Tatiana Mamonova

Tatiana Mamonova
Tatyana Mamonova (born 10 December), is a founder of the modern Russian women's movement, an internationally renowned democratic women's leader, author, poet, journalist, videographer, artist, editor and public lecturer.
Early life
Mamonova was born in the Soviet Union, and was raised in Leningrad after World War II.
Career
Mamonova was the first feminist dissident exiled from the Soviet Union in 1980 for re-igniting the Russian women's movement; initiating her organization, then called Woman and Russia, the first NGO promoting the human rights of women from the Soviet Union and connecting Russian speaking women's voices and needs with the international community; and editing and publishing the samizdat Woman and Russia Almanac, now called Woman and Earth Almanac, an art and literary journal containing the first collection of Soviet feminist writings, which has now been published in 11 languages and in over 22 countries. Prior to her exile from her native St. Petersburg, Russia, she was the first woman organizer and exhibitor in the non-conformist artist movement in Russia and a literary and television journalist with Aurora Publishers (working alongside Josef Brodsky) and Leningrad Television.
In 1987 Mamonova, became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP). WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media.
She contributed the piece "It's time we began with ourselves" to the 1984 anthology Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology, edited by Robin Morgan.
During her Ms. Magazine tour, Mamonova was invited by the Ford Foundation in New York City for a meeting and round-table discussion by leading executives from the foundation shortly after her exile and she received the highest praises from the Ford Foundation's executives for her intelligence, leadership and courage.
Since her exile, in addition to continuing to edit and publish her Almanac nka Woman and Earth Almanac and two additional Woman and Earth publications: Succes d’estime (since 2001) and Fotoalbum: Around the World (since 2004), and to lead and expand her organization, now also called Woman and Earth Global Eco-Network, she has authored four books in the United States, as well as hundreds of articles and travelogues for journals, magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times, lectured in hundreds of universities and for public organizations in the United States and throughout the world including participating in a national lecture tour with Ms. Magazine, and tours of Africa, Australia, Japan, the United States, India, South America, Dominican Republic, Scandinavia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Greece with support from Amnesty International, Alliance Français, Parliaments and labour and non-governmental organizations. She exhibited in more than 20 countries and sold her award-winning art, many times donating proceeds to benefit the activities of her NGO and human rights campaigns throughout the world. She is also Executive Producer of a weekly educational television series in Manhattan.
She is a former post-doctoral fellow with Harvard University's Bunting Institute, a member of Pen International, the Russia representative to the Sisterhood Is Global Institute, and has been the subject of documentary films, books, and all forms of media coverage from every leading medium including CBS Evening News with Morton Dean, The International Herald Tribune, The New York Times and the BBC.
2009 marked the 30th Jubilee of her NGO and samizdat. Celebrations were launched in December 2008 at Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel, St. Petersburg where she was formally honored as Woman of the Year and on March 7, 2009, at the Contemporary Art Network Gallery in mid-town Manhattan, New York which also included an exhibition of her paintings. The tour campaign continued in other world venues throughout the year.
Awards and honors
Woman of the Year 1980 by Femme Magazine, Paris
Post Doctoral Fellow Officer, Bunting Institute, Harvard University 1984-1985
Diamond Homer Poetry Award 1998, Poetry Society of Hollywood California
100 Heroines Award 1998 by the Women's Committee of Seneca Falls, NY
Human Rights Award, African Peace Network, Ghana 1999
Inclusion in Womenkind Project, Canada 2000
Inclusion in the Prominent Refugees Directory UNHCR 2001
Community Media Award by MNN, NYC 2001
Living Legacy Award 2002 by the Women's International Centre of San Diego, California
Inclusion in Prize-winning Portrait of Prominent Refugees by Brazilian Artist at Kenya Exhibition 2005
Heart of Danko Award 2006 for her artistic and cultural prowess
Woman of the Year 2008 by the Vishnevskaya Association of St. Petersburg, Russia
Her human rights case, which remains unresolved, was selected to be heard among the 10 finalists at the 17th International Human Rights Competition in Caen, France in January 2006.
Books
Femmes et Russie Almanach, (in French) Volumes 1–3, edited by Tatiana Mamonova. Paris: Edition Des Femmes, 1980–1981.
Zhentschina i Rossia Almanach, (in Russian) Volume 3, edited by Mamonova. Paris: Edition Des Femmes, 1980.
