Artist statement
Natalia Karenka Parra-Sierra, Born in Bogotá, Colombia June 1978.
Natalia believes that art is an important tool, not just for adornment, but to engage different people and cultures with a parallel language that enriches the soul. She is constantly looking for new ways to combine print-making techniques with those of mixed media, painting, drawing and photography, and looks at how the printing plates can be used as a piece of art in itself. Many of her prints take on the uniqueness of a painting, as each print is different in some way, as they contain different colours and textures.
Her mixed media artworks are often about contact with human settlements and basic living elements. In a search for new methods to ‘read the city’, she focuses on the idea of ‘public space’, specifically on spaces where anyone can do anything at any given moment.
Her work establishes a link between the landscapes’ reality and imaginary at the moment of making, through the use of materials borrowed from a day-to-day context. She investigates the dynamism of landscape, and pushes the limits of our assumptions of what landscape is.
Natalia’s style is influenced by the places she lives in, using the shapes and movements provided by different locations and experiences she has encountered around the world. Many of the forms and shapes are influenced by the inhabitants, buildings and landscapes of her surroundings. She creates situations in which everyday objects are altered or detached from their natural function.
Her current works examine the textures and colours of everyday landscapes, and uses these to add volume to the traditionally two dimensional artistic techniques.
She has exhibited in New Zealand, Australia and Colombia: and her works are held in private collections in a number of countries. She is currently working in community and artistic projects, and is actively seeking new opportunities to exhibit her art work and currently lives in Wellington, New Zealand.
Natalia believes that art is an important tool, not just for adornment, but to engage different people and cultures with a parallel language that enriches the soul. She is constantly looking for new ways to combine print-making techniques with those of mixed media, painting, drawing and photography, and looks at how the printing plates can be used as a piece of art in itself. Many of her prints take on the uniqueness of a painting, as each print is different in some way, as they contain different colours and textures.
Her mixed media artworks are often about contact with human settlements and basic living elements. In a search for new methods to ‘read the city’, she focuses on the idea of ‘public space’, specifically on spaces where anyone can do anything at any given moment.
Her work establishes a link between the landscapes’ reality and imaginary at the moment of making, through the use of materials borrowed from a day-to-day context. She investigates the dynamism of landscape, and pushes the limits of our assumptions of what landscape is.
Natalia’s style is influenced by the places she lives in, using the shapes and movements provided by different locations and experiences she has encountered around the world. Many of the forms and shapes are influenced by the inhabitants, buildings and landscapes of her surroundings. She creates situations in which everyday objects are altered or detached from their natural function.
Her current works examine the textures and colours of everyday landscapes, and uses these to add volume to the traditionally two dimensional artistic techniques.
She has exhibited in New Zealand, Australia and Colombia: and her works are held in private collections in a number of countries. She is currently working in community and artistic projects, and is actively seeking new opportunities to exhibit her art work and currently lives in Wellington, New Zealand.