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Natalia Grezina was born in 1987 in Sevastopol, Crimea. She graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Moscow State University (Sevastopol branch) with a degree in Geography & social ecology, and the School of Contemporary Art MMOMA. 2010—2016 worked as an illustrator and graphic designer. Now lives and works in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Natalia creates soft sculptures, objects, installations, graphics and photography using embroidery, sewing and various artificial and natural materials. Her main topics are post memory and the influence of historical heritage on personality, the relationships between human culture and the natural environment. In her works Natalia often refers to the allegorical language of fairy tales and myths, as well as to archetypal cultural images.