Voix de Femmes en Russia Almanach, (in French) Volume 4, edited by Mamonova. Paris: Denoel-Gontier, 1982.
Woman and Russia Almanach, Volume 1, edited by Mamonova. London: Sheba Press, 1980.
Kvinnen og Russland Almanach, Volume 1, edited by Mamonova. Oslo: Pax Forlag, 1980.
Kvinnan Ryssland Almanac, Volumes 1 & 2, edited by Mamonova. Stockholm: Awe Gebers, 1980.
Kvindren og Rusland Almanach, Volumes 1 & 2, edited by Mamonova. Copenhagen: Informations Forlag, 1980.
Die Frau und Russland Almanach, Volumes 1 & 2, edited by Mamonova. Munich: Frauenoffensive, 1980.
Die Frau und Russland Almanach, (in German) Volume 3, edited by Mamonova. Basel, Switzerland: Mond, 1982.
Das Radieschen (children's book), by Mamonova. Vienna: Blagina Verlag, 1981.
Vrouwen in Sovjet-Rusland Anthology from Volumes 1–3, edited by Mamonova. Amsterdam: Anthos, 1981.
Woman and Russia Anthology from Volumes 1–3, (in Japanese), edited by Mamonova. Tokyo: Shin-Ichi Masagaki & Miiko Kataoka, 1982.
Feminism in Russia Almanach, (in Greek), edited by Mamonova. Athens: Images, 1982.
Woman and Russia Almanac (1979-1991), now called Woman and Earth Almanac (1991–present), edited by Mamonova, New York: Woman and Earth Press.
Women and Russia, Feminist Writings from the Soviet Union, edited by Mamonova, Boston: Beacon Press, 1984.
Russian Women's Studies: Essays on Sexism in Soviet Culture, by Mamonova New York: Pergamon Press and Teacher's College Press, 1989, 1990, 1991.
Women's Glasnost vs Naglost: Stopping Russian Backlash, by Mamonova, with Chandra Niles Folsom. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press 1993.
Succes d’estime, by Tatyana Mamonova. New York: Woman and Earth Press, 2001–present.
Fotoalbum: Around the World, by Mamonova. New York: Woman and Earth Press, 2004–present.
Exhibitions
USSR Leningrad Kustarny per. Fall 1971
USSR Leningrad Gaza Cultural Center Win. 1974
USSR Moscow Touring Show with O.Rabin, N.Tsherbakova Spr. 1975
USSR Leningrad Nevsky Cultural Center Fall 1975
USSR Leningrad Vadim Nechaev Show, Rec'd Prize in Rome*1 1975
USSR Estonia Kohtla-Jarve Cultural Center Sum. 1977
USSR Leningrad Ul. Pravda d.22 1978
FRANCE Paris Bd. Voltaire 76 Dec. 1980
USA New York City Feminist Art Institute Win. 1980
USA Amherst, MA Herten Gallery Fall 1980
FRANCE Elbeuf Gallery La Vie Des Choses Dec. 1981
USA New York City First Women's Bank Spr. 1981
ITALY Milan Gallery Quotidiano Donna Spr. 1981
ENGLAND London Gallery-Shop Sisterwrite Sum. 1981
NETHERLANDS Amsterdam Gallery-Cafe Francoise Fall 1981
W. GERMANY Stuttgart Gallery Sarahcafe Fall 1981
DENMARK Copenhagen Touring Show of Scandinavia Fall 1981
NORWAY Oslo Touring Show of Scandinavia Fall 1981
SWEDEN Stockholm Touring Show of Scandinavia Fall 1981
FINLAND Helsinki Touring Show of Scandinavia Fall 1981
FRANCE Strasbourg Cafe La Lune Noire Spr. 1982
SWITZERLAND Basel Frauenzimmer Gallery Spr. 1982
CANADA Ottawa Den Art Gallery Spr. 1982
FRANCE Paris Center Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir Sum. 1982
USA Los Angeles Shimko's Signatures Gallery Fall 1982
INDIA Bangalore Ecole des Arts Jan. 1983
INDIA Bombay Touring Show Jan. 1983
INDIA Delhi Touring Show Jan. 1983
JAPAN Tokyo Ginza Gallery Feb. 1983
AFRICA Ivory Coast Abidjan Centre Culturel Francais Fall 1983
W.GERMANY W. Berlin Frauen Cafe Winterfelt Gallery Kassandra Jan. 1984
AUSTRIA Vienna Kristina Hartman Gallery Spr. 1984
USA Allston, MA L'Odeon Cafe Jan. 1985
CANADA Toronto The Fallout Shelter Gallery Sum. 1985
USA Cambridge, MA Rising Phoenix Gallery Sum. 1985
USA Washington, DC Peace Show Artists for Survival Fall 1985
