian and foreign media. The book “Who Broke the Snowman?” and the zine “Fluffy” are included in the collection of the library of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art (Moscow), as well as in the collection of the library of the Manege Central Exhibition Hall (St. Petersburg).
All the books and zines created by Natalia are handmade by her.
EDUCATION
2022 — exhibition “Photomontage: XXI century” at the Museum of the History of Photography / St. Petersburg
2021 — exhibition “PhotoSoyuz. Unity / Suzdal
2018 — 2019 School of Modern Photography Docdocdoc (St. Petersburg, Russia)
2016 — 2018 Faculty of photo correspondents named after Halperin (St. Petersburg, Russia)
AWARDS
2021 — finalist of the “PhotoSoyuz. Unity”. Honorable Mention from the Competition Jury.
2021 — Member of the Union of Photographers of Russia
2020 — Nominee for the International Photography Grant 2020
2020 — winner of the Photodays Rovinj contest (Croatia), third place
2020 — shortlist of the CitiesToBe Photo Award (Spain)
2019 — shortlist of the Felix Schoeller Photo Award (Germany)
EXHIBITION
2024 — festival “Nizina” / St. Petersburg
— exhibition “Zherdela” / Rostov-on-Don / Stavropol
2023 — exhibition “Zherdela” / Rostov-on-Don
— festival “Nizina” / St. Petersburg
— festival “Knitwear ZINE Fest” / Sergiev Posad
— festival “ZIN-ZIN” / Khabarovsk
— exhibition “From afar” / Kaliningrad
— Exhibition “U-turn” / Voronezh
— Exhibition “Samizdal” / St. Petersburg
2022 — exhibition “Photomontage: XXI century” at the Museum of the History of Photography / St. Petersburg
2021 — exhibition “PhotoSoyuz. Unity / Suzdal
2020 — Exhibition “View from the Window” / Poznan Art Week 2020 / Poland
2019 — group international exhibition “SUBURBS” / gallery LoosenArt / Italy, Rome
PUBLICA TIONS
2020 — Lenta.ru
2019 — Regnum
2018 — The Guardian
