Natalia Lewandowska

Natalia Lewandowska

London, United Kingdom

About Natalia Lewandowska

Lewandowska is a founder of NLStudio based in London, where she merges Art and Design through creative direction and painting. Her projects demonstrate a multidisciplinary approach by collaboration with established British brands, choreographers and scientists. Natalia's artworks have been transposed into professionally bound books, consumer products and installations, such as a 30 meters long hand drawn illustration etched on the stainless steel wall at the Eurostar Ticket Hall, in the iconic St Pancras International train station in London. Lewandowska won the HSBC Bursary Award, which provided financial assistance during her Master degree in Visual Communication, which she completed with distinction at the Royal College of Art, London. Her thesis investigating delirious minds and creativity was described as “Distinctive in all dimensions” by British writer and painter Jonathan Miles. In 2013 she was awarded with The Quentin Blake Narrative Drawing Award. Lewandowska also worked as an Assistant Creative Director, Visual Artist and Assistant Brand Strategist at the Christopher Jenner © where she was a creative force behind projects in New York, Paris and St. Petersburg for clients including Kusmi Tea, Atkinsons 1799 and Globe-Trotter. Since 2006, Lewandowska took part in numerous exhibitions, nonprofit art shows and art fairs around the United Kingdom, such as Saatchi Gallery (London), Sackler Centre at Victoria & Albert Museum (London), British Film Institute (London), Old Truman Brewery (London), O3 Art Gallery (Oxford) and Scottish Arts and Film Festival (Edinburgh).

Education:

2013 MA, Distinction, Visual Communication, Royal College of Art, London
2011 BA (Hons) Graphic Design, University of Arts, Camberwell College of Art, London
2006 Design & Photography Course at The Academy Of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland
2005 Hand Drawing & Oil Painting Course in Gdansk, Poland

Events:

Experience / Awards
2017 Visual Artist and Creative Director, NLStudio, London
2015 Designer and Assistant Creative Director at Christopher Jenner ©, London
2014 Illustrator for Christopher Jenner © and Eurostar: Permanent hand drawn illustration etched on the 30 meters long stainless steel wall at St Pancras International station, London.
2014 Interviewed Artist, Volt Magazine, UK
2013 2nd Prize, Illustrator, The Quentin Blake Narrative Drawing Award
2012 Semifinalist, Print Communications, Adobe Design Achievement Award, San Jose, California
2012 Semifinalist, Illustration & Photography, Adobe Design Achievement Award, San Jose, California
2012 Shortlisted Artist; Rock, Paper, Scissors; Saatchi Online Collage Showdown
2011 Shortlisted Illustrator, The Constance Fairness Foundation Prize, London
2011 Winner, Moving Image & Print Communication, HSBC Student Bursary Competition, London
2011 Shortlisted Photographer, BAR-TUR Award Photography Competition, London
2011 Shortlisted Artist, Zabludowicz Collection, London
2006 Graphic Designer and Photographer, EDCO Design, London

Exhibitions:

2017 Selfie to Self-Expression, (digital artwork), Saatchi Gallery, London
2016 Grid Art Fair, Old Truman Brewery, London
2016 London Art Studio (LAS), Chiswick, UK
2015 Festival de Arte y Salud Mental del Pirineo, Spain
2014 The Protégé Boutique & Gallery, London
2013 Film Screening, MK Gallery, UK
2013 Contemporary Surrealism, O3 Art Gallery, Oxford
2013 Acoustic Images, BFI Southbank Cinema, London.
2013 Show RCA 2013, Royal College of Art, London
2013 The Future of The Poster, V&A Museum, London
2013 WIP Show, RCA Henry Moore Gallery, London
2012 100 Curators 100 Days curated by Weng Choy Lee, Saatchi Online
2012 Brainstorm Creative Exhibition, The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, Edinburgh
2012 Adaptation-Interpretation, RCA, Courtyard Galleries, London
2012 Visual Editor, RCA, Hockney Gallery, London
2011 The Barfly, Camden Town, London
2011 Sunday Below Ground, The Shoreditch Town Hall, London
2011 Camberwell Summer Show, Camberwell Collage Of Arts (UAL), London
2011 LIBER Barcelona Book Fair, Spain
2010 Slash Forward Exhibition, Real World Gallery, Brick Lane, London