BIOGRAPHY
NATALI SCHAFER – MIXED MEDIA, METAL ON CANVAS
| Beauty awakens the soul to act. Dante Alighieri The pace of modern life accelerates more every day. Most people live in stressful „passing by“ without taking the time to appreciate the beauty around us. With my art, I want to give the viewer a moment of mindfulness, a rest, of awareness how beautiful life and nature world are. Delicate mandalas with spiritual and contemplative patterns in glimmering shades of metallic colours illuminate spaces from the walls, alongside expressive abstract pain- tings and African- style pieces inspired by folk art you can‘t pigeonhole Natalia Schäfer. The work of the autodidact, as Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design, who was born in Russia and has lived in Germany for many years, is as multi- faceted as the techniques she has developed. She uses materials such as genuine gold, silver and copper to perfect her paintings. Driven on by a profound appreciation of aesthetics, her gifts to the viewer are instan- ces of beauty and relaxation in our often hectic everyday lives. „With my art, I wouldlike to give people a brief respite, fime to pause for a moment, in order to enable them to see once again how beautiful life and the natural world are.“ Natalia Schaefer has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions and art shows in Berlin, London, Zurich, Gstaad, Monaco, Venedig, Miami and New York. Since 2009, she has produced a variety of calendars, stationery products and gift books to great success, together with renowned German- language publishers. In ad- dition, she regularly runs workshops aimed at encouraging creativity in children and adults, In line with clients‘ wishes, she also works as a street artist to design indoor and outdoor spaces. PAST Solo / Groupexhibitions / EVENTS 2019-2020: 2020 BORDERS FESTIVAL by Itsliquid Group, Venice Italy 2020 Art3f MONACO by VanGogh Art Gallery (Madrid) 2020 SWISSARTEXPO Zürich 2020 HERZSTÜCK Magazine 04/2020- Interview /Poster 2020 LUXURY Life Magazin Nr.42- Interview in “Art is life”, WW 2020 $€X¥ GSTAAD by artsfemin, Gstaad, CH 2019 RED DOT MIAMI, FL, USA 2019 ARTBOX.PROJECT MAMI 2.0, FL, USA 2019 Magicum Museum, Berlin GER 2019 DGH Hypnose Kongress, Bad Lippspringe, GER 2019 Montserrat Contemporary Art, Chelsea, New York, USA 2019 A&D Gallery, Maryleborne, London, UK 2019 ARTBOX.PROJECT 1.0 Zürich, SwissArtExpo, CH 2019 Parallax Art Fair, Kensington Town Hall, London, UK 2019 Wine Street Art Festival Gönnheim, GER UPCOMING EVENTS 2020: – ArtExpo New York – POSTPONED 02-04 th of October 2020 – Perseus Gallery, New York – World Art Dubai Spring 2021 Makowski Gallery, Berlin – ARTBOX.PROJECT Barcelona 1.0 15-19 of October 2020 PUBLICATIONS: 2009 – now “African Art” Art Calendar, Korsch Verlag (Silver – International Calendar Award, Graphischer Klub Stuttgart) 2011 “Silver&Gold” Art Calendar, Korsch Verlag (Gold – International Calendar Award, Graphischer Klub Stuttgart) 2012-2014 “Blue Ocean” Art Calendar, Korsch Verlag 2012-2016 “Nature&Culture” Art Calendar, Korsch Verlag 2013 “Metallic Mandalas” Art Calendar, Korsch Verlag 2014-2015 “Eulen” Art Calendar, Korsch Verlag 2016 “Beautiful World” Art Calendar, Korsch Verlag 2019- now “Mindfulness” Art Calendar, Korsch Verlag 2011 – now Timer, Notes, Birthday Calendar, Family Timer, Family Diary – Korsch Verlag 2019 – Numerous Papeterie products, Bookcover of Presentbook “Im Einkang mit der Welt”, Weisheiten des Dalai Lama, by Pattloch Verlag. Droemer Kraur Publishing Group. Cover 13 th of November 2020 – Cover Artwork by the “GAIA” music album by Henning Fuchs (Neue Meister music label, GER) |
