Natasha Kramskaya
Natasha Kramskaya creates deeply personal, symbolic works rooted in the preservation of cultural heritage and the exploration of the human experience. Originally from Ukraine and now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Kramskaya’s practice is informed by the ancient history of the Black Sea region and her transition to contemporary American life. Her work serves as a bridge between these worlds, fusing traditional Ukrainian roots with an unconventional, modern aesthetic to create a unique visual language of identity and memory.
Technically, Kramskaya is recognized for a "mosaic" style that balances singular, realistically rendered details. Her work blends contemporary portraiture, neo-expressionism, and mixed-media textures. Utilizing acrylics, oils, and found objects, she employs wide gestural brushstrokes and the direct application of paint to create highly tactile, three-dimensional surfaces. This fragmentation reflects the layered nature of the human psyche.
An award-winning designer and passionate environmentalist, Kramskaya has been featured in Content Magazine and twice selected for the prestigious San Francisco General Hospital Hearts project. Her work is held in private collections internationally and has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States, including residency at San José’s KALEID Gallery. Through her multifaceted practice, she remains dedicated to an art of empathy, capturing the intensity of color, and the enduring human spirit.
Bay Area Artist Natasha Kramskaya in front of her work in her studio, 2025
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Born in Ukraine
Living in the San Francisco BAY Area since 1998
Artist Statement
Exploring the intersection of Cultural Identities, compassion, and life's fragile beauty
Galleries and Museums
2026, Women's+ 10xTen — Faultline Gallery, Oakland, CA
2026, Super Hunger Anti-Valentine Bowl Games part LX bi-annual Show — Works, San José, CA
2026, Hearts in San Francisco public art project — Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG), San Francisco, CA
2025, HARK! Annual Art Show — KALEID Gallery, San José, CA
2025, Catharsis — School of Arts and Culture, San José, CA
2025, What are you worried about — RCCD Gallery, Rotten City Cultural District, City of Emeryville, CA
2025, interwoven: the threads that bind (US); 5TH ANNUAL EXPERIMENTAL EXHIBITION — genARTS Silicon Valley in partnership with Local Color, Noble Gallery, San José, CA
2025, and, then what — Fuse Presents, the Citadel Gallery, San José, CA
2025, Stand Up — Works, San José, CA
2025, Portraits of San Jose — Love letters to San Jose, CA
2025, The Finalley — 1 Culture, San José, CA
2025, Wild Blooms: An Artists Spring — Visual Philosophy, San José, CA
2025, Beyond Borders — Phantom Galleries, San José, CA
2024, HARK! Annual Art Show — KALEID Gallery, San José, CA
2024, Vote — Works Community Art and Performance Center, San José, CA
2024, Boundaries: 4th Annual Experimental Exhibition — NUMU New Museum, Los Gatos, CA
2024, 99 Bottles — Noble Gallery, San José, CA
2024, Secret Public Selves — Works, San José, CA
2024, Community Art Auction Exhibition — Works, San José, CA
2024, Tierra y Raîses / Earth and Roots — School of Arts and Culture, San José, CA
2024, The (Anti) Valentine Show — Works, San José, CA
2024, Hearts in San Francisco — Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA
2023, Homecoming — Works, San José, CA
2023, Refuses of the Bay — Metal House Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023, Community Art Auction Exhibition — Works, San José, CA
2023, Bay Area Gems — 1Culture Art Gallery, San José, CA
2022, This Moment on Earth — Wilsonville Arts & Culture Council (WACC), Wilsonville, OR
2022, SF Bay Area Artists for Ukraine — SHOH Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2022, (in)famous (Anti) Valentine Show — Works, San José, CA
2022, Going Home — Wilsonville Arts & Culture Council (WACC), Wilsonville, OR
2022, HARK! Art Show — KALEID Gallery, San José, CA
2021, An American Mosaic — School of Arts and Culture, San José, CA
2021, Looking Back in 20/20 — Gallery 1202, Gilroy, CA
2020, Foresight: 2020 — Works, San José, CA
2019, Show Me Your Neon! — Gallery 1202, Gilroy, CA
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