Biography
In her interdisciplinary practice Nata Togliatti questions the logics of boundaries and categories. She uses ornament and patterns as conceptual and visual metaphors for a worldview in which relationships and interconnections take precedence over separation. This approach enables alternative narratives, decenters power structures, and acknowledges the complexity of diversity.
Her work draws on personal experiences, memories, and ongoing research. Growing up between Russian and German cultures has shaped her perspective and taught her to navigate across languages, modes of thought, and worldviews. This multiplicity influences both her methodology and her choice of motifs, allowing her to challenge cultural orders and open up new spaces of meaning.
In her philosophy of natural repetition, Togliatti examines patterns and transformations as they occur in nature and in social structures. She understands repetition not as a static principle but as a process inherently connected to change. Through close observation of complex networks of interdependence, she makes invisible connections visible and contributes to a deeper understanding of the dynamics that shape ecological and social forms of coexistence.
Togliatti’s works have been exhibited at Haus am Lützowplatz in Berlin (2023), Canal Street Research in New York (2022), Francoise Heitsch Gallery Munich and Kunst & Denker Gallery Düsseldorf (2023), KÖNIG Gallery in Berlin (2022), and Gallery Klüser (2021). In 2021, she brought international art to supermarket shelves with her curated exhibition SUPERmARkT – Fresh Delivery, and in 2022, she curated the art magazine howtosurvivesuperniceandsupersexy, which launched at Haus der Kunst Munich.