Natalia Millman
St Albans, UK
A visual multi-media conceptual artist
My work investigates the process of ageing, the impact of grief and the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature.
I look closely at the damage time imposes on the human body and mind, affecting the structures in the brain responsible for language, memories, and consciousness, in people with dementia.
Having produced “Vanishing Point”, my latest body of work, I now proudly represent Arts 4 Dementia, a leading UK charity promoting creativity for people affected by dementia and raise awareness and compassion.
Much of my work is constructed from material found on building sites, which I give another life to by modifying its past function. Burning, cutting, and breaking, then mending and repairing. Treasuring the ordinary or broken is an essential part of my creative practice.
Through my art I look at resilient grieving; growth in the midst of a challenge or cultivation of post traumatic-growth. My recently launched “Grief Letter” project gets positive support from people around the world who want to communicate their grief, with many finding it a more manageable step towards accepting and embracing the new you, being compassionate, curious and non-judgmental towards yourself. “Grief Letter” is a community-based project where people can share their personal experience of loss and grief in a form of a letter. The letters are responded by me individually through different media.
I continue to study the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature: the contrast between natural harmony and human distress, the correlation in growth and decay, the energies of spaces, transience of human form, and the value of mindful reflection on the present moment.
My current project includes collaboration with two photographers to explore the healing comfort of nature amidst challenges of trauma and anxiety. I continue to research the philosophy of ageing and somatic methods for my creative practice.
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