Natasha Zraikat

Gold Coast (Yugambeh Country)-based artist Natasha Zraikat uses a carefully constructed aesthetic vocabulary of fantastical elements and deliberately executed realism to visually rekindle man’s connection with the natural world. Born in California to Jordanian and Ukrainian-Russian parents, Natasha immigrated to Australia in the early ‘90s where she has lived ever since.

Natasha’s earliest artistic memories include drawing, studying and surrounding herself with animals. This lifelong affinity has seen Natasha grow into a passionate environmentalist, and these themes have spilled into her work in recent years as her concerns about the state of the natural world continue to intensify.

Natasha is a self-taught artist, having taken one year in Italy for informal artistic development where she won First Prize in the City Wide Art VIII Competition in Florence. Her work has since been included in numerous other art prizes, including the SBS Portrait Prize, Metro Gallery Art Award, Lethbridge 20000 Art Prize, Williamstown Contemporary and the Art Lovers Australia Art Prize.

Natasha’s artwork is currently featured on the Beautiful Bizarre artist directory and she was recently awarded Second Prize at The Art of Imagination competition/...

Diploma of Visual Arts
Accademia Italiana
Florence, Italy 2009

2024
Group Exhibition – Undercurrents, WOWxWOW Gallery, Scotland

2023
Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory Featured Artist
The Art of Imagination, Petrie Terrace Gallery, Brisbane
Dean Cogle Portrait Prize Exhibition, Dust Temple, Gold Coast
Art Edit Magazine - Gallery Feature Artist

2022
Dean Cogle Portrait Prize Exhibition, Dust Temple, Gold Coast
Lethbridge Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Brisbane

2021
SBS Portrait Prize Finalist Exhibition, Southern Buoy Studios, Melbourne

2020
Dean Cogle Portrait Prize Finalist Exhibition, Gold Coast
Lethbridge 20000 Finalist Exhibition – Lethbridge Gallery Brisbane
EMERGE : EIGHTH EDITION Group Exhibition - Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
Bushfire Art Auction - BAM! Popup Gallery, Mermaid Beach

2019
Dean Cogle Portrait Prize Finalist Exhibition, Gold Coast
Lethbridge 20000 2019 Art Prize Finalist Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery Brisbane
House & Garden UK August Issue - The Art Edit

2018
Neumann Dust Temple Portrait Prize Finalist Exhibition, Gold Coast
Lethbridge Gallery Online Finalist Exhibition

2013
Artist Multi Page Feature Article, Raw Ink Magazine
Multi Page Feature Article, Precinct Magazine

2012
Lethbridge 20000 2012 Finalist Exhibition – Lethbridge Gallery Brisbane
Metro Gallery ...