About
Natalia Mendez is an artist based in New York. Mendez graduated Purchase College in 2019, receiving a BFA in Painting + Drawing and a minor in Art History. She graduated with a Magna Cum Laude GPA.
Mendez's work exclusively depicts her friends and family. She explores the emotional and physical ideas of relationships. Mendez believes when painting, the artist’s subconscious mind inadvertently reflects onto what he or she is creating. As an empath, she can describe people with a certain amount of attention allowing an intimate and personal take on the figures she represents. The quantity of time she uses to focus on portraying an image allows for specificity. It is this specificity that caters to the idea of the individual, and it is the grouping of these selves that allow diversity and realness to her work. These portraits are not only representations of the people Mendez holds dear, but they are also self-portraits. These photos that are composed into a composition are a narrative of her life. Each clipping of a photo associates with memories of activities and feelings associated with the friends or family members that are plucked from them.
Contact
nataliamendezartist@gmail.com