Natalie Staniforth

Born in Sheffield in 1973 but grew up in the south in Guildford and London.
I have been sculpting forever but professionally since 1994. Worked 9 years in the film industry, which is a great training ground for artists. Work includes Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter 1. Since then I have been selling sculptures in galleries in London and Spain and concentrating on public art commissions, portraits and stone symposiums. I live in Spain near Girona but work on comissions throughout the world.

I work mainly in stone and clay, although I do make one or two pieces in copper too. I am interested in making work which elicits a particular type of emotional response from the viewer. I am interested in the gut reaction of a smile, or affection or recollection. I would rather suggest vague discomfort than out right disgust. Big emotions are easy to achieve, but it is in the smaller ones you reach in and touch people. As a result of this as well as various upcoming symposiums i am working on an exhibition on the idea of modern beauty.

I graduated from West Surrey college of art with B.Tec in 1993 and Wimbledon School of art in 1996 with a BA. I worked in Ice hotel In Quebec as the resident artist in 2005. Perticipated in a stone symposium in Pesanas France 2006. In 2007 I had an exhibition was on Diagonal in Barcelona in Kunsthaus 414. I have shown work at AAF in Battersea and Dulwich for five years and have permemant work in Pond Galleries Clapham. In 2005 I produced a commissioned sculpture for the Donnybrook complex in Bow London. 2007 I spent two months on residency in Lapidiales in France carving a 2.5m high female figure. This year, 2009 I have represented the UK in the first London Ice festival.,

Ruta de ´lart 2009 and 2010.
Asahikawa Japan Feb 2010 Ice festival
Penza Russia Sculpture symposium
Les Lapidiales residency 2008
Previous exhibitions at Pond Gallery, Sheridan Russel, Artifusa, Dolors Ventos, Fire and Iron, Affordable arts fair, Battersea Arts fair, La Roche gallery and solo exhibitions in Castelló D Empurias Fortia and Roses Spain