NATALYA RADÜNZ
NATALYA RADÜNZ
is a metamodern Ukrainian artist and iconographer, lives and works in Germany.
Natalya Radünz (b. 1980, Ukraine) is a metamodern artist and iconographer based in Germany. Active since 2012, she studied Contemporary Art at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London and holds degrees in engineering, an MBA, and a Harvard certification in strategy. Her practice merges traditional and modern techniques, exploring themes of transformation, spirituality, and cultural transition.
Influenced by Orthodox symbolism and philosophical concepts, Radünz works in oil, acrylic, tempera, and mixed media. Her current series, Before the First Light and The Echoes of Infinity, investigate resonance as a space of truth beyond opposites ... read more
Influenced by Orthodox symbolism and philosophical concepts, Radünz works in oil, acrylic, tempera, and mixed media. Her current series, Before the First Light and The Echoes of Infinity, investigate resonance as a space of truth beyond opposites ... read more
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BIO
Natalya Radünz (b. 1980, Ukraine) is a metamodern artist and iconographer based in Germany. Active since 2012, she studied Contemporary Art at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London and holds degrees in engineering, an MBA, and a Harvard certification in strategy. Her practice merges traditional and modern techniques, exploring themes of transformation, spirituality, and cultural transition.
Influenced by Orthodox symbolism and philosophical concepts, Radünz works in oil, acrylic, tempera, and mixed media. Her current series, Before the First Light and The Echoes of Infinity, investigate resonance as a space of truth beyond opposites.
Her works have been shown internationally—including museums in Italy, France, Germany, Greece, Serbia, Russia —and are held in private collections across Europe. She has received over a dozen awards in painting and iconography.
Natalya Radünz (b. 1980, Ukraine) is a metamodern artist and iconographer based in Germany. Active since 2012, she studied Contemporary Art at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London and holds degrees in engineering, an MBA, and a Harvard certification in strategy. Her practice merges traditional and modern techniques, exploring themes of transformation, spirituality, and cultural transition.
Influenced by Orthodox symbolism and philosophical concepts, Radünz works in oil, acrylic, tempera, and mixed media. Her current series, Before the First Light and The Echoes of Infinity, investigate resonance as a space of truth beyond opposites.
Her works have been shown internationally—including museums in Italy, France, Germany, Greece, Serbia, Russia —and are held in private collections across Europe. She has received over a dozen awards in painting and iconography.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I am an engineer of the soul, an artist of my life.
My paintings are not just pictures, but testimonies of overcoming. With every brushstroke, I fight for my freedom from the shackles of self-doubt.
My art is a response to the darkness of the past, a dream transformed into splashes of color. It is freedom of expression, healing through creativity, and the transformation of pain into a source of inspiration. In this way, I create not only works of art, but also a philosophy that rethinks existence and society. I don't bow to the system; I transform it.
My audience is the people who recognize themselves in my paintings when they let their hands fall and seemingly can't do anything, or when feelings are so overwhelming that they break through and can no longer be controlled.
My canvas is a battlefield for the right to be myself. It is a window into another reality. We often receive clues from there. We sense it. But we can't see inside.
Connecting with my soul allows me to go there to create paintings that uniquely combine technical precision with the exhilarating freedom of artistic expression, creating a harmony between the two.
"Blind Paintings" is the act of capturing an image born of the moment and emotion. Different techniques, media, and artistic signatures emphasize my contradictory nature and transcend the norms of expected recognizability.
I not only see the beauty in my surroundings, I rise above the ordinary by creating my own world.
I am an engineer of the soul, an artist of my life.
My paintings are not just pictures, but testimonies of overcoming. With every brushstroke, I fight for my freedom from the shackles of self-doubt.
My art is a response to the darkness of the past, a dream transformed into splashes of color. It is freedom of expression, healing through creativity, and the transformation of pain into a source of inspiration. In this way, I create not only works of art, but also a philosophy that rethinks existence and society. I don't bow to the system; I transform it.
My audience is the people who recognize themselves in my paintings when they let their hands fall and seemingly can't do anything, or when feelings are so overwhelming that they break through and can no longer be controlled.
My canvas is a battlefield for the right to be myself. It is a window into another reality. We often receive clues from there. We sense it. But we can't see inside.
Connecting with my soul allows me to go there to create paintings that uniquely combine technical precision with the exhilarating freedom of artistic expression, creating a harmony between the two.
"Blind Paintings" is the act of capturing an image born of the moment and emotion. Different techniques, media, and artistic signatures emphasize my contradictory nature and transcend the norms of expected recognizability.
I not only see the beauty in my surroundings, I rise above the ordinary by creating my own world.
CV
EDUCATION
2025 – Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, UK - Art Now - Contemporary Art since 1990
2025-2026 – Private study in academic drawing and painting under Dasha Belokrylova, principal instructor at the Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITION
2025 – “Art meets Antique” by Detlev Kuemmel, Luedenscheid, Germany
2025 – ARTe Art Fair, Dortmund, Germany
2024 – ART4NATURE Atelier-Galerie, Bad Tölz, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 – Venanzo Crocetti Museum, Curator: Monica Ferrarini, Rome, Italy
2025 – Mons. Sante Montanaro Foundation, Casamassima, Italy
2025 – Artio Gallery, New York, USA
2025 – Museum Palazzo Venezia, Naples, Italy
2024 – Museum of Srem, Sremska Mitrovica, Republic of Serbia
2018 – The Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Bruehl, Germany
COLLECTIONS
2024 – Russian Orthodox Church of St Barbara, Krefeld, Germany
2018 – GEDOK Kunstforum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS
Over 20 publications in various international art journals and catalogues.
Around 20 awards for prize-winning places and honors, including a Nomination for the Andrei Rublev Medal by the Russian Academy of Arts for 2024.
Member of the IKV International Artists' Association (since 2025), Visual Arts Scotland (VAS, since 2025), and the Eurasian Art Union (since 2018), currently represented by JS Gallery (Institute of Mediterranean Culture) and the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Barbara in Krefeld, Germany.
EDUCATION
2025 – Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, UK - Art Now - Contemporary Art since 1990
2025-2026 – Private study in academic drawing and painting under Dasha Belokrylova, principal instructor at the Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITION
2025 – “Art meets Antique” by Detlev Kuemmel, Luedenscheid, Germany
2025 – ARTe Art Fair, Dortmund, Germany
2024 – ART4NATURE Atelier-Galerie, Bad Tölz, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 – Venanzo Crocetti Museum, Curator: Monica Ferrarini, Rome, Italy
2025 – Mons. Sante Montanaro Foundation, Casamassima, Italy
2025 – Artio Gallery, New York, USA
2025 – Museum Palazzo Venezia, Naples, Italy
2024 – Museum of Srem, Sremska Mitrovica, Republic of Serbia
2018 – The Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR, Bruehl, Germany
COLLECTIONS
2024 – Russian Orthodox Church of St Barbara, Krefeld, Germany
2018 – GEDOK Kunstforum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS
Over 20 publications in various international art journals and catalogues.
Around 20 awards for prize-winning places and honors, including a Nomination for the Andrei Rublev Medal by the Russian Academy of Arts for 2024.
Member of the IKV International Artists' Association (since 2025), Visual Arts Scotland (VAS, since 2025), and the Eurasian Art Union (since 2018), currently represented by JS Gallery (Institute of Mediterranean Culture) and the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Barbara in Krefeld, Germany.