Self-portrait In Style Of Fashion Illustration Collage

Natella Mammadova was born in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1986. She's been living in the US and Azerbaijan. Natella started drawing when she was 3 years old. When she was 4 she started attending art classes at Tofiq Ismailov Palace of Youth and Children's Creativity. She had two personal exhibitions: one at the age of 7 in Baku, Azerbaijan and the second at the age of 9 in United States. She participated and won many international art contests. Her work has been commended by the former President of Azerbaijan Republic - Heydar Aliyev and the Ambassador of Israel in Azerbaijan. She has also been featured in many local and international newspapers, magazines and TV programmes. Natella draws her inspiration from her travels and nature. She's traveled to Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Jordan , UAE and Egypt. Different cultures, bright colors, patterns and other works of art, such as fashion, architecture, sculpture as well as natural wonders influenced her journey as an artist. She also has a special place in her heart for her hometown - Baku with the narrow streets of the Old City, the beauty of carpets and ancient silk-printing practice. Natella's artworks are caracterized by bright and sunny colors as well as graphic arts and depict most intense emotions from pure happiness and bliss to sorrow and sadness. She wants her viewers to experience the full spectrum of emotions through her artworks and to inspire them to travel the world and appreciate the art in all its forms. Her art evolved from graphic and impressionism to realism and photorealism over the years. In the recent time she also explores digital drawing and painting, doll-making and collage making. Her artistic influences are Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Sattar Bahlulzade. Her most recent achievement was in November 2017 when she participated in an international contest and her artwork was selected by Mexican Museum of Design along with 540 other finalists from 152 countries out of more than 20,000 entries (< 3%).