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Natalya A. Rachkovskaya

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Department
of Arts and Environmental Design
Position
Associate Professor
Academic Degree
Doctor of
Candidate of
Academic Rank
Associate Professor
Contacts
phone: +37517 343 79 25
ratchko@bsu.by

About

Education:

1972 – graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts.

Work and professional activity:

Since 2002 – has been working at the Department of Arts and Environmental Design.

Since 1972 – has been working at the Minsk Art and Production Plant (Qualification: monumental artist).

1976–1986 – working at the children’s art studio ZhES-53.

2002 – beginning of lecturing career at BSU.

2004–2011 – associate professor at the State Institute of Intellectual Sciences of BSU. Department of Art and Environmental Design.

Advanced training and professional development:

  • 2009, 2014, 2018 – advanced training courses at the State Educational Institution “National Institute for Higher Education”.

Creative activity:

  • Since 1973 – annual participation in republican and all-Union exhibitions of works of artistic ceramics.
  • Since 1986 – personal and group exhibitions in Belarus and abroad (paintings, pastels, ceramics).
  • Since 1988 – member of the Belarusian Union of Artists.

Individual exhibitions:

  • 1992 – painting, Central House of Artists (CHA), Moscow, Russia
  • 1995 – painting, Republican Art Gallery “Palace of Arts”, Minsk, Belarus.
  • 1996 – painting, Alla Pavlova Gallery, Dordrecht, Holland
  • 1998 – painting, pastel, graphics, ceramics, Republican Art Gallery “Palace of Arts”, Minsk, Belarus.
  • 1998 – painting, graphics, gallery “Upper City”, Minsk, Belarus
  • 2002 – painting, pastel, graphics, Republican Art Gallery, Minsk, Belarus
  • 2001 – pastel. Gallery “Hellas”, Smorgon, Belarus
  • 2002 – painting, pastel, graphics, National Library of Belarus, Minsk
  • 2004 – painting, pastel, graphics (“Dialogue”). Museum of Contemporary Fine Arts, Minsk, Belarus -2004 — “Contrast” (pastel). Gallery “Slavutyya Masters”, Minsk
  • 2009 – painting, pastel, graphics, Republican Art Gallery “Palace of Arts”, Minsk, Belarus.
  • 2023. 07.07. – 08/07/2023 — exhibition “Elegy”, 148 creative works: oil painting (79), pastel (35), ceramics (19), graphics (15), Mikhail Savitsky Art Gallery, Minsk.

Group exhibitions:

  • 1987 – Exhibition “Belarusian Avant-Garde –I”, painting, oil on canvas, Minsk.
  • 1989 — Exhibition “Belarusian Avant-Garde –II”, painting, oil on canvas, Minsk, Belarus.
  • 1991 – Exhibition of Belarusian artists BelART, painting, oil on canvas, Norblin gallery, Centrum, Warsaw, Poland.
  • 1992 – Exhibition of Belarusian artists, art center “Zhilbel”, painting, oil on canvas, Minsk, Belarus.
  • 1993 – Exhibition of Belarusian artists as part of the creative workshop “SMiKS” “Days of Belarusian Culture in Ukraine” painting, oil on canvas, exhibition hall of the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Kyiv.
  • 1993 – Exhibition of Belarusian artists, painting, oil on canvas, Brama gallery at the 2nd International Women’s Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus -1993 —Exhibition of Belarusian artists, painting, ceramics, Kursaal conference center, City Hall, Dzhulyanova, Italy.
  • 1993–1994 —Exhibition of Belarusian artists, as part of the creative workshop “SMiKS”, painting, oil on canvas, Gallery “M”, Linz, Austria. -1994 – Exhibition of Belarusian artists, painting, oil on canvas, Central House of Artists (CHA), Krymsky Val, Moscow, Russia.
  • 1995 – Exhibition of Belarusian artists “Four sides of color”, painting, oil on canvas, “Brama” gallery at the 3rd International Women’s Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus.
  • 1995 — Exhibition “Belarusian artists at the International Festival”, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • 1995 – Exhibition of Belarusian artists, oil on canvas, Central House of Artists (CHA), Krymsky Val, Moscow, Russia. -1996 – Exhibition at the Alla Pavlova Gallery, Dordrecht, Holland.
  • 1999 — Exhibition “Crossroads”, oil on canvas, Museum of Contemporary Fine Arts, Minsk, Belarus.
  • 2000 – Exhibition “Belarusian artists at the World Exhibition in Hannover” (as part of the international guild of painters), Germany. -2002 — Exhibition “International Guild of Painters”, oil on canvas, Ostend, Belgium. -2007 – Exhibition jointly with students, series “My beloved Piero de la Francesco”, oil on canvas, Piazza Armerina, Sicily.
  • Since 2002 – participation in the annual exhibitions (December) “ART-KROK”. (as part of the International Guild of Painters) and in other exhibitions of the guild Exhibition Complex of the Central Library of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk.
  • 2009–2010 — participation in the exhibition of paintings of teachers of the Department of Arts of the State University of Science and Technology of BSU
  • 2011 — Exhibition dedicated to the anniversary of the Department of Decorative Arts of the Academy of Arts of Belarus, faience, enamels, Academy of Arts, Minsk.

