Natalie Uhrik

Natalie Uhrik is a Sydney based Australian artist whose abstract landscapes explore stillness, rhythm and our connection to something beyond ourselves.

Uhrik came to painting after working across ceramics and film, returning to art more fully in 2020. Her early paintings were bold and linear, with strong colour and more recognisable references to landscape. She never set out to make work that felt spiritual or meditative. Rather, that quality emerged slowly, through the act of painting itself.

Over time, repetition became central to her practice. Each mark follows another, building rhythm and movement until the process becomes almost meditative. The more the work evolved, the quieter it became. And, in many ways, so did she.

“I think my peace evolved alongside my work.”

Today, Uhrik describes entering the studio much like entering a meditation. She doesn't paint in search of answers or attempt to consciously imbue the work with meaning. She paints because she needs to. Through repetition, movement and presence, the noise of the outside world falls away.

The paintings are, in some ways, the by-product of that experience.

Her landscapes sit somewhere between the physical and the felt. Rather than depicting a particular place, t...

1998-2000 Sydney College of the Arts, Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours, Rozelle Sydney

Exhibitions & Art Prizes

2026 Affordable Art Fair, Brisbane

2026 Affordable Art Fair, Sydney

2026 Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne

2025 Affordable Art Fair, Brisbane

2025 Affordable Art Fair, Melbourne

2025 Affordable Art Fair, Sydney

2024 (October) The Other Art Fair Sydney

2024 Sping Group Exhibition, Greenhouse Interiors, Geelong

2024 The Affordable Art Fair Melbourne

2024 The Affordable Art Fair Sydney NSW

2024 (May)The Other Art Fair Sydney NSW

2024 The Affordable Art Fair Brisbane QLD

2024 40x40 Exhibition, Bluethumb Gallery, Richmond VIC

2024 Think Pink Group Exhibition, Petite Collection

2023 Solo Exhibition - Open Eyes, Piccolina Gallery, Pyrmont NSW

2023 Smalls Exhibition, Artlovers Australia, Melbourne VIC

2023 The Other Art Fair Sydney NSW

2023 Bluethumb Art Prize Finalist

2023 Whitewall - Into The Light Art Prize Finalist

2023 Land, Sea & Sky Exhibition, Artlovers Australia Gold Coast QLD

2023 Colour Spectrum Exhibition, Artlovers Australia Melbourne VIC

2023 Affordable Art  Fair Sydney NSW

2023The Other Art  Fair Sydney NSW

2023 Greenhouse interiors Group Show

2022 The Other Art Fair Sydney NSW VIC

2022 Affordable Art Fair Melbourne VIC

2022 Bluethumb Art Prize Finalist

2022 Whi...