contemporary artist & fashion designer
NATALIE SHUMI
Natalie is a Russia-born artist based in Turkey, creating a timeless visual universe where plots and symbols coexist
like chapters of the same book. Rooted in a deep fascination for the feminine and inspired by history, architecture,
and fashion, her paintings transform the ordinary into the sacred. Each work is treated as an icon, a fragment
of her personal mythology.

ARTIST STATEMENT

MANIFESTO

My art is not a wall decoration, but an instrument of transformation.

I create Portals — visual keys designed to allow the viewer to enter his "inner cave" and meet his True Self.


My paintings help you explore the depth of your soul as deeply as you are ready to allow yourself at the moment.


I reject the Aesthetics of Emptiness — art painted merely for a decorative function. I contrast my work with the conformism, superficiality, and imitation that devalue the true meaning of art. My work is a call to awareness. In an era of visual noise and destructive scattered attention, I offer focus, immersion, and deep inner work leading to the ultimate goal: the cognition and transformation of one's own consciousness.


In my works, the visual image is secondary; the energy of the flow comes to the forefront — a force one can connect with to receive something profoundly personal: a deep realization of ones true goals and values, and an understanding of the path to achieve them.


Every painting is a visual formula and a point of entry into meditation. I create audio tracks with meditations to help viewer enter into resonance with an archetype and a deep state. The goal is Ttansformation your thoughts, and feelings.


MY ART IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON THE PATH.

This art is for those who have resolved to climb their Mountain, who are not afraid of and yearn for change, and who seek meaning within themselves.


And at this moment I am preparing of series of 22 large works and currently searching for a Space for a Creative Residency. I need a spacious studio to create larger canvases and complete my ambitious project cycle, "Arcana of Transformation."



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BIOGRAPHY
Natalie Shumi, original name Natalia Shumilovskaya was born in Moscow in 1983.

More than 20 years Natalie works in fashion industry. She built successfull career like fashion designer and international fashion brand owner.
In 2005 she was graduated with Diploma in Moscow Institute of Fashion Industry.

Her art practice is rooted in a deep fascination for the feminine - timeless, delicate yet powerful, but expands into a wider cosmos of vessels, flowers, animals, and ornamental motifs. These elements appear as fragments of the same world: sometimes the woman is present as a central figure, other times her presence is felt through the objects and creatures that surround her.

Drawing inspiration from history, architecture, fabrics, and interior ornamentation, Nobre’s paintings carry the textures of time. Decorative patterns, botanical forms, and geometric borders weave together with mythological and metaphysical reflection, creating works that feel both intimate and iconic.

At the core of her practice lies an exploration of symbolism. Each painting - whether it portrays a woman, a solitary vessel, or an animal - is treated as an icon, a fragment of her personal mythology. Through a refined palette of earthy and muted tones and shimmering gold, she invites the viewer into a world where elegance meets mystery, and where the ordinary transforms into the sacred.

Born in 1983 in Moscow, Natalie moved to Istanbul in 2022. Before fully devoting herself to painting, she founded a clothing brand based on her artworks and won a national design competition with Lindex and the Pink Ribbon Foundation, which brought her to the gala in Stockholm. Over the years, she has received several art prizes, and since 2017 she has worked full-time as a painter. Today, she lives and creates between Moscow in small home studio.

Natalie says "I want my collectors to know that when they acquire an original painting from me, they are receiving something unique and heartfelt, infused with the essence of my creative journey. Every inch of the canvas, every brushstroke, carries my dedication to creating not just a work of art, but a piece that resonates with the soul of both myself and my collector."
EXHIBITIONS
Exhibitions and group shows are an integral part of the artist's work and creative path.
In this part you will learn which exhibitions Natalie participated in and presented her work.
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CONTACTS

If you have any questions or feedback,
please fill free to write & call.
Turkey
İstanbul, Sümer, Prof. Dr. Turan Güneş Cd. 106 B

Russia
Moscow, Leninskaya sloboda, 26-5

Email: ng@shumi-official.com
Calls: +90 536 928 23 96
WhatsApp: +7 985 858 85 41

Telegram: @NatalieSHUMI
Instagram: @shumi.natalie
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