Natalia

CURRICULUM VITAE

 Motsak Natalia
 May 21, 1955
 Ukrainian
 M. Ushakova st., 14, ap. 140, Kyiv, 03179
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EDUCATION:

Institution Kyiv State Art Institute, now – National Academy of Art and Architecture

Degree or Diploma obtained Master’s degree in Graphics

Institution Kyiv State Gorkiy Pedagogical Institute, now – National Dragomanov
Pedagogical University

Degree or Diploma obtained Master’s degree in Mathematics

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ukrainian, Russian - native
English - advanced
Japanese - elementary
Sanscrit, Bengali – beginner

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC BODIES:
 Member of «Art-therapy Association»
 Board Chair of Charity Foundation “Unity in Diversity”
 Co-founder and one of the 1st leaders of Kyiv Sri Chinmoy Centre
 Co-founder of Tagor Centre

COMPUTER SKILLS:
OS: Mac OS, Windows;
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign,
Microsoft Office.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
 Graphic designer
 Teacher of Art & Graphic design
 Professional artist (exhibitions, personal and in groups, works in private collections in Ukraine and abroad)
 Art-therapist
 Author of experimental program on Art “Culture & Time”
 Teacher of English at extra courses and tutoring
 Key editor of translations and book design
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TRAINING COURSES:
 V international online language conference "English-2016. Autumn" (11-days)
 Online courses of Effortless English by AJ. Hoge (VIP Program - 2016)
 Online courses of InDesign and Font design (Boris Potashnik School of Design) – 2013, 2014
 Seminars at the 1st, the 2nd and the 5th Crimean International Symposium on Body Oriented and Art
Therapy “Body-Consciousness-Creativity” (Innovation Techniques in Art Therapy) – CERTIFICATES
 “Monart – the advanced method in teaching to draw” – seminar at V1 Scientific Conference “Space of Art
Therapy”, Kyiv (2009) – CERTIFICATE
 Postgraduate courses to improve teachers’ qualification (2003, 2008) at B.Grinchenko Kyiv Pedagogical
University
Attestation to prove to be art teacher of the highest category,
Attestation to prove to be teacher-methodologist
Courses to improve teachers’ qualification (1992)
Attestation for teacher of art of the highest category
 Mr. Amonashvili’s Seminar “Basics of Humanistic-Personal Approach to children in Educational
Process” (system of Life School) (2002) – CERTIFICATE
 Courses of IKEBANA (Ikenobo School) under the aegis of Japanese Embassy in Ukraine (1999-2004) -
DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATEs of Ikenobo School (Japan)
 Courses of Chinese calligraphy and Go-hua art under the aegis of Charity Fund “Far East” (1996-2001)
Instruction by Chinese master Li Tsing – CERTIFICATE
 Courses ‘CorelDRAW’ under the aegis of the Institite of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuanean
Academy of Science, Vilnus, (1991) – CERTIFICATE
 Kyiv State Three-Year Foreign Languages Courses / Japanese Department (1982-1983)
 Kyiv State Three-Year Foreign Languages Courses /English Department (1975-1976) - CERTIFICATE of
the HIGHEST DEGREE with the RIGHT to TEACH

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE RECORD

Date 2021 (since 1988)
Location Kyiv
Company Freelance work
Position Artist & Graphic designer, Art-therapist, Teacher of Art & Graphic
Design, English Teacher, Translator & Interpreter
Description - Create paintings, drawings, calligraphy, print design (books,
advertising and marketing materials);
- Conduct master-classes
- Conduct private lessons on Graphic design & Art
- Conduct private English lessons and lessons online
- Translate books on Art and Philosophy
- Interpret lectures on Philosophy

Date 2020 - 2022
Location Kyiv Mytets Gallery
Company Kyiv Sri Chinmoy Center
Position Curator of the Jharna-Kala exhibition, Graphic designer, copywriter,
instructor of master-classes
Description - Created design of advertising materials
- Prepared materials for printing
- Copywriting (revision and edition of advertising texts)
- Conducted master-classes on meditative drawing
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 Date 2014
Location Morristown, New Jersey, USA
Company Private person
Position Teacher of Art & Design, English, Russian & Mathematics
Description Conducted intensive (5-6 hours per day) lessons on Art & Design (in
English) for 17-years-old boy – to prepare him to enter Parson College -
one of the most prestige colleges in USA. Also: Conducted lessons on
English, Russian & Mathematics for his younger brother.

