Natalia Yampolskaia is an artist who creates her own poetry of form, light, and matter. Her art emerges at the intersection of emotion and intuition, where the visual image becomes the breath of the inner world. For her, creation is a way to speak about what cannot be expressed in words: the silent movements of the soul, the fragility of feelings, the strength of femininity, and the subtle connections between human beings and the universe.
In Natalia’s works, there is a desire to capture the moment – not the external one, but the inner one. She creates spaces in which reality ceases to be literal and transforms into an emotional field, into meditation, into a light that lives within each of us.
The artist’s style blends symbolism, abstract sensitivity, and metaphorical imagery. In painting, Natalia works with light as if it were a living energy: her works breathe through delicate transitions, deep layers of color, and subtle vibrations of form.
In her decorative felt panels, the artist explores another dimension of her creative nature – material and tactile. In her hands, felted wool becomes textile poetry, a warm and living space where texture takes on the role of color, and the fineness of the material becomes a metaphor for inner stability and organic harmony.
Both directions of her work are united by a single artistic vision: the exploration of emotion, nature, and memory through the delicate revelation of form. In her art, there are no rigid boundaries – painting and felt flow into one another like two languages of the same world.
In painting, Natalia works with mixed media – acrylic, oil, and epoxy resin. The multiple layers give her works depth, inner luminosity, and a sense of time embedded in the surface.
In her felt works, the artist combines the tradition of felting with contemporary compositional solutions. Each panel is an independent artistic statement: textured, warm, filled with rhythm, movement, and emotional strength.
Despite the differences in materials, painting and felt in Natalia Yampolskaia’s work are parts of the same artistic journey. They speak of what is delicate, sensual, and internal. Of the light that resides within a person. Of nature reflected in every emotion. Of a feminine vision of the world – deep, powerful, and intuitive.
Education
2008 – 2010 — Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts, Chișinău, specialization “Decorative Arts”, Master’s degree
2001 – 2007 — Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts, Chișinău, specialization “Decorative Arts”
1999 – 2001 — Pedagogical College of Bender, specialization “Painting”
Personal affiliation
2023 — MEMBER OF THE UNION OF ARTISTS OF MOLDOVA
Solo exhibitions
2025 — participation within the project “Woman’s Worlds”, art exhibition “Femininity”, duo exhibition at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Madrid;
2024 — “A Floating World”, Europe Café, Chișinău;
2024 — “Breath of Spring”, Tiraspol;
2024 — “Ephemeral Reality” at Galeriile FormArt Gallery, Bucharest;
2024 — “The Taste of Life”, Bălți;
2024 — “The Story of Eve”, Europe Café, Chișinău;
2024 — “In Search of Harmony”, Organ Hall, Chișinău;
2023 — “Taste for Life”, Tiraspol;
2023 — “The Thread of Time. Memories and Aspirations”, CartegoART, Chișinău;
2022 — “The Touch of Life”, Organ Hall, Chișinău;
2020 — “Labyrinths of Reflections”, Tiraspol Art Gallery;
2018 — solo exhibition at the OSCE Mission office in Tiraspol;
2017 — “Monolog.Experimente” at the OSCE Mission office in Tiraspol;
2016 — solo biennial exhibition “Monolog” with the release of a printed brochure of works at the Art Gallery in Bender;
2014 — mini exhibition “Small Universes of Our Mind” at the Art Gallery in Bender;
2012 – 2013 — solo exhibitions featuring works by young teachers of the Bender Art College at the OSCE Mission office in Tiraspol;
2012 — “Monolog” at the A.M. Losev Gallery, accompanied by the release of a printed brochure of works;
Group exhibitions
2025 — exhibition “National Culture Day”, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Center, Chișinău;
2025 — exhibition dedicated to the 149th anniversary of Constantin Brâncuși, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Center, Chișinău;
2025 — exhibition “EPHEMERAL EMOTIONS”, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Center, Chișinău;
