Natalia Vasilyevna Pershina-Kalliopina was born in Leningrad, she graduated from V.I. Mukhina, Department of Interior and Equipment, Textile Department. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1973.
She taught at the High School of Fashion. Since 1965, participates in city, regional, republican and international exhibitions.
Among her works:
- a theater curtain for the Textile Institute (painting), a sketch in conjunction with V. A. Pershin;
- decorative fabrics for restaurants on Nevsky Prospect, St. Petersburg (restaurant "North", restaurant "Neva", cafe "Aurora")
- decorative fabrics for the Library. V. I. Lenin, (sketch together with V. A. Pershin);
- decorative fabrics for the conference hall of the Research Institute of the Defense Industry;
- tapestry for the Clothing House in the city of Kostroma (together with V. A. Pershin);
- Design and work package for the Bashkir Academic Drama Theater in Ufa: interiors, three curtains on the stage (painting and application), five tapestries for the lobby (together with V. A. Pershin);
- Tapestry "White Dreams" for the hotel "Pulkovskaya" (together with V. A. Pershin);
- Tapestry "Music" for the hotel "October".
In 2008, N.V. Pershina made a decorative panel for the Prometey Research Center.
In the last decade, the Masquerade tapestry and the Link of Times tapestry have been privately commissioned.