Interview with Natal'ia Iur'evna Kamenetskaia

Abstract

Natal'ia Iur'evna Kamenetskaia was born in Moscow in 1959, and she received her education in art and art studies at the Department of Applied Arts at the Textile Academy (previously known as the Moscow Textile Institute). At the present time, she is an art historian, exhibition curator, author of critical articles on issues of women in art, and curator of international and regional art projects. She entered the history of Russian gender studies as one of the first organizers of feminist exhibitions and conferences on gender issues in Russia (1990-1992). In 1989, she founded IdiomA, the first feminist cultural laboratory of arts research in Russia.. The laboratory operated until 1996. From 1990 to the present, she has been an organizer and a participant in regional and international academic conferences; a developer of numerous educational programs, a curator of art exhibitions, and a member of editorial boards for academic collections and art catalogues. In 1993-1996 – she was the author and curator of the project The Farewell of the Ages," which held exhibitions, conducted conferences, and published catalogues.