About
Natalia Shlyakhovaya is a photographer and filmmaker. In her nocturnal and esoteric photographs, she recreates dystopian landscapes featuring female subjects transfigured by her artistic vision.
Works
Doused in the Bright Light
NATALIA SHLYAKHOVAYA
2013
Photography
“Extraordinary stories, which had been hidden between endless nights.”
"Doused in the Bright Light" was chosen by Sasha Katz as a guest artwork for her solo show at Galerie Data. The photograph was made by a close friend of the artist, Natalia Shlyakhovaya, and depicts Moscow in the early morning. Part of the 2013 series "The Light", which captures stolen moments of youth in search of meaning, it illustrates the genesis of Sasha Katz as a young adult. Great beauty emanates from the coldness and unease it portrays - an aesthetic of gloom that will later appear in her own work.
Work presented as part of the “Sasha Katz & Guests” exhibition at Galerie Data, Paris, 2025