Nata Drachinskaya is a visual artist based in Santa Clara, CA, USA. She graduated from the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Moscow, Russia, and has participated in art residencies and workshops in the Netherlands, Georgia, Japan, Hungary, and Russia. Her preferred mediums include sculpture—primarily in concrete—photography, and mixed media.

Drachinskaya’s work explores the theme of personal memory woven into the fabric of collective history. Born in the USSR, her childhood and years living in Russia deeply influence her art. She reflects on reassembling identity and envisioning the future by processing the past.

Now Nata teaches art classes in the Pacific Art League and volunteer in the Cantor Arts Center.  Her works have been exhibited in venues such as Reminders Project (Tokyo, Japan), Pacific Art League (Palo Alto, CA, USA), Nick Gallery (Pécs, Hungary), Art Kvartal (Yerevan, Armenia), Tbilisi Multimedia Museum (Tbilisi, Georgia), Street Sans Frontières (Paris, France), CCA Winzavod (Moscow, Russia), MOMMA (Moscow, Russia), MAMM (Moscow, Russia), Cube Moscow (Russia), the “Presence” Festival by Fotodepartament (Saint Petersburg, Russia), the Festival of Contemporary Art “Art-Subject” (Vladimir, Russia), Blazar Art Fair (Moscow, Russia), and more.