2024 — exhibition “National Culture Day”, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Center, Chișinău;
2024 — exhibition within the project “Woman’s Worlds”, art exhibition “Light from Shadow”, duo exhibition, Romanian Cultural Institute, Bucharest;
2024 — competition exhibition “International Biennial of Decorative Arts”, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Center, Chișinău;
2024 — exhibition “Sacred Space”, Galeriile FormArt Gallery, Bucharest;
2023 — exhibition “Women’s World”, duo exhibition, Government of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău;
2023 — exhibition “Woman’s World”, duo exhibition, Vienna International Centre, Austria;
2023 — exhibition “Salon International de Peinture et Sculpture de Vittel”, France;
2023 — exhibition “Women’s World”, duo exhibition, Romanian Cultural Institute, Vienna;
2023 — exhibition “FAMART. Ambitious Future Motivation Art”, Venice, Italy;
2023 — exhibition “Art Interweaves”, Europe Café, Chișinău;
2023 — exhibition “Women’s Worlds”, duo exhibition, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău;
2023 — exhibition “National Salon of Contemporary Art”, Awards Gala of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Moldova, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Center, Chișinău;
2022 — “12th International Exhibition and Art Festival ‘Art, Therapy, Education’”, Iași, Romania;
2022 — “III International Mixed Exhibition ‘Women’s Gift to the World’”, Aksaray, Turkey;
2022 — “International Contemporary Art Exhibition ‘Anthem of Independence’”, Konya, Turkey;
2022 — international exhibition “Allers Returs”, Le Havre, France;
2022 — exhibition “Hello Chișinău”, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Center, Chișinău;
2022 — exhibition “Chișinău Days in Botoșani”;
2022 — exhibition “European Cities” at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France;
2022 — competition exhibition “International Biennial of Decorative Arts”, Chișinău;
2021 — “II International Mixed Exhibition” dedicated to International Women’s Day, Aksaray, Turkey;
2021 — group exhibition “Kaleidoscope of Stories”, Gagauzia;
2021 — exhibition of Moldovan artists “Autumn Harmony”, Buzău, Romania;
2021 — 31st International Competition Exhibition “Salons of Moldova”, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Center, Chișinău;
2021 — exhibition “4 Autumn Stories”, National Library of the Republic of Moldova, Chișinău;
2021 — 31st International Competition Exhibition “Salons of Moldova”, George Apostu International Center for Culture and Arts, Bacău, Romania;
2019 — international exhibition “Wine and Woman”, Sofia, Bulgaria;
2019 — curator of the art project “Monologues”, exhibition “Monologues about the Abstract”, OSCE Mission office in Tiraspol;
2018 — international competition exhibition of the “Pink Bulldozer” art project, Odesa, Ukraine;
2015 — participant and organizer of an open-air exhibition of young Moldovan artists, Berlin;
2015 — participant and organizer of an open-air exhibition of young Moldovan artists, Budapest;
2015 — exhibition “Art Outside Politics”, Moscow;
2014 — exhibition at the National Museum of Art of Chișinău “Return to Traditions”, accompanied by a printed brochure of works;
2014 — participant in the international project “Unknown Art of Unknown Countries”, open-air exhibition and symposium in Budapest and Berlin;
Awards
2022 — Award Diploma in visual arts at the “12th International Fine Arts Competition Exhibition ‘Eminesciana’”, Iași, Romania.
2021 — Jury Distinction Diploma at the contemporary art competition exhibition “Autumn Salon”, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Center, Chișinău;
2020 — 1st Prize at the international decorative arts competition “Art-Amur”, Russia;
2020 — Jury Distinction Diploma at the Biennial competition exhibition “Decorative Arts”, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Center, Chișinău;
2019 — 3rd Prize in the textile composition category, winner of the competition exhibition “Cup of Russia”, Moscow, Russia;
2018 — Diploma of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Moldova for participation in the Biennial competition exhibition “Decorative Arts”, Constantin Brâncuși Exhibition Center, Chișinău;
Natalia Yampolskaia
136×230 cm
Artistic felt, sheep’s wool
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