Artist Statement
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Natalya Rolbin, is a fine artist specializing in painting, illustration and graphic design. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has been published by Detroit local newspapers and magazines, as well as reviewed and collected nationally. She began drawing and painting when she was 5 years old and has continued ever since. She has a B.F.A. from Wayne State University, where she studied painting and graphic design. She also attended classes at the Bloomfield Art Center, Art Students League and School of Visual Arts of New York.

Rolbin enjoys transferring and combining the characteristics of design and painting, and her illustrations have earned her first and second place awards from the Detroit Society of Professional Journalists. She is also a member of Organization of Independent Artists in New York. Rolbin's professional experience includes her participation at New York and Detroit art exhibits for many years.

Rolbin’s paintings often take a narrative form, expressing her reactions and observations of life. In her paintings she tries to capture the feeling of a specific moment. She believes that we are tied to our memories by our feelings, and that we remember certain moments of our life because of how they touched us. Studying the figure has been an ongoing exploration for Rolbin. She is interested in turning the figure inside out in order to express the inner emotions. She is also adding a 3-D, sculptural feel to her paintings, in order to bring forth a sense of life and force. Her goal is to make the figures come to life and emerge from the canvas into our reality. Other ongoing themes in her work are the explorations of complex relationships.

Through art, Rolbin is in a constant search to find her own personal expression of life. Her deep inner desire to paint comes from the need to express every single thing she sees and feels.