Born in Dresden (DDR) in 1973, Nadzida Sokolova is a Russian artist from the old city of Novgorod. From 1986 to 1990 she studied at the Novgorod Academy of Arts. In 1995, she graduated with honors from the Department of Advertising at the Novgorod Cultural Institute. In addition, she defended her diploma in 2000 at the Faculty of Arts and Technology of Novgorod State University. Sokolova has been participating in art exhibitions since 1996.
Artists collaborate with a variety of media – painting, drawing, batik, miniature lacquer and author dolls. It is worth noting that Nadezhda Sokolova is the author of the miniature original. Her beautiful batik paintings are soft, romantic, soft and lyrical. She paints on silk with her own unique technique. Nadzida Sokolova's paintings have a strong character, and she also likes to make art dolls, the same style as her own paintings, these dolls are generally between 50-80cm in size, with the style of the Russian era and the integration of animal elements, giving people a very peculiar feeling.
After conceiving the theme of the doll, the owner determines the shape and sketches. According to Nadezhda, what is acquired in the course of education is very important for professional work: knowledge of composition, tones, light tones, painting is the basis for giving creativity to embody creative freedom.
In other cases, the doll is placed on various elements of the shape (e.g., wings); The host also uses counterweights, heavy objects. Dolls are made up of many components. The head and hands are molded from high-grade Japanese plastic. Nadezhda didn't like wings made of feathers, so she made them out of cardboard, gave it the shape it wanted when wet, then coated them with plastic and molded them separately from plastic.
Nadzida Sokolova's art dolls may be just ordinary rag dolls for most viewers, but the deep connotations interpreted in art modeling may only be understood by friends with a foundation in modeling, and perhaps some friends will perceive that there is also the style of the Russian sculptor Darcy.