Nathalia Suizu

Nathalia Suizu (aka NATSUI) is a Melbourne-based artist who strives to live and paint by the mantra “follow your bliss”. A self-taught painter with a formal background in interior design, Nathalia’s creative expression reflects her widely travelled spirit and animistic word view. Underpinned by a strong pop art aesthetic, she takes influence from Latin American folk art, psychedelia and spiritual iconography. Layered with symbolism and archetypal motifs, her paintings are intuited visual narratives that allude to themes of mythology, mysticism, duality, the feminine and natural cycles. 

Simplified forms, rhythmic line-work and clashing patterns are signature to Nathalia’s visual lexicon, which she delivers in an arresting palette of richly saturated colour. She predominantly works in acrylic and gouache, employing glitters and metallic leaf embellishments to inject an ethereal, shrine-like luminosity to her creations. A willingness to boldly venture into unfamiliar territory and freely explore new mediums and techniques, keeps her spirit amused. The creative boundaries of her practice have most recently expanded to include mask sculptures and the addition of heavy texture to her paintings.