Natalie Maxted
Florida, United States
Natalie Maxted is an American-British-Finnish contemporary fine artist working in acrylic on canvas....
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Natalie Maxted
Joined In 2019
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About the artist
Natalie Maxted
Joined In 2019
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Natalie Maxted is an American-British-Finnish contemporary fine artist working in acrylic on canvas. Born in Bogotá, Colombia, she lives and works in the United States. Her large-scale figurative portraits have been exhibited internationally, with works held in private collections across the US, UK, and Europe.
Working exclusively by hand, Maxted’s paintings examine what happens to the human image after its endless reproduction through screens, photography, and digital culture. Her work exists at the intersection of pop art, portraiture, and contemporary image theory — translating the visual language of modern media back into singular painted form.
Her subjects are overwhelmingly women, not as passive objects of observation, but as psychological and self-possessed presences. The gaze in her work does not perform for the viewer. It appraises.
In an era where images are infinite and disposable, Maxted’s paintings insist on the authority of the painted surface: slow, physical, deliberate, and unable to be scrolled past. Gesture, distortion, cropping, and graphic flatness become tools for examining femininity, performance, beauty, and perception in contemporary life.
After studying Art History and Classical Studies at the Universit...
MA, History and Business of Art and Collecting — University of Warwick / IESA Paris
BA (Hons), Classical Studies — University of St Andrews, Scotland
Art Industry Training — Christie’s, London
2026 — ArtExpo New York, Pier 36, Manhattan
2026 — Light and Shadow, Virtual Exhibition, Open Call for Artists
2025 — Red Dot Art Fair, Miami Art Week, Florida
2025 — Monaco Art Fair, Principality of Monaco
2025 — Noho Showrooms, Fitzrovia, London
2025 — Visions, Monat Gallery, Madrid
2025 — ArtExpo New York, Pier 36, Manhattan
2025 — Mind Over Matter, Brick Lane Gallery, London
2024 — Red Dot Art Fair, Miami Art Week, Florida
2024 — Spring Exhibition, Foster Gallery, Florida
2021 — King House Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon
2020 — 50 Shades of Red, King House Gallery
2020 — Faces, King House Gallery
2020 — Harbour Fine Art Gallery, Dorset
2021 — Painshill Park Art Fair, Surrey
2021 — Contemporary Art Fairs, Windsor
2019 — St.Art Contemporary European Art Fair, Strasbourg
2019 — Art Baho, Art Nou Milleni Gallery, Barcelona
2019 — Winners Exhibition, Oxo Tower, London