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VISUAL STREAM
Founder and curator
Exploration of reality in its complexity via the most expressive found visuals. Banned and deleted by Tumbler.
2011 – 2018
The immersive documentary horror about the mysterious deaths of 9 soviet students in the Ural mountains. The multimedia web documentary was included in MIT Docubase under the title "The New Visual Documentary." Since 2020, Dyatlov Pass has been available only as a multimedia ebook.
2012
ROSOSSISIYA
Author, producer
The visual report on the aesthetics of the post-Soviet Inferno. Initially a web-based project, it has been available only as a multimedia ebook since 2020.
2012
The "Illustrated textbook on lesbianity for kids" was made as a satiric response to homophobic laws in Russia. The "textbook" was banned in Russia by Roskomnadzor, being the first precedent of censorship under the notorious gay-propaganda law. Originally released as a standalone website, “textbook” has been available since 2020 only as a multimedia ebook.
2013
SPACES
Photo, video, compilation
Web visual projects: BRIGHTON BEACH (documentary project on a Russian neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York), SUBVEINS (documentary on the NYC subway), BLACKOUT (documentary project on the blackout in New York City after Hurricane Sandy), NOUGHT, SOFIA, NY, DEBRIS, and other experimental online photo-albums. Discontinued.
2010 – 2014
(ex. VVHY, ex. MAGIC EYES WORK)
Visual production studio.
Co-founder, photographer, filmmaker.
2014 – present
LOOO.CH
Art and culture media label, banned in Russia. Since 2020, Looo.ch has been functioning as a file publishing platform.
Co-founder, visual editor, curator, author.
2010 – present
KIKOKOKO
Experimental online visual travel magazine.
Co-founder, photographer.
2010 – 2011
SHO
Art and culture magazine in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Visual editor, photographer.
2007 – 2009
PROZA
Ukrainian art and culture online magazine.
Co-founder, photographer.
2003 – 2009
Luynes, France
2022
Moscow, Russia
2021
Transience
Screening of videos “Booty Dat Pussy” and “Jazz Funeral” at the virtual group exhibition of the gallery “Siilk”.
Hamburg, Germany
2019
Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018
Los Angeles, CA, USA
2018
Fly into the sun
Video Installation of short documentaries at the annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction.
London, UK
2016
London, UK
2016
Moscow, Russia
2016
Moscow, Russia
2016
Audience prize winner.
Slavutych, Ukraine
2016
Kyiv, Ukraine
2016
Rotterdam, Netherlands
2016
Minsk, Belarus
2016
Volgski, Russia
2015
Saint Petersburg, Russia
2015
Lecture at Bowdoin College
Presentation of Looo.ch's satirical "textbooks on homosexuality and lesbianism for kids.
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, USA
2014
VARIOUS ARTISTS, 4:3 BOILERROOM, ARCHILLECT, STANDARDVISION, ROSPHOTO, FEATURESHOOT, PORTBOX, SOMEWHERE MAGAZINE, PARADISE MAGAZINE, FEATURE SHOOT TAKEOVER, HUMBLE ARTS FOUNDATION TAKEOVER, FUBIZ, SOMEWHERE MAGAZINE, DAZED, IGNANT.DE, IFYOULEAVE, NTS_RADIO, FISHEYELEMAG, FEATURESHOOT, ARTUKRAINE, MOTHERBOARD, BIRD IN FLIGHT, NOLAVIE, ANIMAL NEWYORK, ANIMAL NEWYORK, etc.
Natasha Masharova (b. 1984) is a Ukrainian-born visual artist, photographer, and documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She co-founded and edited various art and culture media platforms, including looo.ch, Proza, and Sho, covering the post-Soviet region. She has also provided photography for numerous international outlets (Vice, TimeOut, Esquire, etc).
In 2009, Natasha and her partner were subjected to violent persecution due to their media activism against censorship and in support of human rights, feminism, and LGBTQ+ rights in Ukraine. This forced them to flee their home and seek political refuge in the U.S.
In her documentary work, Natasha focuses on the ethnographic exploration of underrepresented communities and phenomena, breaking down cultural barriers and encouraging empathy and understanding.
Natasha's photography is a unique visual tribute to the industrial landscape, shaped by her upbringing on the outskirts of Post-Soviet Kyiv, Ukraine, where she developed an eye for finding beauty in rugged, dilapidated surroundings.
Masharova's works have been screened, exhibited, and collected in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.
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