Date 2012 - 2013
Location Kyiv
Company Center of Psychotherapy “Syla Roda” (part-time charity work)
Position Graphic designer, copywriter, instructor of master-classes
Description - Created design of logo, advertising materials
- Prepared materials for printing
- Copywriting (revision and edition of advertising texts)
- Conducted course on Art-therapy

Date 2012 - now
Location Kyiv
Company Publishing House "Artklas" (Lvіv)
Position Graphic designer, copywriter, manager (part-time charity work)
Description - Create design of advertising materials, materials for trainings and
presentations
- Copywriting

Date 2011 (since 1988)
Location Kyiv
Company Kyiv Gymnasium #287
Position Teacher of Art
Description - Worked in Art studio;
- Conducted elective course “Culture & Time” for specialised classes
on Art (in English);
- Conducted English elective course.

Date 2007
Location Kyiv
Company Kyiv International University
Position Master of Sho-Dō (part-time job)
Description Conducted elective course of SHO (Japanese Calligraphy)

Date 2005-2006
Location Kyiv
Company Ukrainian-Japanese Centre
Position Master of Sho-Dō (part-time job)
Description Conducted courses for adults on SHO (Japanese calligraphy)

Date 2004 - 2005
Location Kyiv
Company Design Studio “ABB”
Position Senior Graphic designer (part-time job)
Description - Talked to clients to get a clear understanding of their visual
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 communication requirements and developed design sketches;
- Prepared comprehensive layouts of the design using techniques
such as photography, illustration and computer-generated imagery;
- Presented and proposed designs to clients for approval;
- Prepared designs for print and digital publication;
- Supervised all design production stages, including arranging and
supervising printing.

Date 2003
Location Kyiv
Company State Academy of Key Managers of Culture and Arts
Position Teacher of art at the courses for landscape designers
Description Conducted special course “Essentials of Art” (worked out by myself)

Date 1992-2000
Location Kyiv
Company Kyiv Sri Chinmoy Center (Book Team)
Position - Translator and designer
- Key editor of translations and book design
Description Supported Kyiv Sri Chinmoy Center (charity work) in publishing
philosophical prose and poetry

Date 1985-1988
Location Kyiv
Company Secondary school #230
Position Teacher of art
Description Conducted lessons on Art

Date 1976-1979
Location Kyiv
Company Secondary schools #55, #72
Position Teacher of mathematics
Description Conducted lessons on mathematics

MASTER-CLASSES, PRESENTATIONS, INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY:
Date 2012
Location Kyiv
Company The 4th Ukraine International Conference (on teaching Japanese language)
Position Speaker
Description Presentation:“Japanese calligraphy as one of the most important
phenomenon in Japanese Art and a desirable component in educational
program for students, who study Japanese Language”

Date 2007
Location Artek
Company International Charitable Fund “Ukraine 3000’
Position Speaker
Description An address to the scientific conference on the project “Culture and Time” at
the 2nd International Humanitarian Forum “Rebirth, Renewal and Human
Development”

Date 2006, 2007, 2010
Location Yalta
Company The 1st, the 2nd and the 5th Crimean International Symposium on Body
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 Oriented and Art Therapy “Body-Consciousness-Creativity” (Innovation
Techniques in Art Therapy)
Position Speaker and instructor of master-classes
Description An address to the scientific conference & master-classes on meditative
drawing

Date 2002
Location Moscow-Chernogolovka
Company International Conference “Dialogue of Civilizations”
Position Speaker and instructor of master-classes
Description Exhibition, report & master-class on meditative drawing

