Forms gather and dissolve in a space shaped by inner consciousness. The fluid nature of the mind unfolds across Natalja Heybroek's work. It moves between intricate detail and expansive perspective, as the art reflects on perception of the self.

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Material exploration and organic detail carry a physical presence that grounds the work's more elusive dimensions. Working with oil paint, various forms of metal, and material experimentation, layers build surfaces where organic forms emerge and dissolve. It is a language felt before it is understood, lingering where conscious thought recedes and the unconscious begins to surface.

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It’s this concept of perception of the self that intrigues me,

an illusionary mirror with a moving reflection.​

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Currently based in Paris, she has exhibited in New York, Chicago, Toronto, Berlin, and the Netherlands, where she collaborated with Iris van Herpen. An autodidact, she traces her instinctive way of making back to her upbringing within the Findhorn Foundation community in rural Scotland, raised by Dutch parents. She comes from a lineage of artists and thinkers: her father was a poet, and her great-uncle, Pierre Cuypers, was the architect of the Rijksmuseum.