Natalia Kolodzei




Most Recent Affiliation(s):


  • Kolodzei Art Foundation, Executive Director

ISEA Bio(s) Available:


  • ISEA2023

    Natalia Kolodzei, an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts, is a curator and art historian. Ms. Kolodzei is also Executive Director of the Kolodzei Art Foundation, and, along with Tatiana Kolodzei, owner of the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, containing over 7,000 artworks of nonconformist and contemporary art (paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photography, kinetic and digital art) by over 300artists. Since 1991, Ms. Kolodzei has curated over eighty shows in the US and Europe. She is an author and editor of multiple publications (including Leonardo Journal) and organized and contributed to symposiums and panel discussions (including co-hosting The Leonardo / LASER CYLAND, CAA, Ars Electronica) for universities and exhibitions worldwide. In 2010 she was a member of Culture Sub-Working Group under the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission. Lives and works in Highland Park, New Jersey, USA.

    ISEA2022

    Natalia Kolodzei, an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts, is a curator and art historian. Ms. Kolodzei is Executive Director of the Kolodzei Art Foundation (a US-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public foundation established in 1991), and, along with Tatiana Kolodzei, owner of the Kolodzei Collection of Eastern European Art, containing over 7,000 artworks (paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photography, kinetic and digital art) by over 300 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.  Ms. Kolodzei has curated over eighty art exhibitions in the US, Europe and Russia. She is an author and editor of multiple publications and organized and contributed to symposiums and panel discussions for universities and museums worldwide, including co-chair Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) CYLAND Talks. In 2010 she was a member of Culture Sub-Working Group under the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission.


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Last Known Location:


  • Highland Park, New Jersey, United States of America


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