NIADA - 60 Years Dedicated to the Art of Doll Design 1963 - 2023 Rich in Tradition - New Ideas NIADA is a worldwide organisation of doll artists, supporting patrons and friends whose purpose is to promote the art of the original handmade doll. IMA NARODITSKAYA HISTORY NIADA 60 Years of Artistic Doll Design The National Institute of American Doll Artists was officially founded in May 1963 at ...

The magnificent dolls of Japanese artist Mari Shimizu mesmerise viewers. Each of her dolls seems to be a part of its own story, a ghostly vision that we can only guess about. Mari Shimizu is an outstanding representative of Japanese author dolls. When we talk about dolls by Japanese masters, we most often associate them with fashion, anime characters or multi-coloured street art. This author touches a nerve, ...

Finnish sculptor Kim Simonsson's characters seem to have emerged from dreams and Scandinavian fairy tales. The artist is indeed inspired by local folklore, but just as much by popular culture and cinema. If you look closely, his characters wear modern backpacks and tape recorders, dress in teenage clothing, and hold books and plush toys in their hands. Ceramic sculptures of cute, big-eyed girls, animals and ...

On 15 June 2023 at 19.00 the Meridian Cultural Centre invites you to the opening of the exhibition of author dolls 'Borders of Play'. Portrait and abstract, stylised and fantasy dolls, porcelain antiques and replicas of wooden dolls from the 17th century, boudoir dolls from the early 20th century, palm-sized and almost metre-high dolls, as well as panels and photographs - all this can be ...

Olga Venzhega is a doll artist, sculptor, member of the professional union of authors of art dolls UNIDIA, two-time winner and coordinator of the Max Oscar Arnold Prize for Contemporary Doll Art (Neustadt bei Coburg), winner of the "Doll of the Year" competitions. Jury member of the Pandora Prize and the virtual competition History of Fashion. Organiser of the international exhibition "German Doll Christmas" (Odessa). Olga Venzhega is a permanent ...

Diane Keeler was born in 1950 in Duluth, Minnesota, to a large family. Her parents were always making crafts and were always trying to find something new to do. So they taught their five daughters how to do it. Diane Keeler, never as a child, heard her parents say, "You can't do that. The basic rule ...

Lisa Clague's characteristic figurative sculpture hovers between fantasy and reality - playful, mysterious, contemplative. "My work evokes a place between the subconscious and the intangible," Lisa Clague notes. "My masked figures are hybrid beings, masters of ambiguity and disguise, seduction and deception. These images are like dreams, familiar but illusory." In the 1980s, Lisa Clague literally ...

This month's DailydollNews selection was the 17th edition of the Miniaturitalia trade fair in Milan, where collectors and craftsmen from around the world came together to share their passion for miniatures. The exhibition closed its doors on 2 April 2023. More than 70 exhibitors from different countries presented their new works: crockery and food, furniture, original decorative objects and much more could ...

A series of sculptures by renowned contemporary artist Urs Fischer is a kind of monument to impermanence, transformation, the flow of time, the changes happening to our world and creative destruction. "Dasha" (2018) is a life-size wax candle depicting Dasha Zhukova, Urs Fischer's friend and renowned gallerist. Fully cast in wax, she is wearing a pink dress and sitting on a chair. The wick on the ...

Moscow Fair - exhibition of dolls and Teddy Bears The 16th International Exhibition of Dolls and Teddy Bears at Tishinka once again gathers old friends and invites new ones to see the diversity of the doll world. THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS AT THE EXHIBITION! Dolls are never too many! The exhibition brings together all representatives of this marvellous world! Dolls author's and antique, not aging ...