artist bio

Natalie Maxted specializes in acrylic portraitures, drawing inspiration from art historical movements while engaging with themes of contemporary image culture. In an age dominated by high-saturation, over-processed visuals, and extreme filters, her work distills the essence of these digitally enhances images. Rather than relying on digital tools to emphasize every pixel, Maxted employs traditional painting techniques to eliminate extraneous details. This approach allows the raw human expression—capturing distinct emotions, moods, and moments—to take center stage, defined by bold color-blocks, striking features, and the emotive power of the subject.

An accomplished American/British/Finnish rising artist, Maxted holds an undergraduate degree from The University of St Andrews and a M.A. in the History and Business of Art and Collecting from the University of Warwick. With advanced degrees and a comprehensive knowledge of art history, she has extensive experience within the art industry, having worked at Christie’s, one of the world’s leading auction houses, as well as various other art businesses. After years in the art world, Natalie made the transition to a full-time artist. Her international experience, having lived in Colombia, Norway, Malaysia, Finland, the US, Italy, France, and the UK, informs much of her artistic practice. Natalie is currently based in the United States.

Her work has been showcased in world-renowned and well-respected international art events within the art world, including Miami Art Basel at the Red Dot Art Fair and at the New York Artexpo in April 2025 as well as well-known galleries such as The Brick Lane Gallery which has displayed the likes of Banksy. Maxted’s ‘Pop Culture’ series, created in collaboration with former celebrity and royal photographer Allan Warren, garnered significant attention. In the UK, her award-winning piece Pathogen was featured in the Cambridge Independent Newspaper described as ‘Testing the Nation’s Temperature,’ and her work Light and Dark was selected by a panel of experts, including an Archbishop, as a finalist to be displayed at the OXO Tower in London.

Notwithstanding her accolades, Maxted’s story is one of resilience and strength. After experiencing personal loss, including the passing of her partner, she has emerged stronger, using her art as a form of expression and healing. Her return to full-time art production in October 2024 after a period of personal mourning while raising her young child, speaks to the power of overcoming adversity and embodies the strength, resilience, and fortitude of the modern woman, a theme that resonates through her work.

SELECT EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS

ARTEXPO New York —New York,NY, April 2026

Red Dot Art Fair | Miami art week/art basel —Miami, December 2025

MONACO ART FAIR, MONACO — MONACO, SEPTEMBER 2025

NOHO SHOWROOMS — FITZROVIA, London, UK, JUNE 2025

VISIONS, MONAT GALLERY — MADRID, SPAIN, JUNE 2025

ARTEXPO NEW YORK — NEW YORK, NY, APRIL 2025

One of the oldest and largest art fairs in New York City with an average footfall of around 30,000 visitors.

Featured work: Winking (Acrylic on canvas)

FEATURED IN WOMENS INSIDER MAGAZINE — March 2025

https://womensinsider.com/natalie-maxted-rising-artist-to-showcase-work-at-new-york-artexpo-embodying-female-strength-and-resilience/

MIND OVER MATTER | THE BRICK LANE GALLERY — LONDON,

ENGLAND MARCH 2025

Located in London’s famous Brick Lane, the gallery has previously exhibited works by distinguished artists such as Banksy, Wolfgang Tillmans, Bob and Roberta Smith, and continually showcases work on the forefront of the UK and international art scene.

Featured work: Light and Dark (Acrylic on canvas), The Moment (Acrylic on canvas), Wanderlust (Acrylic on paper), Sunbathing (Acrylic on canvas)

THE RED DOT ART FAIR | MIAMI ART WEEK/ART BASEL — MIAMI, FLORIDA DECEMBER 2024

In the heart of the Wynwood Arts District during Miami Art Basel and running alongside Spectrum Miami, Red Dot Art Fair mixes blue-chip galleries and emerging artists under one roof.

Featured work: Marilyn (Acrylic on canvas), Trump (Acrylic on canvas), Woman I (Acrylic on canvas), Audrey Hepburn (Acrylic on canvas), Holidaying (Acrylic on canvas)

SPRING EXHIBITION | THE FOSTER GALLERY — MIRAMAR BEACH, FLORIDA MAY 2024

An artist collective led by the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County that features at least a dozen artists on a seasonally rotating basis.

