Natalya Radünz
About Natalya
Natalya Radünz, metamodernism artist, iconographer, was born in 1980 in Ukraine, lives and
works in Germany.
An engineer by profession, an artist at heart, she is a successful top manager in a major energy concern in Germany, an academic with three university degrees and an MBA.
Physically and sexually abused as a child, Natalya found her personal way out of the trauma in her Orthodox faith. She started painting one day when she woke up with the idea of realising her long-standing childhood dream. She painted her first canvas "Obsession" in 2012.
Now, the artist is working on two new series "I Am Origin" and "The Echoes of Infinity" in which she will explore the truth - not in the poles, but in the resonance between them. Her art combines traditional and modern methods and creates multi-layered, symbolic pictorial spaces that deal with themes such as transformation, spirituality and the intersection of cultures.
Her works have been exhibited and honoured worldwide and are in private collections in Germany, UK, Switzerland, Greece, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation.
Education
Since 2025 - Florence Academy of Fine Arts, Italy - Individual study of academic drawing and painting under Dasha Belokrylova
2025 - Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, UK - Art Now - Contemporary Art since 1990
2024 - SCE Institute for Mediterranean Culture, Greece - JS School for Artistis
2024-2025 - Benedictine Abbey Niederaltaich, Germany - Icon painting course
2024-2025 - Icon Museum & EIKON, Recklinghausen, Germany - Icon painting course
2024-2025 - Studio Icona, Munich, Germany - Intensive Icon Painting Course
2024 - KUNSTTANKER Atelierhaus, Leipzig, Germany - Icon painting course
2024 - Harvard Business School, Boston, USA - Strategy Execution
2020-2022 - Master of Business Administration (MBA) in General Management, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Germany
2009 - Scholarship holder of the Laser Technology Programme, Rheinische Hochschule Köln, Germany
2000-2005 - Dipl.-Ing. Electrical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, NURE Technical University, Ukraine
Exhibitions
- Solo Exhibition
1 Feb. - 31 March 2024
Art4nature Studio-Gallery, Bad Tölz, Germany
- Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 - ARTe Kunstmesse Dortmund, Germany
2024 - Museum of Srem, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbian Republic
2024 - Centre for contemporary art , Moscow, Russia
2019 - Carousel du LOUVRE, Paris, France
2019 - Exhibition Centre of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia
2019 - Gallery MYRÒ, Thessaloniki, Greece
2018 - Max Ernst Museum Brühl of the LVR, Brühl,Germany
2018 - ART1917俄罗斯油画网 Harbin, China
Publications
Issue 40 SPOTLIGHT CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE, publication, Lyon, France, year of publication 2025, 110 p., p. 79
25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION, ITALY ARTISTIC AGENDA Collector's catalogue, Rome, Italy, year of publication 2025
#26 ARTISTCLOSEUP CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE, publication, Amsterdam, Netherlands, year of publication 2025, 108 p., p.58
CONTEMPORARY ICONOGRAPHERS ABOUT IMAGE MAKING AND ICONOGRAPHY, Interview with Russian Icon Collection New York, year of publication 2024
ART AND FAITH: NATALYA RADUENCE AMONG THE WINNERS OF THE ART OF GOD, article in ArtSreda by Julia Sysalova, published in 2024
BEYOND ART: THE BANKSY PHENOMENON, article in ArtSreda by Julia Sysalova, year of publication 2024
AN INSTRUMENT IN THE HANDS OF GOD. NOTES OF A NOVICE ICONIC PAINTER, article in ArtSreda by Julia Sysalova, published in 2024
"CRIES OF ART" by the KUVIK Gallery. Virtual digital catalogue, Germany, year of publication 2023
RUSSIAN ART PRIZES 2019, art catalogue, year of publication 2020, 162 c., vol. 1, p. 54
RUSSIAN ART WEEK. Art catalogue, year of publication 2019, 166 p., vol. 1, p. 2
VISIONARY ART JOURNEY. Art catalogue, year of publication 2019, 302 p., vol. 1, p. 18
Awards
- 1st PLACE
"Where does Christ look?" in the competition for icon painting, "God's Art" (Moscow, Russia) - 2024
"The Girl and the Fairy" in the competition for traditional painting, XXVI RUSSIAN WEEK OF ART (Moscow, Russia) - 2019
- 2nd PLACE
"Archangel Gabriel" in the competition for icon painting, "God's Art" (Moscow, Russia) - 2024
"The Girl and the Fairy Transformation" in the international exhibition competition for contemporary art "Emotions" (Moscow, Russia) - 2022
- 3rd PLACE
"St Natalia" in the competition for icon painting, "God's Art" (Moscow, Russia) - 2024
"New Silk Road" in the competition of traditional painting "Art Assembly in Europe”, nomination
Landscapes of the World (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) - 2024
"City of Dreams" in the competition of traditional painting "Art Assembly in Europe”, nomination
Architecture of the World - Futuristic Architecture: Germany (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) - 2024
"Brooklyn" | series "She Could Fly" in the competition of traditional painting "Art Assembly in Europe”, nomination Architecture of the World - Architecture and Man: USA (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) - 2024
"Brooklyn" in the painting competition, category: Architecture. "Next Art Week in Greece", MYRÒ Gallery (Thessaloniki, Greece) - 2019
- CFA Artist of the Year Award 2024 - "Apparition at St Barbara" was honoured with a Masterful Minds Award (Lyon, France)
- CFA Artist of the Year Award 2019 - "The Girl and the Fairy Transformation" was honoured with an
honourable mention (Lyon, France)
Memberships
- IKV Internationaler Künstlerverein e.V., joined 2025
- Krefelder Kunstverein e.V., joined 2025
- Ikonen Museum, EIKON e.V., joined 2024
- Eurasian Art Union, joined 2018
Current Representation
- JS Art Gallery from Institute of Mediterranean Culture | Artsy.net
- Russian Orthodox Church of St Barbara Krefeld, Germany |https://www.rok-krefeld.de
