The artist from Ukraine Nataliya Zuban who received a travel grant from the Arseniy Yatsenyuk Open Ukraine Foundation, took part in Ceramic Art Residency Program of the FuLe International Ceramic Art Museums for the creation of a permanent exposition Ukrainian Ceramic Art Museum, New Pavilion FLICAM, which is located in China.
«Within the residence, I created two cycles of works - «Landscape I» (consists of three ceramic objects) and «Landscape II» (consists of seven ceramic objects). In addition, I had the opportunity to visit the Museum of the Terracotta Army, that is the world famous archaeological property of China, and the Chen Lu Pottery Village, that is the city with 1400 years history, famous by its powerful porcelain manufacturing» - Nataliya shared.
Also, according to the artist, she took part in the 5th ICMEA (International Ceramic Magazine Editors Association) Symposium (26-28.10 Fuping, China, 29.10- 2.11 Beijing, China).
In general, Nataliya believes that participation in such program allowed her to discover the cultural heritage of China, the history of art of this country and get new contacts necessary for further work.
Nataliya Zubko convinced that her participation in the event was very useful as it is an opportunity to promote contemporary Ukrainian art abroad and discover new aspects that will help the development of Ukrainian pottery.
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Nataliya Zuban is the artist, who in her work primarily engaged in sculpture. In 2015 she completed the Lviv National Academy of Art, department of Ceramic Pottery. In 2011 she actively participated in various art events, such as «Modern Classics / Focus: Vessel», Ceramics Keramikmuseum Westerwald, Germany; «PARAdox.1.0-NMC-UA: 2015» National Exhibition of Ceramic Pottery, National Museum of Ukrainian Pottery, Ukraine; «Crazy teapot», Vallauris Institute of Arts, France. Among the most important workshops and art studios Nataliya participated in 21th Panevėžys International Ceramic Symposium in Panevėžys, Lithuania, in Art workshops/Porcelain factory in Dobrush, The Republic of Belarus, «Raku ceramics workshop», Ukraine; «International Artistic Summer», Poland;«Biennale 2012», Czech Republic.
Nataliya`s works are in museums and private collections in Ukraine and abroad (Poland, Germany, Lithuania, China, France).
The Open Ukraine Foundation provides travel grants for travel costs for Ukrainian artists to exchange artistic experience at the international level and to improve cooperation between Ukrainian and foreign artists. These grants give Ukrainian artists the opportunity to present their achievements around the world.
