About

Natalia is a visual artist working with photography, video and performance.
She was born in Włocławek, a small town in Poland, but has since been living in Belgium.

During and after her Master’s degree in Visual Arts – Photography, she has
presented her work in collaboration with various institutions and organizations such as MoMu, La Centrale, Museum Night, Hotel Carrousel, Contretype, was selected for FOMU’s TIFF 2025 program and Circulations Festival Paris 2026

Her work usually originates from a personal core, such as a memory or
anecdote, which then develops into a playground full of alienation and
magical microcosms, where fiction and reality are constantly intertwined and questioned. Recurring themes in Natalia’s work include childhood, her Polish roots and the concept of ‘home’, coming-of-age journeys, existential questions, and obsessions. She uses humor and camp as subversive means of
communication, creating an ironic yet sincere play between seriousness and
absurdity.

From the very beginning of Natalia’s practice, it was clear that she used
photography as a way to communicate her inner world and how it relates to her surroundings. Alienation plays an important role in her work. That’s why it makes sense for her to work with photography, as it is a medium full of
layers and contradictions. It is mysterious or encrypted, yet clear and logical. It is magical but also technical. It freezes time, while simultaneously showing us the passage of time. It balances, so to speak, between multiple realities – and that resonated with her inner turmoil. Sooner or later, she realized that photography is not capable of showing reality itself. That was the moment she discovered the power of fiction. Fiction felt embracing, wrapped around her like a cocoon, and came close to Natalia’s being – constantly shifting.
Natalia aims to transcend the personal beyond the intimate. As she believes that identity and the internal is a mechanism responding to external or
societal influences.