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INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL “Snow Woman” - Bautina Tatyana

“Lets play Picasso” - Irina Andreeva

“Snow Cow” - Dima

“White Dance” - Galina Saksonova “Petite Pupp et - Diana Effner eer” “My Darling and Me” - Natalya Pobedina “Matador” - Alla Belyaeva

“True Love” - Churkina Larisa

“Fairy Queen” y ric - Lucia Friede

Gallery owner Irina Myzina and artist Dmitry Zhurilkin, known as Dima.

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or the past eight years, doll artists from Russia and across the world have found doll art becoming increasingly popular, thanks to an annual exhibition put on by Irina Myzina, collector and owner of the Wachtanoff Doll Gallery in Moscow.

Held each year in December, The 8th International Show of Art Dolls proved

F “Orane” - Nadine Leepinlausky

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again its place as one of the best international showplaces for artists to exhibit their work and provide access to works from throughout Europe.

Held December 10-25, 2005 at the centrally located House of the Artist, one of the largest exhibition centers of Moscow, the show featured the best from among more than 400 dolls of various styles and directions submitted, from

“Foreign” - Dima

“Evening” - Natalya Pobedina

“Tambur” - Tine Kamerbeek

traditional porcelain pieces to avantgarde doll sculptures executed from modern materials.

This was the first year that American artists participated. Antonette Cely, president of National Institute of American Doll Artists (NIADA) brought works of institute members done specially for the event, including Chris Chomick, Peter Meder, Shelley Thornton, Lesley Keeble,

Left: “Octave” - Nadine Leepinlausky

“Samura-fish” - Dima

Anne Wahl, Bill Nelson, Jane Davies, Donna May Robinson, Kathryn Walmsley and Diana Effner.

A special exhibition, NIADA’s Artists in Moscow was prepared, which also included the works of Ankie Daanen and Tine Kamerbeek of Holland, Elisabeth Flueler Tomamichel, and new works

by Russian NIADA artists Tatiana Baeva, Natalya Pobedina and Ima Naroditskaya.

Another highlight was a two-day master class by Shelley Thornton, while Russian artists also were thrilled to see photos of the works of other NIADA artists shown by Antonette Cely.

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“Time” - Olga Yegupets

“Wasp” “Skyrgobbler” - Irina - Skygamur Zakharova

“Guria” - Aleksandra Khudyakova

“Shorty” - Stufur

“Street Puppeteer” - Roman Schustrov

Centre panel from left: “Rosabella” - Sylvia Weser.

“Alvin” - Annia Kauffmann. “Paradise” - Olga Yegupets. “Super-glued” - Annie Wahl.

“Flora” - Shelley Thornton

PARTICIPANTS EUROPE: “Octave” and “Orane,” one-of-a-kind, mixed media - Nadine Leepinlausky, France “Alvin,” porcelain, LE 8, Annia Kauffmann, Germany “Rosabella” is a one-of-a-kind porcelain - Sylvia Weser, Germany “Tambur,” one-of-a-kind, Paper Clay - Tine Kamerbeek, Holland “Aleksandra” is a one-of-a-kind, modeline - Sissel Skille, Norway RUSSIA: “Evening” is a one-of-a-kind of Paper Clay - Natalya Pobedina “Foreign,” mixed media one-of-a-kind - Dima “Guria,” one-of-a-kind, Fimo clay - Aleksandra Khudyakova “Let’s Play Picasso” is a one-of-a-kind of felt - Irina Andreeva “Matador,” porcelain, LE 3 - Alla Belyaeva “My Darling and Me,” one-of-kind, Paper Clay - Natalya Pobedina “Paradise,” Paper Clay, one-of-a-kind - Olga Yegupets “Samura-fish,” one-of-a-kind, mixed media - Dima “Snow Cow,” mixed media one-of-a-kind - Dima “Snow Woman,” Fimo clay, one-of-a-kind -Bautina Tatyana “Street Puppeteer” is a one-of-a-kind of papier-mache’ - Roman Schustrov “Time” is a one-of-a-kind of Paper Clay - Olga Yegupets “True Love,” mixed media, oneof-a-kind - Churkina Larisa “Wasp,” shell cloth, one-of-a-kind - Irina Zakharova “White Dance,” one-of-a-kind Fimo clay, Galina Saksonova UNITED STATES: “Fairy Queen,” porcelain/wax, one-of-a-kind - Lucia Friedericy “Flora” is a one-of-a-kind, textile - Shelley Thornton “Petite Puppeteer” is a one-of-a-kind, porcelain/modeline - Diana Effner “Simone,” porcelain - Monica Reo (Not pictured.

Read more about her, pg. 10) “Super-glued,” oneof-a-kind, polymer clay - Annie Wahl

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WINNERS OF THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL DOLL EXHIBITION DEC 2005, MOSCOW “GOLD STAR” 1 Olga Yegupets, Russia, “Time” 2 Nadine Leepinlausky, France, “Octave” and “Orane” 3 Dima, Russia, “Samura-fish” “SILVER STAR” 1 Natalya Pobedina, Russia, “Evening” 2 Shelley Thornton, US, “Flora” 3 Sissel Skille, Norway, “Aleksandra”

“Spoon-licker” “ASCENT ” - Thvorusleikir 1 Roman Schustrov, Russia, “Street Puppeteer” 2 Irina Andreeva, Russia, “Let’s Play Picasso” 3 Annie Wahl, US, “Super-glued” “BEST DOLL-PERSONAGE” Alla Belyaeva, Russia, “Matador” “GOLD RUCHE” Aleksandra Khudyakova, Russia, “Guria” “GOLD STICK” Tine Kamerbeek, Holland, “Tambur” “DREAM OF CHILDHOOD” Sylvia Weser, Germany, “Rosabella”