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BIOGRAPHY
Toronto-based Natalia Laluque was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she is still highly respected as a versatile artist. Natalia earned her degree at Kyiv Technical University, specializing in graphic design. Working equally comfortably in paint ,print and clay, Laluque creates her art based on the beauty of everyday life. She says "the way we look at the world is a reflection of our inner self. One person can pass a beautiful garden and not notice it, and another person can find beauty in the most cluttered up corner." Natalia Laluque has received numerous awards and prizes. She is a member of the stART Collective of visual artists living in Toronto’s St. Clair West area. Featured in such publications as Ceramics: Art & Perception (Australia), La Ceramique Moderne (France), Volkstimme (Germany), the Ukrainian Weekly (the USA), the Canadian Immigrant (Canada) and ELLE Ukraine.
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Artist statement
Every manifestation of nature, be it a wonderful garden with beautiful trees and miraculous birds, a shabby corner of a house in an old deserted city district, or even the stones lying on the dusty road in front of that house - all contain"beauty". We humans contain it as well. It exists regardless of whether we realize it or only feel its presence and guess about it. One can find ones' world reflected in ordinary daily occurrences. Every time you leave your home you may find yourself in a different place. If you open your eyes wide, the way to this new place will be clear without fail.
Natalia Laluque
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Curriculum Vitae
Education and Training
1991-2003 Honchary Cooperative, Kyiv, Ukraine
Worked with 25 ceramic artists and potters from a variety of aesthetic backgrounds and studied advanced ceramic design and production.
1987-93 Masters in Graphics, Faculty of Book Design and Illustration, Kyiv Polytechnic University, Kyiv, Ukraine;.
Studied advanced drawing, painting, composition, art history, printmaking, design and calligraphy. Specialized in book design and illustration.
1983-86 Olga Krylova Studio, Kyiv, Ukraine.
Studied drawing, painting, and composition
Solo Exhibitions
2008 New Paintings & Ceramics, Laluque Atelier Gallery, Canada
2007 Canadiana Project I, Laluque Atelier Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005 Trypillia, ceramics, Laluque Atelier, Toronto, Canada
One-Stop-Transit, graphics, Die-HO Gallery, Westernhusen-Magdeburg, Germany
2004 Laluque at Coach House, paintings, graphics & ceramics, Toronto, Canada
Laluque! paintings, graphics & ceramics, Arta Gallery, The Distillery District, Toronto, Canada
2003 Laluque! paintings & ceramic sculptures, Ya Design Showroom, Kyiv, Ukraine
2002 Laluque! paintings, Oder 24 Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2001 New Collection, paintings & ceramics, Honchary Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2000 Another City, paintings, Galerie Im Flur, AMO Culture and Congress House, Magdeburg, Germany
Steam Life, paintings, Artists in Residence Gallery, LaGrange, Georgia, the USA,
Group Exhibitions
2008 Art in the Fall at 401 Richmond: Art in the Halls/Queen West Art Crawl/Nuit Blanche, Toronto
Holly Fuss, *Hotshot Gallery + Nobody's Business Theater, group exhibition within the play
"Muhammad of Yorkville" by Johnnie Walker, Toronto, Canada
Art on The Severn Annual Show, paintings, Washago Community Centre, Ontario, Canada
Canadiana Project, Mixed Media, The 47th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
One Root, Many Routes, KUMF Gallery, curated by Olexander Wlasenko, Toronto, Canada
Canadiana Project, Mixed Media, The Artist Project Toronto, Canada
2007 Canadiana Project, Mixed Media, The 46th Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
Transfer point (stART Collective), paintings, Visual Arts Ontario Gallery, Toronto, Canada
ARTWALK ’07: The St. Clair Arts Festival & Studio Tour, Toronto, Canada
2006 ARTWALK ’06: The St. Clair Arts Festival & Studio Tour:
Canadiana Project at Goodwill, 585 St. Clair Av. West;
Landscapes and Stillife, Second Cup on Cristie/St. Clair, paintings, Toronto, Canada
The AIR Small Works Invitational, Artists in Residence Gallery, LaGrange, Georgia, the USA
The 0.7% show/fundraiser for HIV/Aids in Africa, curated by Antonia Lancaster, The Propeller Centre For Visual Arts, Toronto, Canada
2005 The 3nd World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition - Honorable Mention, Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea
ARTWALK ’05: The St Clair Arts Festival & Studio Tour, ceramics, Toronto, Canada
2003 Wendy Walgate & Natalia Laluque, ceramics, "New" Gallery, Toronto, Canada
The 53rd International Ceramics Competition - The Exhibition: "The shape between continuity and innovation", the International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
The 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition,
the Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea
Decorative Art of Ukraine of the End of XXth Century, ceramics, the Ukranian House, Kyiv, Ukraine
The Cube, paintings, Art-club CULT, Moscow, Russia
2001 Signe Grouschovenko & Natalia Laluque, paintings, Callaway Center for International Business Development at West Georgia Technical College, Georgia, USA
