Artist Natal'ya Lopusova-Tomskaya

Full member of the Moscow Union of Arts; awarded with bronze, silver and gold medals for the contribution to National culture by the Creative Union of Artists of Russia; Medal “For Decent” by the Russian Academy of Arts and many other awards.

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Natalia Lopusova-Tomskaya was born in 1960 in Moscow. Immediately after school, in 1977, she began working in the workshops of the State Academic Central Puppet Theater named after V.I. S.V. Obraztsova. In 1985 she graduated with honors from the Moscow Textile Institute. A.N. Kosygin, Faculty of Applied Arts. Since 1987 he has been a teacher at the "Textile Composition" studio of the Moscow City Association of Craftsmen and Artists of Decorative and Applied Arts. She participated in exhibitions of association with art dolls. In 1993 she became a member of the theatrical section of the Moscow Union of Artists. She is a numerous participant in exhibitions organized by the Union and of visiting master-classes in the USA (Demoyne), in Holland (Amsterdam). In 2017, on the initiative and with the direct participation of Elena Gromova, a unique sculptural collection of Lopusova-Tomskaya was created, consisting of seven bronze figures, which embodied the artist's best puppet images.
Official recognition was expressed in numerous awards and victories in competitions. Natalia Lopusova-Tomskaya is one of the most famous and respected puppeteer artists in the world. Her works are in private collections and collections in Russia, Italy, Great Britain, USA, Canada, Israel, Azerbaijan, Germany.