Natalia Kapchuk

Natalia Kapchuk is a Russian-born London-based artist. She works in mixed media, exploring ecological issues, global effects of pollution as well as protection of the environment. The artist’s main interests are the life on this planet, biodiversity of various countries, continents and vast expanses of oceans – the theme that never fails to inspire and spurs one to search for new expressive means and experiment in media, such as wood, resi-crete, plastic, glass bits and metallic grit, natural stones, crystals, diamond dust and gold leaf.

Natalia Kapchuk travels a lot around the world getting inspired by natural beauty to emphasize global environmental problems and negative impact of industrial waste. In the art project titled «The Lost Planet» she highlights such issues as environmental damage and critical amounts of plastic waste in the waters of the world's ocean. In order to contrast natural materials (such as tree bark, sand, natural stones, crystals, fermented moss) and enhance the effect, Kapchuk experiments with industrial materials like polymers and resi-crete, diamond dust, gilding, metal chips and plastic.
 
As a philanthropist and an art ambassador of the Parliamentary Society of Arts, Fashion and Sport (UK) Natalia...

From her early childhood Kapchuk took interest in art. At the age of six Natalia started to make ceramic mini-sculptures for sale at local art fairs. She was inspired by her mother, an artist and sculptor, to work in her studio. Natalia gradually learned the basics of sculpting in ceramic. The art school became the next stage in her young artist’s life: this is where she studied academic drawing, painting, composition and the history of art. Due to her interest in foreign languages and international politics, Kapchuk received her Bachelor’s degree from the Urals State University where she studied International Relations (Yekaterinburg, Russia). After graduating from the University Kapchuk left Russia, becoming a fully international person, travelling around the world and getting inspired to create artworks. Natalia Kapchuk makes art in Dubai (UAE) and now London (UK), where she spends most of her time.

Furthermore, she also continues to improve her art skills in mixed media and painting. This is how Natalia ended up taking the courses at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design (London, UK) in 2017 followed by The Chelsea College of Arts (London, UK).

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2019 – London Contemporary, The Line Gallery, London (UK)
2019 – Consciousness, Anima Mundi International Art Festival, Venice (Italy)