MARIA & NATALIA PETSCHATSNIKOV

Maria and Natalia Petschatnikov can look back on a distinguished education, including Hunter College in New York, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the prestigious studio of Annette Messager at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. For over 15 years, Berlin has been the centre of their lives. In their work, they focus on seemingly insignificant everyday phenomena. With wit and a profound gift for observation, they succeed in extracting an extraordinary and often surreal perspective from the ordinary.

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Education

1996-99

MFA, Hunter College of the City Universitv of New York, New York, NY, USA

1997-98

École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Atelier Annette Messager

1992-96

BFA Rhode Island College, Providence. RI, USA

Exhibitions (Selected)

2025

30 Years Zurückgeben Foundation, Group Exhibition, Sophiensaelen, Berlin, Germany
The Parliament of Trees, Solo Exhibition, Berlin Wall Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Art Ponedilok. Arriving in Berlin, Collaborative Exhibition/Film Premiere, Berlin, Germany
Berliner Realistinnen, Group Exhibition, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany
Gepäck, Installation, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg, Germany
Zerbrechlich, Installation, Neue Kunst im Hagenbucher, Heilbronn, Germany

2024

Game of Chairs, Solo Exhibition, Albert Contemporary, Odense, Denmark
Fragile, Installation, Stern-Wywiol Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
LOVE LOVE LOVE, Group Exhibition, Stern-Wywiol Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Grand Opening, Group Exhibition, Albert Contemporary, Odense, Denmark
New Works, Solo Exhibition, Albert Contemporary, Odense, Denmark

2023

Taeuschend echt, Group Exhibition, Stern-Wywiol Galerie, Hamburg, Germany

2022

Fragile, Installation, Albert Contemporary, Odense, Denmark
BIG DOG, Site-specific sculpture project, Insola, Berlin, Germany
Wyschywanka, Installation, Parlament of Trees (Berlin Wall Museum), Berlin, Germany

2021

Hidden People, Installation, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
Fragile, Installation, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark

2020

Creatures, Site-specific garden installation, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
Garten Porzellan, Site-specific public art project, Berlin, Germany

2019

Pabaltys, Installation / Film, Lithuanian Theater, Music and Cinema Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
Aufbrechen, Group Exhibition, Barlachhalle K, Hamburg, Germany
Mimesis, Duo Exhibition, Kunstverein Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden, Germany
Wasser, Group Exhibition, Stern-Wywiol Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Zurückdrehen, Installation / Video, Neue Kunst im Hagenbucher, Heilbronn, Germany
Pabaltys, Series of drawings / Video, Rozhdestveno Memorial Estate of Vladimir Nabokov, Rozhdestveno, Russia

2018

Learning to read Icelandic patterns, Installation / Series of paintings, Outvert Art Space, Ísafjörður, Iceland
Gestern, Heute, Morgen, Duo Exhibition, Galerie Stern-Wywiol, Hamburg, Germany
Urbane Entomologie, Installation, Verein für Junge Kunst, Wolfsburg, Germany
Alltagstheater, Solo Exhibition (Paintings), Kunst Sammlung Viebrockhaus, Harsefeld, Germany

2017

1000 Crows, Site-specific Installation, Berlin Wall Memorial, Berlin, Germany
Das geheime Leben der Dinge, Group Exhibition, Villa Rot Museum, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany
Gruppendynamik, Installation / Paintings / Objects, Galerie Stern-Wywiol, Hamburg, Germany
Maksa and her artists friends, Group Exhibition, Fabrik der Künstler, Hamburg, Germany
Creatures, Site-specific installation, Die Ruine der Klosterkirche, Berlin, Germany
Two Islands, Installation, Beton 7, Athens, Greece
Innovation Award 2017, Bronze Sculpture/Realisation, Berlin, Germany