Natasha Khabarova

Born in Latvia, Natasha Khabarova currently lives and works in St. Petersburg. She is often associated with the representatives of the new generation of St. Petersburg painters. She studied monumental painting at the Novosibirsk State Academy of Architecture and Fine Arts. Since 2013, she has regularly exhibited her work in independent venues and galleries in St. Petersburg. She is also a participant in the performances of the "School of Active Painting and Performative Posing" of the "Sever-7" group. Since 2020, she has been a member of the Russian Artists' Union.
In Khabarova's style, neo-expressionism prevails, inheriting the expressionist lineage of St. Petersburg art. She often uses damaged canvases, embracing various defects, abrasions, and holes as attributes of her works. In her art, the artist tells a very personal story of urban bodily solitude, fragility, and vulnerability. She finds inspiration in form, individual characteristics, and small details, which is why each of her works becomes a statement. As the artist herself says: "The body is a collection of receptors, fleshly power, pleasure, and satisfaction. The body is God." Khabarova paints exclusively from life, increasingly abstracting from the representation of the figure in favor of its sensual and intimate image. Critic Mikhail Borisov characterized her art as follows: "Natasha Khabarova elegantly steps from the figurative into abstraction and metaphysics."