ABOUT NATASHA FREEMAN

Natasha Freeman (Natalya Ponomareva)

Contemporary Artist

Natasha Freeman is a Russian-born contemporary artist whose work reinterprets impressionism through a modern, symbolic lens. Drawing on color, texture, and gesture, her paintings explore themes of freedom, responsibility, and inner agency, inviting viewers to reflect on both personal and collective experience.

Trained in interior design and fine art in St. Petersburg, Freeman’s formation includes study at the St. Petersburg School of Design and Art and coursework at the Repin Art Institute. Her academic background informs a practice that balances structure with expressive freedom, combining impressionist techniques with contemporary conceptual concerns.

Freeman’s paintings are characterized by rich surfaces and dimensionality, often built with palette knives to create volume and physical presence. While her work is visually vibrant, symbolism plays a central role. Through recurring forms and color relationships, she addresses questions of choice, constraint, and the obstacles—both internal and external—that shape human freedom.

At the core of Freeman’s practice is a belief in beauty as an active, conscious force. For her, beauty is not decorative or passive, but a means of restoring meaning and emotional resonance in a complex world. As she has expressed, the act of creating beauty is inseparable from the act of choosing freedom.

Freeman has exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions across Europe, Central Asia, and the United States. Her art is also held in private collections in Russia, Kazakhstan, Germany, Greece, and the USA. She is currently represented by several international platforms and galleries, reflecting the global reach and resonance of her practice.