BRAMA, Sep 30, 2003, 9:00 am ET
Press Release
Natalia Laluque to unveil new sculpture series at Gallery *New*, Toronto, Canada
Gallery *NEW* is pleased to present ceramic works by Toronto artists Wendy Walgate and Natalia Laluque
September 25 - October 12, 2003
The Distillery Gallery *NEW*,
Studio #109, Case Goods Building, 55 Mill St.,
Toronto, ON, Canada M5A 3C4
hours: noon to 5 pm, Wednesday to Sunday
t. 416 304 0726
web: www.galleryair.com/natasha.htm
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Having only recently immigrated to Toronto from Kiev Ukraine, artist Natalia Laluque is about to unveil her first works inspired on Canadian soil at Gallery *New*, alongside works by fellow Canadian ceramic artist Wendy Walgate, presently Vice-President of the Ontario Crafts Council.
Born in Kiev Ukraine, Natalia earned her college degree at Kiev Technical University, specializing in graphic design. She has worked as a professional ceramic artist and painter for over 15 years and is considered one of Kiev’s leading ceramic artists.
The past year has been particularly busy for Natalia. Having exhibited her works extensively throughout Europe and the US, this spring Natalia stayed close to home with a successful sculptural exhibition in Kiev in gallery Ya Design. Her work has appeared in a number of different publications, including ELLE Ukraine magazine. On behalf of ELLE, Natalia has conducted interviews with world-class designer Christian Werner of Ligne Roset and Giorgio Saporiti of II Loft. Around the same time, the International Ceramics museum in Faenza, Italy invited Natalia Laluque to take part in an exhibition of modern ceramics entitled “The Shape Between Continuity and Innovation” in conjunction with the 53rd International Competition of Contemporary Ceramics.
At Gallery *New* Natalia will present a new terra cotta sculpture series. These pieces are made with her signature slab cutting technique in which she uses wire cutters to facet large blocks of raw clay into strong, massive, spontaneous compositions. This year, one of Natalia’s pieces from the same family of works was selected by the 2nd World Ceramics Bienniale 2003 Korea. In this exhibition, Natalia Laluque showed alongside Canadian artists Steven Heinemann, Ann Mortimer, and Leopold L. Foulem.
Natalia moved to Canada only a few short months ago, but her creative career is already blooming in her new country. Her fortuitous meeting with Michelle Kosoy, owner of The ClaySpace, took place only a week after her arrival from Kiev. Michelle graciously offered Natalia a place to create and helped her to quickly acclimate to life in Toronto, which could have proved a long and difficult process without a helping hand. Kosoy opened many doors for Natalia in the Toronto arts community that made it possible for her to continue her work in ceramics without the expected time consuming task of having to carve a niche for herself in an entirely new environment.
Before Natalia’s departure to Canada, in an interview with BBC Radio Ukraine, the artist said she was moving to a new country to seek new inspiration for her art and to change the angle of her vision on herself and the world. This exhibition will be the artist’s first description of that new view.
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