The focus of Natalia Kapchuk’s art is the beauty of the nature and the ecological threats the world is now facing.
The artist uses her art to champion causes that resonate with all of us, bringing our attention to the pollution and ills of climate change threatening our world today. The creative artistic process starts with extensive research on the topics of global warming, the pollution of the ocean through plastic and other destructive behaviors impacting nature.
As a result, the artist expresses the message that humanity should think more about environmental protections and the conservation of natural resources.
The Lost Planet collection of mixed media artworks emphasizes how the effects of human actions are changing and destroying nature.
“Plastic pollution is without doubt one of the major threats to our planet, and thus we need to tackle it through innovate angles. I believe that Arts have the power of touching people’s hearts, and that’s why we’re delighted to be part of Natalia’s exhibition and to help her to create an impact and to inspire many individuals to become change makers.”
— Juan Castaño Vilas, Regional Director, Plastic Oceans Europe, 2021
“The global environmental problems we face are caused by billions of individual acts and decisions — we are all in this together. Earthwatch, as a science-based organization works across sectors of society to motivate change through creating knowledge and inspiring action. Using art as a means of communicating the issues we face increases the numbers and diversity of people we can reach on these issues. We are therefore, thrilled to be part of Natalia’s exhibition.”
— Dr Neil Bailey, Director of Philanthropy, Earthwatch Europe, 2021.
The Vanishing Antarctica, 2019
Metal leaf, acrylics, resi-crete, natural crystals, diamond dust, glass, resin on aluminium
Diameter 100 cm, Mixed Media
Human activity continues to drastically worsen global warming. Primarily, the burning of fossil fuels and the increased trapping of greenhouse gasses, has brought about dire changes to our climate, affecting even the most remote areas of our planet. The region of Antarctica is a prime example of the developments imposed by climate change. More distinctly, the polar ice caps. With Arctic Sea ice receding at a rate of almost thirteen percent per decade, the oldest and thickest ice in the Arctic has declined by an astonishing ninety-five percent.
The melting of polar ice consequently causes sea levels to rise as well as global temperatures to fluctuate. The 2019 occurrence of breakoffs on the Ross, Larson, and Amery ice shelves in Antarctica, focused the attention of the artist to the status of these glaciers in the polar region.
In the work The Vanishing Antarctica, the artist uses natural crystals, diamond dust, and resi-crete to produce a glacial effect. Metallic leaf is also used to draw focus to the thinning layers of ice.