Natalya Lyakh

Born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

1984–1985 Secondary Art School, Saint-Petersburg Arts Academy, Preparatory Division

1985 Developed an interest in black & white photography

1985-1992 Saint-Petersburg State University, Department of Structural & Applied Linguistics. Scientific experiments in the field of neurolinguistics at the Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology & Biochemistry

1989 Began a series of color photographs on Hungary

1990–1992 Thematic series of black & white photographs

1992–1995 Postgraduate studies at the Saint-Petersburg State University, further research leading to a Ph.D. in neurolinguistics. First experiments with video. Continued with black & white photography

1996–1998 Short video art films (shooting, editing and mixing music/sounds). Series of thematic color photographs on New York, London, Turkey, Italy and other subjects. Submissions to and publication in several Moscow photography magazines. Worked as a curator in video clubs and film programs

1999 June: participated Rencontres Internationales Hors-Circuit Paris-Berlin, Paris. September: International contemporary art group show “Tomorrow Conceptual Nostalgia”, Monterrey, Mexico

2000 January: art show “Reflections”, Miami, USA.
June: art show “Minding”, Geneva, Switzerland. October: art show “Rad Art”, Paris. November: artshow “Arts photographiques”, Paris. November: photo art show PHOTOBIS 2000, Paris. December:”En Garde”, Parsons Gallery, Paris

2001 March: Photo art show, University of New Sorbonne, Rencontres Internationales Hors-Circuit Paris-Berlin, Paris
June: Photo-video-perfomance, art show “OGM”, Espace Crimée, Paris. June: Rencontres Internationales Hors-Circuit, Paris-Berlin Festival, Berlin. November: Salon de la photographie, Salle Olympe de Gouges, Paris

2002 July: French Video Program in „Sad”, Moscow. November: Red Shift Film Festival, Anthology Film Archive, New York

2003 March: Hors-Circuit Paris-Berlin Film Festival, Paris. April: Espace Washington steet, New York. October: group show at Gallery Iragui, Paris. November: Hors-Circuit Paris-Berlin Film Festival, Berlin. December: art show at gallery L’Entrepot, Paris

2004 January: Red Shift Film Festival, Anthology Film Archive, NYC. April: Gallery Nichido, Nagoya, Japan. June: art show with gallery Iragui at Museum of Arcitecture, Moscow, Russia. July: Projection at Tryptique, Paris; participation Reel Venus Film Festival, NYC. October: Participation with gallery La Blanchisserie in La FIAC, Paris

2005 January: Personal photo-video show at LA Blanchisserie, Paris. January: Videos at “Divan du Monde”, Paris. March: Videos, Espace Atlas. Paris. May: Gallery Benamou (Paris) and Gallery Gisich (St.Petersburg) – ArtMoscow. June: Rome Art Doc Festival, Rome. September: Kansk Film Festival, Russia. October: Personal show at Freud’s Dream Museum and Gisich Gallery, St.Petersburg; Nuit Blanche, Paris. November: Starz Denver International Film Festival, USA; Film screening, Ambassade Française, Moscow

2006 January: Videos at “Divan du Monde”. February: Photos, Videos at L.U.V Gallery, Paris. March-April: Participation Photobiennale in Moscow, “Open World” Gallery. April: Art show, festival “Crescendo”, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
June: Group show, Espace “Art et Liberte”, Show at Heart Gallery, Paris. September: Videos, Nuit Blanche, Paris

2007 November-January: “Un monde non-ojectif en Photographie”, Thessa Herold Gallery, Paris. May: “Caravansarai”, Tashkent, ArtMoscow, Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. August: Karsi Sanat Gallery, Istanbul. October: Istanbul Art Biennale. November : ArtFair DIVA, Paris. December: “Pulse”, Miami

2008 March: Videoformes, HeartGallery, Clermont-Ferrand. April-May: Show at National Center of Photography RF, St. Petersburg.

Currently live in Paris. Languages: Russian, English, French, Italian, Japanese