2000 27th Annual Toys Designed by Artists Exhibition, ceramics, The Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, the USA
5th Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics CAIRO 2000, National Center for Fine Arts, Giza, Egypt
25th International Gouds Pottenbakkers Festival, ceramics, Gouda, Holland
AIM For ARTS International Competition, paintings, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, Canada
International Art Fair Line Art, paintings and ceramics, Gent, Belgium
1997 Ceramics, Graphics & Space: Galerie im Flur, ceramics, The AMO Culture and Congress House,
Magdeburg, Germany
Art-project Seasons, ceramics, EZ Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
1993 Tea-Pot-93, ceramics, the Exhibition Space of Art Council of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
1992 Studio-2, ceramics, Honchary Gallery, Kiev, Ukraine
Awards and Honorable Mentions
2007 Project Grants for Individuals: Ontario Arts Council Visual Arts Mid-Career Grant
2005 The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition - Honorable Mention, The Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea
2003 The 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition - Honorable Mention, The Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea
2001 Type Art International Competition, First Prize, Moscow, Russia
Catalogues
2008 One Root, Many Routes, KUMF Gallery, The Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation,
curated by Olexander Wlasenko, Toronto, Canada
2005 The 3rd World Ceramic Biennale 2005 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition,
The Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea
2003 Decorative Art of Ukraine of the End of XXth Century, curated by Zoia Chegousova, Kiev, Ukraine
53rd International Ceramic Competition - The Exhibition "The shape between continuity and innovation", International Museum of Ceramics, Faenza, Italy
The 2nd World Ceramic Biennale 2003 Korea (CEBIKO) International Competition,
The Icheon World Ceramic Center, South Korea
2000 AIM for ARTS, International Competition, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver
5th Cairo International Biennale for Ceramics Exhibition CAIRO, National Center for Fine Arts, Giza, Egypt
27th Annual Toys Designed by Artists Exhibition, The Arkansas Arts Center,
Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, the USA
25th International Gouds Pottenbakkers Festival, Gouda, Holland
1998 The Art of Ukraine of the XXth Century, Ukrainian House, Kiev, Ukraine
Commissions
2007 SYSCO INTERNATIONAL - Toronto: paintings
2008 THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM: from ceramic collection "Trypillia" for the Exhibition "Mysteries of
Ancient Ukraine: The Remarkable Trypilian Culture (5400-2700 BC)", Toronto, Canada
UKRAINIAN CULTURAL and EDUCATION CENTER "OSEREDOK": from ceramic collection
"Trypillia", Winnipeg, Canada
Related Activities
2008 ARTWALK ’08: The St. Clair Arts Festival & Studio Tour,
Member at Large
2007 ARTWALK ’07: The St. Clair Arts Festival & Studio Tour,
Member at Large
2006 ARTWALK ’06: The St. Clair Arts Festival & Studio Tour,
Exhibitor and Volunteer Coordinator for Businesses Become Galleries tour
Selected Bibliography
“One Root - Many Routes Exhibit”, Nestor Gula, New Path Ukrainian Weekly, May 2008, Canada
“Add some bling to your backyard”, Carol Baldwin, Vaughan Today, April 2008, Canada
“Making the Canadian dream come true”, Cheryl Antao-Xavier, Confidence Bound magazine, #62, 2008, Canada
Cover story: “Painting a masterpiece”, Simona Siad, The Canadian Immigrant magazine, volume 4, issue 12, 2007, Canada
“Natalia Laluque: Facets of Perfection on an Earthen Vessel”, Tatiana Tkachenko, Ceramics Art and Perception magazine, #63, 2006, Australia
“Natalia Laluque: Recontre sur le lac”, La Moderne Ceramique magazine, April 2004, France
“Natalia Laluque presents new sculpture at Gallery *NEW*”, Ika Kazanova, The Ukrainian Weekly newspaper,
October 2003, the USA
“Natalia Laluque’s Facets”, Tatyana Tkachenko, Natalie magazine, July-August 2003, Ukraine
“Ceramics and Interior”, Elena Obrascova, House & Interior magazine, September 2003, Ukraine
“Native Motive”, Irina Didichenko, ELLE Ukraine magazine, October 2006, Ukraine
“New works by Natalia Laluque”, Rita Moroz, ELLE Ukraine magazine, June 2002, Ukraine
“A Gift marked by Eternity”, Valeriy Maikut, The Ukrainian magazine, winter 1998, Ukraine
“To cease to live illusions”, Branco Stanic, Politic and Culture magazine, #44, 2000, Ukraine
“Choice of a week: Natalia Laluque and Victor Charyk”, The Poster magazine, April 2002, Ukraine
“Free way of Natalia Laluque”, Branco Stanic, Eva magazine, winter 2002, Ukraine
“Ukrainian artist’s exhibit”, Donna Reames, La Grange Daily News, June 29 2000, the USA
“Local artist’s work lands in Canada”, Anna Kozmina, Kyiv Post newspaper, August 2000, Ukraine
“Entdeckungen in einer anderen Stadt”, Klaus-Peter Voigt, Volkstimme newspaper, June 2000, Germany
“Ceramics group shares fruits of its labor”, Anna Kozmina, Kyiv Post newspaper, July 1999, Ukraine`
“Deutschlanddebut fur “Ananas”, Meinhard, Elbe Report newspaper, August 1997, Germany
“Acte, Schlagen und Ceramik”, Klaus-Peter Voigt, Volkstimme newspaper, September 1997, Germany