Other exhibitions:

  • 2012–2013 — Exhibitions (in the context of the “International Guild of Painters”), painting, canvas, oil, Exhibition Complex of the Central Library of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk.
  • 2014, December – Exhibition “Teacher and Students”. Anniversary exhibition of T. N. Porozhnyak”, Triptych entitled “Feeling of a thunderstorm” (paper, pastel); decorative composition of 3 forms called “Cobweb”, ceramics, enamels, crackle, exhibition complex “Palace of Arts”, Minsk.
  • 2014, April – exhibition “Art-Krok”. /3 works, pastel “Fragments”/. Exhibition complex of the Central Library of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk. -2015 (March) – exhibition “Flower Paradise”, work entitled “Dedication to the victims of the terrorist attack in the metro on April 11, 2011” (paper, pastel)/, Exhibition complex of the Central Library of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk.
  • 2016, March – exhibition “Flower Paradise”, 2 works, x. m., Exhibition complex of the Central Library of the Republic of Belarus, Minsk.
  • 2016, November – Republican exhibition “Triennial of Decorative Arts”, exhibition complex “Palace of Arts”, Minsk, /composition of 3 forms called “Planets and Asteroids”, fireclay mass, colored enamels, glazes/
  • 2016, September – exhibition “Art as a medium. Allusions of Suprematism”, /2 works 120×90, x. m./, “National Center for Contemporary Arts of the Republic of Belarus”.
  • 2017, April-May – Republican Exhibition of Contemporary Art “Triennial of Painting, Graphics, Sculpture”, / Triptych “Structure of Air”, 2 works, x. m./, exhibition complex “Palace of Arts”, Minsk.
  • 2018, July – Exhibition “Voyage–voyage”, /2 works, x. m./, exhibition complex “Palace of Arts”, Minsk.
  • 2019, (28.11–08.12) — Exhibition “Triennial of the Democratic Party of Moscow. /decorative sculpture “Danae”/, material: faience, fireclay, glaze, colored enamels, crackle /Minsk, Republican Art Gallery “Palace of Arts”/
  • 2020, October – International scientific and practical conference “Modern city and art: community, innovation, context” and exhibition “Axes of existence: art and modern city”. / Series “In Search of Balance”: “Lonely figure in the interior”, 150×120, x. m., 1991; “Waiting-91”, 120×90, x. m., 1991–92/, National Historical Museum of the Republic of Belarus. Minsk.
  • 2021, July 27 – August 15 – Exhibition “Plast”, /1 work from the series “Game of Triangles”, 32×32, fireclay, clay, earthenware, hand modeling/, exhibition complex “Palace of Arts”, Minsk.
  • 2021, October – Exhibition “Concept”, / Triptych: “Keeper of Antiquity”, oil on canvas, 50×60, 2012; “Figures against Light”, canvas/oil, 50×60, 2011; “Model XXI”, oil on canvas, 50×60, 2010, exhibition complex “Palace of Arts”, Minsk. -2021, November – Exhibition of the Brama gallery / curator Larisa Finkelstein/ “Swallow”, oil on canvas, 100×90, 1996, gallery of the National Library of Belarus, Minsk.
  • 2022, 16.06- 03.07 – Republican exhibition dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Yanka Kupala and Yakub Kolas “I dreamed dreams in Belarus” – a decorative composition consisting of 3 forms “Bouquets of June for poets”, h – 32 cm, h – 25 cm, h – 25 cm; material: fireclay, faience, enamels, chandeliers, fire-reducing glazes, exhibition complex “Palace of Arts”, Minsk.
  • 2022, May – Exhibition in honor of Victory Day / May 9/ – form (cube) “Red and Black”, h – 40 cm, fireclay, faience, colored enamels, May, exhibition complex “Palace of Arts”, Minsk.
  • 2022, 03.10–14.11 — Exhibition “Axes of Existence 2” “Art and the Modern City 2”. 9 works, painting, oil on canvas, /International conference and exposition/, Art Factory gallery, Minsk.
  • 2022, 11/10/09/12 — V Triennial of Decorative Arts, Series “Game of Triangles”, “Composition-1”, рхр 32х32; “Composition -2”, bas-relief, material: fireclay, clay, faience, exhibition complex “Palace of Arts”, Minsk.
  • 01.12.2022–29.01.2023 – Exhibition “Chakaitse us, vigilants”, painting “Ban on UFOs”, canvas/oil, 120×150, 2009, “National Center for Contemporary Arts of the Republic of Belarus”, Minsk.

