«Keyhole» Painting

Natalia comes from a small provincial mining town in Siberia. After graduating with a degree in law, she opened he own practice, and practiced law until 2014. In 2015, Natalia decides to radically change her life and moves to Varna, Bulgaria. When Natalia was a child, she was watching her blind grandmother easily managing all the tasks around the house. Ironically, in 2018, due to a tumor, Natalya completely loses sight in one eye and the sight in the second eye is significantly narrowed. After that, Natalia, just like her grandmother once, begins to communicate with the world through her hands, on an intuitive and unconscious level. It is from that moment on the creative path of Natalia begins, her soul has called for art. She hadn’t yet known what it would be, so it was a way of searching and experimenting. Until at one moment, when she closed her eyes, her hands themselves suggested to Natalya, drawing three-dimensional forms in the air, that this should be sculpture. In the beginning of 2022, the first series of sculptures "Möbius Ribbon" was created from artificial stone. At the end of 2022, Natalia is creating a new series of ceramic works. Works are in private collections in America, Canada, France, England, Japan, Germany, Australia, Monaco, Greece, the Netherlands, etc. "Manibus, non oculis: The Art of Natalia Valter that Can Be Touched As Marshall McLuhan once said, "In a visual culture, the assertion that sculpture is primarily tactile and only partly visual is paradoxical. In reality, tactility is an almost undiscussed matter, yet it plays a decisive role in the world of art." Today, the term "touch art" is becoming more prevalent in contemporary art, applied to a genre of art that can be called tactile. The emerging sculptor Natalia Valter is creating art that can and should be touched, thus establishing her dialogue with the viewer. By inviting them to break the rule that usually applies in the temple of art (do not touch with your hands), the artist invites the observer into her personal space, where every line and detail can not only be seen but also explored through the sense of touch. The smooth, rounded forms of her ceramic sculptures are not just meant to be seen but also felt, allowing the viewer to merge with them, becoming a part of her art.