Nataliya Zozulya
Painting and Drawing
Nataliya Zozulya trained at the Ukrainian National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture where she was subsequently a Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in Painting.
She established a reputation in her home country for work in a number of genres, including portrait painting. Her landscape and figure paintings show the influence of her travels in the Philippines, North Africa, and United Kingdom where she has also exhibited. She is a member of the Commonwealth of Artists of the Ukraine and has works in public collections in the Ukraine, Germany, and many other countries.
Nataliya started working as a figurative painter when she graduated from the prestigious National Academy of Fine Art and Architecture in Kiev, Ukraine. Her tutors were some of the leading artists working in socialist realism so Nataliya’s artistic journey encompassed a departure from their dogmatic influence, developing her own style by interweaving her craftsmanship with her openness to the conceptualism and philosophy of contemporary art.
Nataliya works in layers and her mastery of oil painting techniques allows her to effortlessly adapt her methods to the demands of the project, ranging from washes and thin layers of paint to coarse, spontaneous impasto, working with palette knives and even fingers to enrich the texture of the painting.
During her professional career Nataliya has held numerous successful solo and group shows internationally. She is a member of Hesketh Hubbard Art Society, Richmond Art Society, The Fountain Gallery Artists Association, National Union of Artists of Ukraine and Chelsea Art Club. Her work has been included in the prestigious Mall galleries exhibitions. In 2020 she was featured on Sky Portrait Artist of the year.