Date 2002-2004
Location Kyiv
Company VI-VIII International Festival “Pedagogics of XXI century”
Position Speaker and instructor of master-classes
Description Exhibition, report & master-classes on meditative drawing

Date 1997-1999
Location Kyiv
Company International Renaissance Foundation (Soros Fund grant)
Position CULTURE & TIME PROJECT Team Leader
Description Project “Culture & Time”: worked out experimental program on Art
“Culture & Time”, conducted seminars for teachers and school directors,
exhibitions

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
 Essay “A Letter from Kyiv, Ukraine” in the magazine INSPIRATION-SUN, New York, 2022
 Essay in the volume “GRATITUDE to Sri Chinmoy”, New York, 2020
 “Japanese Calligraphy as One of the Most Important Phenomenon in Japanese Art and a Desirable
Component in Educational Program for Students, who study Japanese Language”// article in the
materials of the 4th Ukraine International Conference, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University,
2012

 “In the Flow of Light” article in the collection of scientific works “Space of Art Therapy”, vol. 2,
Kyiv, 2008, cover design

 «Spontaneous art of meditative drawing as a way to reveal and realise oneself» // article in the
materials of IV Scientific Conference “Space of Art Therapy”, Kyiv, 2007, cover design

 Full design attachment to Oleg Sleptsov's personal exhibition, Kyiv, 2004

 Articles in methodologist edition “Public Lesson. Music and Art”// #5-6’ 2004, Kyiv, ”Pleyady”
 «Culture and Time” // article in the materials of International Conference “Dialogue of
Civilizations”, Moscow 6-9 November 2002 (in Russian and English)

 Article for the book in the memory of Raisa Gorbacheva, New-York – Moscow, 2000 (in Russian
and English)

 Illustrations to Christian children magazines “Tropinka” (#6'1997, # 1,5,6 '1998)

 Sri Chinmoy “Commentaries on the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita” // book design
and editing the translation
 Sri Chinmoy “I Am My Life’s God-Hunger-Heart”// translation and book design

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EXHIBITIONS (abridged):

 9th All-Ukrainian triennial «Graphics-2024», Kyiv, 2024
 3rd All-Ukrainian and International Exhibition "SEA of WATERCOLOR", Odesa, 2020
 10th All-Ukrainian G. Yakutovich exhibition & competition, Kyiv, 2020
 “Artbooks” exhibition at Ukrainian State Museum of Books and Printing (2012, 2013)
 2nd All-Ukrainian Festival of Calligraphy and Typography “Rutenia” (2010)
 Solo exhibition at Kyiv Scientists’s House (2010)
 Solo exhibition at Ukrainian Fund of Culture (2008 – 2009 – with pupils)
 Solo exhibition at Kyiv City Teacher’s House (2004, 2005 – with pupils)
 Ikebana exhibitions at Hanenky museum and at Literature memorial museum of Tychyna (2003)
 Exhibition and creative studio at VI-VIII International Festivals “Pedogogics of XXI century” (Odesa)
(2002-2004)
 Exhibition and report at the 3rd All-Ukrainian conference “Ukraine – Eastern countries in XXI century:
dialogue of languages, cultures and civilizations” (Kyiv, 2001)
 Exhibition devoted to the 1st All-Ukrainian Meeting of India Researchers in the Institute of Eastern Studies
of National Academy of Sciences (2000)
 Exhibition under the aegis of III International Symposium of Glass “Glass – 95” (Lviv, 1995)
 Exhibition and competition of children drawings under the aegis of Ecological Center of Ukraine (some
drawings were published in the magazine “World in Palms”, 1994)

AWARDS:
 Laureatte of “Haiku Competition - 2006” (Haiku in Japanese Language)
 Laureatte of Art Festival-Competition “Your Talants, Ukraine”
(2004 - I prize, 2005 - Grand prix)
 Laureatte of All-Ukrainian Competition “Teacher of the Year - 2003”
 Honour Award of Ukrainian Fund of Culture

LINKS:
https://www.behance.net/nmotsak

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