Natalia Kolodzei, an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts, is a curator, art historian, and fine art appraiser. Ms. Kolodzei serves as the Executive Director of the Kolodzei Art Foundation (a US-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public foundation established in 1991). She and Tatiana Kolodzei co-own the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art, which contains over 7,000 artworks, including paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photography, kinetic, and digital art by over 300 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Ms. Kolodzei has curated over ninety art exhibitions in the US, Europe, and Russia. She is an author and editor of multiple publications and organized and contributed to symposiums and panel discussions for universities and museums worldwide, including co-chairing the Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) CYLAND Talks. In 2010, she was a member of the Culture Sub-Working Group under the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission.