Maria and Natalia Petschatnikov
born in St. Petersburg, Russia
The twins Maria & Natalia Petschatnikov work as an artist duo in the border region between painting and installation. In their work they choose to focus on seemingly insignificant phenomena that are part of our daily lives. With imagination and wit, they manage to tease out new and surprisingly profound perspectives on the everyday world; they find the extraordinary within the ordinary. Maria and Natalia live and work in Berlin.
Education
1996-99
Hunter College of the City Universitv of New York, New York, NY, USA
MFA Received 1999
1997-98
École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Atelier Annette Messager
1992-96
Rhode Island College, Providence. RI, USA
BFA Received 1996
Exhibitions
2024
Albert Contemporary
Game of Chairs
Stern Wywiol Galerie, Hamburg
Fragile, Installation
Stern Wywiol Galerie, Hamburg
LOVE LOVE LOVE, group exhibition
Albert Contemporary
Grand Opening, group exhibition
Stern Wywiol Galerie, Hamburg
Fragile, Installation
Albert Contemporary, Denmark
New Works
2023
Stern-Wywiol Galerie, Hamburg
Taeuschend echt, group exhibition
2022
Albert Contemporary, Denmark
Fragile, Installation
Insola, a free floating gallery space, Berlin
BIG DOG, site-specific sculpture project
Parlament of Trees, Berlin Wall Museum
Wyschywanka, Installation with 19 women artists from Ukraine (idea and concept)
2021
Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin
Hidden People, Installation
Viborg Kunsthal, Denmark
Fragile, Installation
2020
Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin
Creatures, site-specific garden installation
Garten Porzellan, site-specific public art project
2019
Lithuanian Theater, Music and Cinema Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
Pabaltys, Installation / film
Barlachhalle K, Hamburg
Aufbrechen, group exhibition
Kunstverein Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden
Mimesis, with Fides Becker: paintings
Stern-Wywiol Gallery, Hamburg
Wasser, Group exhibition with gallery artists
Neue Kunst im Hagenbucher, Heilbronn
Zurückdrehen, Installation / video
Rozhdestveno Memorial Estate of Vladimir Nabokov
Pabaltys, series of drawings / video
2018
Outvert Art Space, Ísafjörður, Iceland
Learning to read Icelandic patterns, installation, series of paintings
Galerie Stern-Wywiol, Hamburg
Gestern, Heute, Morgen, with Anja Michaela: series of drawings, animated film
Verein für Junge Kunst, Wolfsburg
Urbane Entomologie, Installation
Kunst Sammlung Viebrockhaus, Harsefeld
Alltagstheater, paintings
2017
Berlin Wall Memorial
1000 Crows - site-specific Installation
2017
Villa Rot Museum, Burgrieden-Rot
Das geheime Leben der Dinge, group exhibition
2017
Galerie Stern-Wywiol, Hamburg
Gruppendynamik, installation, paintings, objects
2017
Fabrik der Künstler, Hamburg
Maksa and her artists friends, group exhibition
2017
Die Ruine der Klosterkirche, Berlin
Creatures, site-specific installation
2017
Beton 7, Athens, Greece
Two Islands, installation
2017
Concept and realisation of the prize: Innovation Award 2017, Paper – bronze sculpture
2016
Gallery at the Tempelhof Museum, Berlin
Collecting the City, Installation
2015
12 German Week in St. Petersburg
Berlin & Berlin, Installation
2015
Art editions for the "Kunstautomat" of the Jewish Museum, Berlin
SPARROWS, 200 relief-objects, 4 EURO, 200 paintings
2015
Ein Neuer Laden, Heilbronn
DOGS, Installation
2014
Frauen Museum, Berlin & Weisser Elefant gallery, Berlin
HEIM_SPIEL Mitte, group exhibition
2014
Künstlerhaus Sootboern, Hamburg
Fliegende Gärten (group exhibition)
2014
Doctoral Day on Vladimir Nabokov, University of Strasbourg, France
A Guide to Berlin, Installation
2014
Tempelhof Airport, Berlin
Birds, public art project
2013
Vladimir Nabokov Museum, St. Petersburg
A Guide to Berlin, Installation
2013
Galerie Axel Obiger, Berlin
Tiere gehen immer (group exhibition)
2012
Quiet Cue, Berlin
Floating Rooms (group exhibition)
2012
Beton 7, Athens
Collecting the City, Installation
2012
Kunstverein Muensterland, Coesfeld, Germany
Dogs, Installation
2011
Collection Anne-Marie Siegel, Hamburg
Other people's things, Installation/Painting
2011
Collection Haupt, Halle am Wasser, Berlin
Dreissig Silberlinge, group exhibition
2011
Wagner+Partner, Berlin
Briefly yours, Installation/Painting
2011
Wagner+Partner, Berlin
Exoten, Installation/Painting
2011
King Size, Leipzig
Sidewalk, Installation
2011
Art Karlsruhe 2011, solo stand
with Wagner+Partner, Berlin
2010
Kunstverein Wolfenbuettel, Germany
Exoten, Installation/Painting
2010
Laboratoria, Moscow, Russia
Hypothesis Verification, group exhibition
2010
Viena Fair / Art Karlsruhe
with Wagner+Partner, Berlin
2009
Wagner+Partner, Berlin
Sidewalk, Installation/Painting
2009
Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
Alexander Reznikov Award Exhibition
2008
Art Karlsruhe
solo presentation with Wagner+Partner, Berlin
2008
Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany
km 500, group exhibition
2008
Palinsesti, San Vito, Italy
group exhibition
2008
Galerie Ulrike Hrobsky, Vienna, Austria
Formal Garden, Installation/Painting
2007
Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Beyond Nature, group exhibition
2007
Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
Wellness, Installation
2006
Kunstverein Celle, Celle, Germany
Geschehen im Schloss, Installation
2006
Arco Madrid, Art Fair, Spain
solo presentation with Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin
2006
Scope Miami, Art Fair, Miami, USA
with Herrmann & Wagner, Berlin
2006
Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany
Mice and More, Installation
2006
Herrmann & Wagner Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Doubletake, Installation
2006
Curator Space, London, UK
Family Viewing, group exhibition
2005
GalerieXprssns, Hamburg, Germany
Paperwork, Installation
2005
Künstlerhaus Sootboern, Hamburg, Germany
Public (Private) Property, Installation, paintings
2005
Einstellungsraum e.V, Hamburg, Germany
Das Gegenteil, Installation
2005
Kunstverein Huerth-Cologne, Germany
5 international art prize, group exhibition
2004
Irish Museum of Modern Art: Process Room, Dublin, Ireland
Formal Garden
2004
SKAMraum, Hamburg, Germany
Forschungslabor: Getting ready for Mars
2003
2004
"Foyer für junge Kunst" Hypovereinsbank, Hamburg, Germany
Installations, Drawings
2003
Dresdner Schloss, Dresden , Germany
Faculty Exhibition, International Summer Academy, group exhibition
2003
Speicherstadt, Hamburg, Germany
Abbruch/Aufbruch, group exhibition
2002
Halle k3 Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
Sinnspiel-Spielsinn, with MAKSA and Vladimir Volkov
2002
Michaelis Bridge, Hamburg, Germany
Die Brücke, Public Art Project
2002
Morley Gallery, London, UK
Crossing the Border, The Other Europe, group exhibition
2002
Sotheby's Amsterdam, the Netherlands
International Young Art 2002, group exhibition
2002
The Elizebeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, USA
International Young Art 2002, group exhibition
2002
Sotheby's Tel Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel
International Young Art 2002, group exhibition
2002
C 15 Sammlung Ulla und Heinz Lohmann, Hamburg, Germany
Kunst-Stoff
2001
GalerieXprssns, Hamburg, Germany
Stoffe, aus denen die (T)räume sind..., group exhibition
2001
Eigenarten Interkulturelles Festival, Hamburg, Germany
Yellow Room
2001
Die Kunsttreppe, Hamburg, Germany
Kaum zu bändigen
2000
Art-Cade Galerie, Marseille, France
Duo, group exhibition
2000
Zeise Hallen, GMK Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Growing Painting, sight specific project
1999
Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY, USA
group exhibition
1999
Voorhees Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
MFA Project Exhibition
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Grants
2019
Riddergade AIR, Danmark
Residency Program
2018
ArtsIceland residency, Iceland
Residency Program
2017
Zurückgeben Foundation, Berlin
"Pabaltys", docu-animation, production grant
Berlin Wall Memorial Foundation,
"Berlin Crows", production grant
2015
Goethe Institut, St. Petersburg
Exhibition “Berlin & Berlin”
2015
Goethe Institut, Strassburg
Exhibition “A Guide to Berlin”
2013
Cultural fund of the Tempelhof-Schöneberg region of Berlin
Project grant “Birds”
2012
Kunstfonds Workstipend
Bonn, Germany
2009
Studio Grant
BBK Berlin
2009
Alexander Reznikov Award
Vienna/Moscow
2008
Nordic Artists' Centre Dale, Norway
Residency Program
2008
Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, Scotland
Residency Program
2007
Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
Project stipend
2006
Herrmann & Wagner Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Residency Program
2006
Atelje Stundars, Vaasa, Finland
Residency Program
2005
Can Serrat International Art Center, Barcelona Spain
Visual Artists Stipend: residency and exhibition
2004
FO'KO, Forum für Kulturelle Kooperation, Hamburg, Germany
Getting ready for Mars, Magazine
2004
Nordic Artists' Centre Dale, Norway
Residency Program
2004
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Residency Program
2003
Künstler zu Gast in Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
Studio Grant
2002
Fundacion Valparaiso, Mojacar, Spain
Residency Program
2002
Hamburgische Kulturstiftung, Robert Bosch-Stiftung, Hamburg, Germany
Sinnspiel-Spielsinn Exhibition
2002
Interkulturelle Projekte, Kulturbehoerde, Hamburg, Germany
Die Brücke, Public Art Project
2001
Hamburgische Kulturstiftung, Hamburg, Germany
Eigenarten Interkulturelles Festival
2001
Ateliers d'Artistes de la Ville de Marseille, France
Residency Program
1998
Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
Study Abroad Fellowship
1998
Memorial Foundation for Preservation of Jewish Culture, New York, NY, USA
Fellowship Grant. Project: Family Portraits