Awards and honorary titles:

  • 2005 – Diploma “For fruitful pedagogical activity in training highly qualified specialists, active social and educational work” (from the State Institute of Management and Social Technologies of BSU).
  • 2011 – Diploma of the 90th anniversary of the Belarusian State University” (from the State Institute of Management and Social Technologies of BSU).
  • 2014 – Diploma “For high results in work, active participation in social life” (from the State Institute of Management and Social Technologies of BSU).
  • Certificate of the rector of BSU “For many years of fruitful pedagogical activity in training highly qualified specialists and in connection with 60 -birth anniversary”, gratitude to BSU “For fruitful scientific and pedagogical activities in training highly qualified specialists and in connection with the celebration of the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Faculty of Sociocultural Communications” (2019). Certificate from the rector for fruitful pedagogical activities in training highly qualified specialists and in connection with the anniversary (2023).
  • Certificates of honor from the housing department of the Minsk City Executive Committee and the joint committee of the trade union, a first-degree diploma from the Ministry of Education of the Belarusian SSR. She was repeatedly invited to broadcasts on BT and Radio Culture.

Selection of works (painting):

  1. Series “The Palette of My Intuition” Material – oil on canvas From 1989 to the present Dimensions from 40×40 cm to 150×120 cm. About 30 works were completed within this series 1.1 “Solar wind” Material – oil on canvas 1991 150×120, (author’s property) 1.2 “Feeling of flight” Material – oil on canvas 1991 150×120, (author’s property) 1.3 “Sun splashes” Material – oil on canvas 1993 40×40, (private collection), Minsk 1.4 “The Van Gogh Passion” Material – canvas, oil 1989 100×100, gallery of the art center “Zhilbel” (Minsk, Belarus).
  2. Series “In search of balance” Material – canvas, oil From 1987 to present Sizes from 20×20 cm to 150×120 cm About 50 works were completed as part of this series 2.1 “Pink starts and wins” Material – canvas, oil 1991 100×100 cm (private collection), Warsaw, Poland 2.2 “Lonely figure in the interior” Material – oil on canvas 1991 150×120, (property author) 2.3 “The Last Straw” Material – oil on canvas 1990 100×100, (National Library of Belarus), certificate available 2.4 “Waiting-91” Material – oil on canvas 1991-92 120×90, (author’s property) 2.5 “Medusa Gorgon or flight from paradise” Material – oil on canvas 1989 90×120, (private collection), Dordrecht, Holland 2.6 “Look back with love” Material – oil on canvas 1990 120×90, (author’s property) 2.7 “The leaving angel cannot be stopped” Material – oil on canvas 1993 50×60, (property author) 2.8 “Two on a swing” Material – oil on canvas 1989 50×60, (private collection), Minsk 2.9
  3. Triptych: “Composition No. 1”, “Composition No. 2”, “Composition No. 3” Material – canvas, oil 1989 70×70 (3 works), (author’s property) 2.10 Triptych “Wish Tree”, graphics Material: cardboard, oil, mixed media 1984 30×40 (3 works), Jane Wugis Zimmerly Museum in New Jersey (USA), certificate available
  4. Series “Game of Triangles” Material – oil on canvas 1993-95 Sizes from 30×50 to 50×60, about 15 works 3.1 “Composition – 1”, “Composition – 2”, “Composition – 3” Material – canvas, oil 1993 30×50, office of the Roditi trading house, London, UK
  5. “The Seventh…” Material – oil on canvas 1996-97 124.5×120, (author’s property)
  6. “Martin” Material – canvas, oil 1996 100×90, (author’s property)
  7. “Hush…” Material – oil on canvas 1994 50×60. (private collection), Edinburgh, Scotland
  8. “Night Hunt” Material – oil on canvas 1996 100×90, (private collection), Cyprus
  9. Series “Nosha” Material – oil on canvas 1995–1998 Sizes from 22×30 to 100×100, about 10 works 8.1 “Burden with Fish” Material – oil on canvas 1995-96 100×100, (private collection), Dordrecht, Holland 8.2 “Burden with a cat” Material – oil on canvas 1997 23.5×20, (private collection), Cyprus 8.3 “Catching the Red Hare” Material – oil on canvas 1997 22×30, (private collection), Cyprus)
  10. “Girl with a ball” Material – oil on canvas 1997 16×18, (private collection, Cyprus
  11. “Autumn” Material – oil on canvas 1997 30×40, (private collection), New York, USA
  12. “Chloe” Material – oil on canvas 1998 50×60. (private collection), Moscow
  13. Triptych “Riders”, “Rider-1” Material – oil on canvas 1995 71×71, (private collection), Minsk
  14. “The Birth of Eve” Material – oil on canvas 1993 40×60, (author’s property)
  15. “Memory of the Sea” Material – oil on canvas 1997 90×91.5, (author’s property)
  16. “Rosary in Nikita” Material – oil on canvas 2001-02 92×92, (property author)
  17. “Shadows” Material – oil on canvas 1994-95 130×97, (property author)
  18. Series “The Bird and Its Man”, Look down” Material – canvas, oil 2006 90×70, (author’s property)
  19. Series “The Bird and Its Man”, “A Moment of Silence” Material – canvas, oil 2007 90×70, (author’s property)
  20. “Cave” Material – canvas, oil 2001 40×50, (author’s property)
  21. “Ban on UFOs” Material – canvas, oil 2010 120×150, (author’s property)
  22. Triptych 21.1 “Keeper of Antiquity” Material – canvas, oil 2010 50×60 (author’s property) Triptych 21.2 “Figures Against the Light” Material – canvas, oil 2011 (property of the author) Triptych 21.3 “Model-XXI” Material – oil on canvas 2012 (property of the author)

These include not only oil works, but also pastels, as well as graphics made in various mixed materials. In addition, over the course of her creative activity, Rachkovskaya N. made numerous works of a sculptural nature in small plastic materials (materials – clay, faience, fireclay, stone mass, glazes, enamels, engobes, various experiments with ceramic materials).