USA Ann Arbor, MI Art Fair Private Gallery Sum. 1986
USA Hartford, CT M.S. Gallery Fall 1986
USA Hartford, CT Women's Research Institute Dec. 1986
USA Farmington, CT Art Guild Spirale Gallery Jan. 1987
USA Ellington, CT Artery Gallery Spr. 1987
USA Middletown, CT Wesleyan Women's Studies Dept. Spr. 1987
USA New Britain, CT Ministry of Central CT State Univ. Sum. 1988
USA Norwalk, CT SONO Art Fair, Rec'd Top Prize*2 Sum. 1988
USA New York City SOHO-20 Gallery Fall 1988
USA New York City Petrouchka Show Spr. 1989
USA New York City La Signoria Sum. 1989
USA New York City City University of New York Spr. 1990
USA Fairfield, CT S.H.U. Spr. 1991
USA Westport, CT O...Gallery Fall 1991
USA Pocatello, ID Idaho State University Spr. 1992
USA Hartford, CT Agnetas Sum. 1992
USA Southampton, NY Long Island Savings Bank Sum. 1992
USA W. Cornwall, CT Harris Gallery Fall 1992
USA Southbury, CT Beaux Arts Gallery Spr. 1993
USA Hartford, CT Changing Taste Spr. 1993
USA Unionville, CT The River Gallery Fall 1993
USA New York City Earth Day Show Spr. 1994
USA Hartford, CT Pump House Gallery Sum. 1995
USA New York City Eco-fest Spr. 1996
AUSTRALIA Sydney ABC Studios Spr. 1997
AUSTRALIA Mullumbimby Women's Festival, Civic Centre Spr. 1997
RUSSIA St. Petersburg Pribaltiyskaya Hotel Win. 1997
FINLAND Helsinki Caisa International Cultural Centre Sum.1998
FRANCE Paris Galerie des Muses - Hotel Scribe Jan. 1999
FRANCE Paris Galerie Art Tisane Feb. 1999
GHANA Accra Novotel Accra City Centre 1999 - 2000
FRANCE Paris Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand Dec. 2001
USA Sleepy Hollow, NY Paradise Coast Restaurant Dec. 2002
USA New York City Freedom Hall Dec. 2002
USA New York City Freedom Hall March 2003
RUSSIA St. Petersburg Hotel Angleterre April 2003
RUSSIA St. Petersburg Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel Dec. 2003
USA New York City Julia Burgos Cultural Center Jan. 2004
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Puerto Plata Casa de Cultura Dec. 2004
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Puerto Plata Casa de Cultura Jan. 2005
RUSSIA St. Petersburg House of Journalists March 2005
RUSSIA St. Petersburg Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel July 2005
RUSSIA St. Petersburg Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel Dec. 2005
RUSSIA St. Petersburg House of Journalists March 2006
RUSSIA St. Petersburg Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel May 2006
USA New York City NYC Bloomingdale Library August 2006
RUSSIA St. Petersburg Novotel St. Petersburg City Centre Sept.2006
USA New York City NYC Broadway Library Dec. 06-Jan. 07
RUSSIA St. Petersburg Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel March 2007
RUSSIA St. Petersburg Novotel St. Petersburg Centre July 2007
RUSSIA St. Petersburg Nashotel March 2008
RUSSIA St. Petersburg Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel Dec. 2008
USA New York City Contemporary Art Network Gallery March 2009
1—A Watercolor "Artstudio" 28x25 won its
participation in the International Biennale
Rome Italy '75 and was sold there by Vadim
Nechaev.
2- Won top prize at the Sono Art Fair.
References
Sources
Aiken, Susan Hardy and Barker, Adele (1993). Dialogues/Dialogi. Duke University Press.
Rule, Wilma and Noonan, Norma (1996). Russian Women in Politics and Society. Greenwood Press.
External links
Woman and Earth official website
Feminist writers
Living people
Russian women poets
Russian women artists
Russian feminists
Russian women journalists
Harvard Fellows
Writers from Saint Petersburg
1943 births