Featured work: Holidaying (Acrylic on canvas), Sunbathing (Acrylic on canvas)

2020 | KING HOUSE GALLERY — ENGLAND 2021

An independent Fine Art Gallery in the heart of Stratford-Upon-Avon, the birthplace of Shakespeare.

Featured work: Pathogen (Acrylic on canvas)

Impact | chaiya art awards online competition Winner 2020

https://chaiyaartawards.co.uk/impact/

Featured work: Pathogen (Acrylic on canvas)

Winners exhibition — Oxo tower, London, england 2019

My work was selected by a panel of experts, including an Archbishop, as a finalist in the “God Is…” competition hosted by The CHAIYA Art Awards and was on display at the OXO Tower in London.

Featured work: Light and Dark (Acrylic on canvas)

FACES | KING HOUSE GALLERY — England

Featured work: Delicate (Acrylic on canvas)

CONTEMPORARY ART FAIRS — Windsor, England

Featured work: Daydreaming (Acrylic on canvas), Eating (Acrylic on canvas), Masking (Acrylic on canvas), Crying (Acrylic on canvas), Sunbathing (Acrylic on canvas), Winking (Acrylic on canvas)

50 SHADES OF RED | KING HOUSE GALLERY — England

Featured work: Red Rationality (Acrylic on canvas)

PAINSHILL PARK ART FAIR — England

Featured work: Marilyn (Acrylic on canvas), King Charles (Acrylic on canvas), Holidaying (Acrylic on canvas), Relaxing (Acrylic on canvas), Red Rationality (Acrylic on canvas), Farrah Fawcett (Acrylic on canvas), Eating (Acrylic on canvas), Crying (Acrylic on canvas), Braking (Acrylic on canvas), Elizabeth Taylor (Acrylic on canvas)

THE ANONYMOUS HEART charity auction | heart research uk — UK

Invited to take part in a carefully curated, annual art auction showcasing artwork donated by renowned UK and international artists crafted on branded A5 postcards and signed. Each bidder is unaware of who created each piece. Since its launch in 2018, the project has raised over $440,000.

Featured work: Untitled (Acrylic on A5 postcard)

HARBOUR FINE ART GALLERY — Dorset, England

Featured work: Elizabeth Taylor (Acrylic on canvas), Holidaying (Acrylic on canvas), Relaxing (Acrylic on canvas)

ST.ART CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN ART FAIR — Strasbourg, France 2019

One of France’s most renowned fairs with about one hundred French and international galleries represented every year with works by more than 600 artists. Its mission is to allow collectors the opportunity to discover the variety and creativity of the contemporary European art world.

Featured work: Grace Kelly (Acrylic on canvas), Light and Dark (Acrylic on canvas), Audrey Hepburn (Acrylic on canvas), Self-Portrait as a Child (Acrylic on canvas)

ART BAHO | Art nou milleni gallery — Barcelona, Spain 2019

An emerging art festival in Barcelona that offers young national and international creators to establish their first professional relationship with the art market, galleries, self-managed spaces, and institutions dedicated to emerging art, committed to stimulate young production, claim galleries as spaces for meeting and debate, and bring art agents and the general public into contact.

Featured work: Marilyn Monroe (Acrylic on canvas), Farrah Fawcett (Acrylic on canvas)

EDUCATION

M.A., HISTORY AND BUSINESS OF ART AND COLLECTING — 2015

University of Warwick / IESA Art & Culture Paris | London/Paris

• Specialized in Connoisseurship Studies, The Art Market Today, and the History of Collecting.

M.A. (SCOTTISH MASTERS), CLASSICAL STUDIES — 2013

The University of St Andrews, Scotland

• Focused on Classical Art, Art History, and Archaeology with a dissertation on the role of archaeology in 18th- and 19th-century painting.

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA — 2009

The Episcopal School of Dallas, Texas

• AP Studio Art, AP Art History, AP French, AP English.