Courses taught:

Publications:

  1. Rachkovskaya, N. A. Academic painting: textbook. allowance / N. A. Rachkovskaya, I. N. Loban. – Minsk: GIUST BSU, 2015. – 94 p.
  2. Rachkovskaya, N. A. Booklet “Dialogues”: painting / N. Rachkovskaya; auto text by K. Zelenaya. – Minsk: Art Design, 2003. – 44 p.
  3. Rachkovskaya, N. A. “Postmodernism”: set of postcards / art. N. A. Rachkovskaya. – Minsk: Cultural Center “Paradise”, 2000. – 1st region. (1 stb. text, 12 separate sheets) : color. offset ; 20.5×14 cm.
  4. Rachkovskaya Natalya. Booklet for personal anniversary exhibition. Article by L. D. Finkelstein “Form and Color”, with reproductions of creative works, 2023. Materials of scientific conferences Rachkovskaya, N. A. Notes on canvas / N. A. Rachkovskaya // Avant-garde and cultures: art, design, environment: materials of the International. scientific Conf., May 17–19, 2007, Minsk, Belarus / [under the general. ed. I. N. Dukhan]. – Minsk, 2007. – P. 125-127.
  5. Rachkovskaya, N. A. Chronicle of reflections (autumn 2010, Minsk) / N. A. Rachkovskaya // Contemporary art after “contemporary art”: visual practices, architecture, design: collection. Art. – Minsk, 2011. – P. 158-162.
  6. Rachkovskaya, N. A. Texture and space / N. A. Rachkovskaya // Mastatstva. – 2014. – No. 9. – P. 28.

Main publications about exhibitions with reproductions of works of art in periodicals and catalogs of group exhibitions:

  1. Rachkovskaya Natalya. Personal catalog “Dialogues” (painting, pastel, graphics) Album-catalogue text by K. Zelenaya; lane G. Samokhvalova; slides by A. Sprinchan; design by V. Scholk. – Minsk: Art Design, 2003.
  2. Rachkovskaya Natalya. A set of postcards with photographs of works ((painting, pastel, graphics) Set of postcards Minsk: Cultural Center “Paradise”, 2000.
  3. Rachkovskaya Natalya. Personal catalog (painting) Booklet Auto. text by L. Finkelstein. – Minsk, 1998.
  4. Catalog of the exhibition “Bel-Art”. Panorama of Belarusian painting Album-catalogue (with a photograph of the painting) Warsaw, 1991.
  5. Catalog of the exhibition “Art-Krok for Kalyady” Booklet International Guild of Painters, Museum of Contemporary Fine Arts. – Minsk 2006.
  6. Catalog of the exhibition “Dedication to Belarus” Album catalog (with a photograph of the painting) National Library of Belarus, Gallery complex. – Minsk, 2006.
  7. Rachkovskaya Natalya. Booklet for a personal exhibition (painting, pastel, graphics) Booklet Auto, text by I. Dukhan, April 15-26. – Minsk, 2009.
  8. “Artistic propaedeutics, its programs and methods at the Department of Arts of of the State Institute of Management and Social Technologies of BSU” / N. A. Rachkovskaya // International Conference. dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the Latvian Academy of Arts – Riga, 2006.
  9. Rachkovskaya N. A. Report (and article) “Notes on Canvas” Report (and article) Proceedings of the International Conference “Avant-garde and Culture: Art, Design, Environment”, May 17–19, 2007, Minsk, Belarus, – Minsk, 2007, – P.125-127.
  10. Rachkovskaya N. A. “Monumental art in the open spaces of Minsk” Report International conference on the basis of BSU “Art and space: Minsk – Berlin”, 2007, November 30. — 1 Dec. – Minsk, 2007.
  11. “The world of Natalia Rachkovskaya” Article (with a photograph of the painting) by Svetlana Makhchenko // Minsk News. – 1998. – 17-23 February.
  12. “Personage” Article (with photograph of the painting) by Svetlana Mahchenko // Minsk News. – 1999. – 13–20 December.
  13. “My guiding star is intuition” Article (with a photograph of the painting) / author. B. Krepak // Work. – 1998. – March 13.
  14. “The Country of Objects and Connections” Article (with a photograph of the painting) “Mastykhin”, column led by B. Krepak // Culture. – 2004. – December 4–10.
  15. “Lastauka i tyya, shto syadziats” Article (with a photograph of the painting) author. Anna Lagun // Belarusian University, 2004. – 30 sheets.
  16. “Zroblena na Kalyady” Article (with photograph of the work) author. Mikhas Miroshnikov // Mastatstva. 2006. – No. 2.
  17. “There are famous creators – janchyns” Article (with a photograph of the painting) “Mastykhin”, author. Art. N. Sharangovich // Culture. – 2006. – March 4–10.
