Natasha Muriel

Natasha Muriel is a Colombian-born Latina Transgender artist based in New York City. She formally studied painting, illustration, photography, and digital art in Panama City, then studied to be a tattoo artist in Argentina, and is currently studying Decorative Arts Design in Manhattan. She uses acrylic, oil, and watercolor on canvas, paper, and clothes, and also creates digital art in Procreate. Her style is influenced by Expressionism combined with Surrealism and Abstract Art. In her paintings, she focuses on showing South American colors and landscapes, but also tells us her story and the various experiences she has had as a transgender woman in the modern world. Natasha is working hard to give more visibility to her work as a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Her work has been purchased and displayed by collectors in Argentina, Mexico, and the United States. As she has said: “I'm trying to tell you my story, my emotions, my feelings, my dreams. I'm showing you what I see in my mind's eye. All of us have a story and this is MINE, and I want to share this story with the world for this and future generations."

Educated in Panama City, she took courses specialized in Visual Arts such as Drawing, Acrylic, Watercolor, Digital Art on Procreate and Photoshop in 2016 & 2017. She also attended a Tattoo Studio in Argentina to become Tattoo Artist in 2018, while she continued taking private classes on Drawing, Portrait, Character Design and Photography. Currently she is studying Decorative Arts at THE ALPHA WORKSHOPS STUDIO SCHOOL in Manhattan New York