Nataliia Karavan
Nataliia Karavan is an experienced Ukrainian artist whose harmonious visuals explore sensuality, sensibility, self-love, and the female figure. Her contemporary paintings offer colourful representations of the beauty we can find in the natural world.
NATALIIA KARAVAN'S EARLY CAREER
Nataliia began her art career in London, studying colour theory at Camberwell College of Arts. She later pursued a BA in Fashion in Paris at Istituto Marangoni before completing an MA in Art and Design at Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts, England. The artist briefly taught in China before returning to Ukraine. Here, she continues to create artwork from her studio.
STYLE AND INFLUENCES
Nataliia seeks to express emotion through her abstract compositions. From serenity to high intensity, the artist uses a colourful nature-inspired palette to translate her mood and feelings at the time of creation. Blending impressionistic tones with vibrant abstract mark-marking, Nataliia produces floral scenes, landscapes and portraits, all of which she imbues with light and a sense of freedom and harmony. The artist layers spray paint and oils with bold brushstrokes, often coating her canvas with pastel shades and hazy dream-like hues. The resulting works are laced with a sense of nostalgia for place and time.
EDUCATION
2018 — MA Art & Design, Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts, Cambridge, United Kingdom
2015 — BA (Hons) Fashion Design, Istituto Marangoni, Paris, France
2012 — Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, University of the Arts London, United Kingdom
AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS
2025 — Visual Art Journal, interview and work displayed on Times Square, Netherlands
2025 — Member, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, Canada
2023 — Art Squat, publication, Los Angeles, United States
2021 — Modern Art Masters at Louvre, publication, Paris, France
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 — Gallery “Reforest”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2021 — Kyiv Art Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 — ``The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, United States
2025 — “Reflection & Renewal”, Gallery George, Vancouver, Canada
2023 — The Other Art Fair, Chicago, United States
2022 — Artistic Exhibition, Hilton Hotel, Kyiv, Ukraine
2021 — Feiran Gallery, Nanjing, China
2021 — Zavalnyi Art Center, Kyiv, Ukraine
2021 — Carrousel du Louvre (Paks Gallery), Paris, France
2020 — “Spring Salon”, Lviv, Ukraine
2019 — Summer Auction, The Auction Collective – Candid Arts, London, United Kingdom
2019 — Lviv Art Days, Lviv, Ukraine
2018 — “Spring” Still Life Paintings, Osbourne Studio Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2018 — “Plusequals2018”, Brick Lane Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2016 — “Spring” Exhibition, City Art Gallery Hust, Ukraine
2015 — “Abstract Art of Ukraine”, Kyiv, Ukraine
2012 — Camberwell College Art Space, Group Exhibition, London, United Kingdom