Nastia Gladushchenko | Mountains Group 7
Nastia Gladushchenko is a mural artist and painter living and working in Katoomba, Australia and her work examines the relationship between humans and the plant world.
She uses botanical imagery, bold proportions and a restrained colour palette to remind us of the importance of our connection to the natural environment and to each other. Through this botanical language she aims to create inclusive works that break down cultural and language barriers to tell stories of the land and connect people in urban environments to nature.
With a background in Interior Architecture, exploring the way our environments affect our bodies and minds is of strong interest to her and by creating playful pieces featuring imagery of oversized botanicals, she hopes to transport people to a place somewhere between a playground and a meditative space.
As well as running a personal art practice, she’s interested in creating large-scale, site-specific pieces in urban environments for and with the community to allow them to access art and to experience its’ benefits in public spaces.
She has created large public works throughout New South Wales and in Melbourne for private clients, councils and for larger organisations which all have one thing in common - they want to care for and preserve our natural environment.
Whether her works are indoors or outdoors, large or small, she wishes for them to spark conversations about memories in nature between friends and strangers.
