ABOUT • NATACHA VOLIAKOVSKY

BIO

Natacha Voliakovsky (she/they) is an Argentinian-born, New York-based, visual artist.
Their practice takes place at the intersection of queer-rights, sudaca-feminism and the reclamation of their own body as an extension of the public space. Through social justice-based performance art, Voliakovsky investigates notions of power, dynamics of body colonialism, gender, sexuality, and latin diaspora. Aiming towards physiological and somatic reparations, they explore reaching a state of autonomy within our bodies.
Their work was presented at The Momentary Museum, Arkansas; Center for Performance Research. New York; Latin America Art Triennial, New York; Usina del Arte. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Grace Exhibition Space. New York; C32 Performing Art Work Space, Forte Marghera. Mestre, Italy; International Forum of Performance Art of Greece – IFPA. Dráma, Greece; Every Woman Biennial. London; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bahía Blanca, Argentina, among others.
Voliakovsky is a recipient of the Su-Casa LMCC Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Art grant 2023 and 2024, UNNE Award. Corrientes University Cultural Center and Northeast Cultural Center. Chaco, Argentina 2019; National Fund for the Arts 2019, Buenos Aires, Argentina; among others. She was an artist-in-residence at Sur Polar Antarctic Residency, Argentina; Take a Breath residency. The Action Lab. New York; Überbau Haus. São Paulo, Brazil; Alberdi artist residence. Córdoba, Argentina; among others.
Natacha has given conferences and lectures at Harvard University, USA; Herbert Berghof-HB Studios. NYC; Consulate of Argentina in New York. NYC; Centros Culturales de la Cooperación Española. México, Chile, Argentina and Guatemala; Facultad de Artes y Diseño. Ciudad de México; Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires; Palermo University, Buenos Aires; among others. Her work is part of numerous private collections.

STATEMENT

Natacha Voliakovsky’s (they/she) practice takes place at the intersection of queer-rights, sudaca-feminism and the reclamation and occupation of their own body as an extension of the public space. As a third-generation holocaust survivor, physical abuse survivor, and sexual abuse survivor, their intergenerational trauma inspires their practice and hability to use their body as a tool for social change. Using performance art and installations as a vehicle for their message, Voliakovsky’s work is profoundly related to the South American context and it’s diaspora. Their work delves into the use of corporality to generate questions about power, colonialism, gender identity, self-perception, migrant bodies and discrimination. As a High-Testosterone woman, she aims towards physiological and somatic reparations as they explore reaching a state of autonomy within our bodies, reimagining and shapeshifting our world into a collective future.

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