  18. “Intuition in three colors” Article (with photo of the painting) “Mastykhin”, column led by B. Krepak // Culture. – 2006. – March 19–25.
  19. “Rachkovskaya Natalya” Article (with photograph of the painting) author. Art. L. Finkelstein // Basic skills. – 1998. – No. 3.
  20. “Changing the material world” Article (with a photograph of the painting) author. Art. L. Mikhalchuk, section “Society: culture. Expositions // Belarusians and the market. – 2009. – No. 16.
  21. Mastatstva ў social prastors” Book-catalogue (with photographs of paintings) F. A. Yastreb. – Minsk: Kuzma, 2011. – P. 39, 57, 97.
  22. “Characters” Article (with photograph of the painting) Ed. T. Tsyba // Arguments and facts. 1994. – No. 34(62).
  23. “Ruh vakol vosi” at poshukah raunavagi Article (with photo of the painting) “Mastykhin”, column led by B. Krepak // Culture. – 2009. – 25 red. -1st of May. / N. A. Rachkovskaya, I. N. Loban. – “Academic painting”: textbook. manual for students of higher institutions. education in the specialty “Design” Textbook certified by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus Minsk: GIUST BSU, 2015. – 94 p.
  24. Rachkovskaya, N. A. / Chronicle of reflections / Article (with a photograph of the painting) Contemporary art after “contemporary art”: visual practices, architecture, design: collection. Art. – Minsk, 2015. – P. 15 8 – 162.
  25. “Shape and color” Artykul Finkelshtein L.D. Shape and color / L. D. Finkelshtein. – Minsk: Culture and Culture, 2023. – P. 12–15: ill.

Selected monumental works:

  1. Decorative ceramic panel “The Book is the Source of Knowledge”, faience material, overglaze painting, interior of the Central Book Store, Independence Avenue, Minsk, 150×180, 1973.
  2. Decorative ceramic panels “Still Lifes” (3 panels), material – wood, enamel, interior of the cafe “Serebryanka” Minsk, size 150×150 (each), 1976. -1. Decorative and sculptural composition “Bark with a Dolphin”, h – 200 cm, material – fireclay, white enamel; -2. Decorative floor vases (6 copies), material – fireclay, colored clay, enamels, glaze, h – from 100 to 150 cm, 1987–1988 Central House of Culture, Vitebsk,
  3. Cardboard. Mosaic (practical implementation), Cardboard (gouache). Mosaic, colored tiles (taffy) px 1.5×1.5 cm, Author. sketches by A. M. Kishchenko, end of a 10-story residential building, Novopolotsk, 550 sq. m., 1979–1980.
  4. Mosaic “Fairy Tales”, cardboards, smalt mosaic, colored toffee tiles, cardboards (gouache), 1982–1984, Author. sketches by A. M. Kishchenko. kindergarten-nursery, Pinsk, mosaic size – 850 sq. m.
  5. Decorative gift plaque “Minsk”, Material – earthenware, overglaze dyes, technique – silk-screen printing, stained glass, 2001, Ordered by the international department of the Minsk executive committee, 19×14.5 cm, circulation – 300 copies.