The relationship between art and beauty will forever arouse debate. There are those who maintain that the principal objective of art is the material representation of beauty and Natasha Zupan can be numbered among them. Her work holds evocative historical symbols essentially translated through light, color, and her uniquely personal poetic tone. In Natasha’s canvases, great attention is given to ornamental detail. Clear, bright brush strokes build into human forms. The refined academic hand dissolves into a rhythmic play of light and shadow and a deeply suggestive use of space. Her reference to renaissance art is unavoidable, and it gives her work a maturity of stylistic forms from which she bridges to abstraction. Using various media, she reworks the original sketches to great effect. From there, the perfect balance of composition and the pursuit of harmony join to consecrate a very personal concept of beauty and art. Each canvas superimposes a certain intensity of technique with the ambiguous languor of the figures, contrasting qualities in permanent dialogue. Bridging past and present, Natasha Zupan shares with us the enigmatic and suggestive oeuvre of her instinctive aesthetic fascination.
Gudi Moragues Jaulin de Seutre, BARCELONA, 1997
Natasha Zupan lives and works in Valldemossa, Mallorca, Spain. She earned her B.F.A. at Yale University 1987, and continued her post graduate studies at the National Academy of Design, New York, NY, and as a private student of the eminent portraitist Joaquin Torrentz Llado in Mallorca.
Solo Exhibitions:
2003 “Sensaciones” Macia Batle, Santa Maria, Palma de Mallorca
2002 Art Diana , Helsinki , Finland
2002 Utsallningssalongen, Stockholm , Sweden
2001 Galeria Joan Oliver “Maneu” Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2000 Folin/Riva, New York U.S.A
2000 “Reclamos” Galeria dels Angels, Barcelona, Spain
1999 Utstallningssalongen, Stockholm, Sweden
1999 Galeria Joan Oliver “Maneu” Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1997 Galeria Joan Oliver “Maneu” Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1996 Art Cabinet, Massachusetts, U.S.A
1996 Heland Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1995 “12 Anys damunt paper” Galeria Joan Oliver “Maneu” Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1995 Galerie Rolf Ruckert, Paris, France
1995 Galeria Antonella Moncada, Palermo, Italy
1995 Galeria Incontri in Arte, Roma, Italia
1994 Galeria “Punt D’Art” Maneu, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1993 Galeria L’Opera, Naples, Italy
1992 Galeria Joan Oliver “Maneu” Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1990 Gallery V, Tribecca, New York, U.S.A
1987 A & A Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A
Group Exhibitions
2004 Galeria “Janer” Inca, Palma de Mallorca
2003 Café des Artists, Moscow, Russia
2003 Mallorquines de Adoptacion, Museo Krakovic, Palma de Mallorca
2000 Art Exp’2000, Barcelona, Spain
2000 Salon Gaudi, Barcelona, Spain
1999 Loreto Arte Novantanove, Palazzo Municipale, Loreto, Italy
1999 Collectiva de Artistas Mallorquines, public spaces, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1999 Lithograph for “Medicos del Mundo” Fundacion Joan Miro
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1999 Galeria Joan Oliver “Maneu” Art Expo’99, Barcelona, Spain
1998 Galeria Joan Oliver “Maneu” Art Expo’98, Barcelona, Spain
1997 Nueva Generacion de Artista en Balears” Palacio Solleric
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1997 The Columbus Museum of Art, Georgia, U.S.A
1997 Galeria Joan Oliver “Maneu” Art Expo’97, Barcelona, Spain
1996 The Columbus Museum of Art, Georgia, U.S.A
1996 Galeria Joan Oliver “Maneu” Art Expo’96, Barcelona. Spain
1995 The Columbus Museum of Art, Georgia, U.S.A
1989 The Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York, U.S.A
1988 The National Academy of Design, New York, U.S.A
Natasha Zupan's website: http://www.natashazupan.com
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