Natalie Hemkes

NATALIE HEMKES IS A MULTI DISCIPLINARY ARTIST BASED IN THE UK WHOSE LOVE OF COLOUR AND THE NATURAL WORLD HAS GIVEN HER WORK A UNIQUE AND INSTANTLY RECONISABLE AESTHETIC.

NATALIE WORKS ACROSS MANY MEDIUMS INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING, TEXTILES AND POETRY.

EXPERIENCING NATALIE’S CURRENT WORK IS TO VISIT HER ALTERNATE REALITY AS SHE BLENDS PAINT AND PHOTOGRAPHY TOGETHER, CREATING INTENSE CHROMATIC VIBRATIONS; BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN NATURE AND ARTIFICE, REAL AND ARTIFICIAL, OFTEN PRESENTING A LOT OF HER WORK ON LIGHTBOXES TO FURTHER INFUSE AND ACCENTUATE THE SATURATION OF COLOUR AND LIGHT.

WITH THE SENSIBILITY OF A PAINTER HER ART HOVERS AMBIGUOUSLY BETWEEN MULTI DIMENSIONS INVITING THE VIEWER TO ‘FALL DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE’ INTO A WORLD WITHIN A WORLD; ONE FILLED WITH INVERTED GARDENS, EXOTIC LAYERED TAPESTRIES OF BIRDS AND BUTTERFLIES ALL INFUSED WITH A GHOSTLY VISIBILITY NESTLING AMIDST EXQUISITE FLORAL BACKDROPS.

HEAVILY INSPIRED BY HER DEEP LOVE AND FASCINATION FOR NATURE SHE SEEKS TO TRANSPORT THE VIEWER INTO THIS OTHER-WORLDLY PLACE: UNSEEN AND IMAGINED PLACES OF THE NIGHT, SOFTLY GLOWING MEADOWS, HUMMING JUNGLES AND PHOSPHORESCENT OCEANS.

EMOTIONALLY RESPONDING TO THE EVENTS DIRECTLY AROUND HER AND IN THE WIDER WORLD, SHE CHALLENGES OUR EXISTING VISION OF REALITY BY OFFERING UP HER OWN AESTHETIC ESCAPE FOR US TO DELIGHT IN.