Natalia González Martín (b. 1995, Madrid) is an artist based in London. Borrowing the formal qualities of icon painting, González Martín’s work explores the inscriptions of a cultural heritage on one’s physical body and moral codes. Placed in a bucolic setting, the figures represented are filled with historic symbolism, allowing us to pay attention to the traditions, gestures and habits we have inherited. Her work merges the characters from old fables with the constant supply of images we are subjected to daily, aiming to blur the boundaries between the divine and the secular in order to gesture towards other ways of desiring, feeling or being in the world. 

González Martín holds a BA in Fine Art Painting from City & Guilds of London Art School, London (2017). 

Solo exhibitions include an upcoming show with Hannah Barry Gallery, London (2024); ‘Rite of Passage’, Vacancy Gallery, Shanghai (2024); ‘Lady Into Fox’, Sebastian Bertrand Gallery, Geneva (2023); ‘Fever of Happiness’, Palazzo Monti, Brescia (2023);‘Femme a la Toilette, Miart’, Sebastien Bertrand Gallery, Milan (2023); ‘A Change (Would Do You Good)’, Hannah Barry Gallery, London (2022); ‘Las Soledades’, Steve Turner Los Angeles (2022); ‘I Saw Something Else Under The Sun’, Sebastien Bertrand Galerie, Geneva (2021).

Her work has been featured in group exhibitions including ‘All The Small Things’, Soup Gallery, London (2023); ‘Illuminations, Curator’, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles (2023); ‘Dreaming Of Eden’, Timothy Taylor Gallery, New York (2023);‘Beyond the Veil’, Guts Gallery, London (2023); ‘Night Light’, Cob Gallery, London (2023);‘Pounding the Pavement’, Galeria Pelaires, Mallorca (2022);‘New Mythologies’, Huxley Parlour, London (2022); ‘Portraiture: An Ongoing Story’, Sebastien Bertrand Galerie, Geneva (2022); ‘An Ode To Orlando’, Pi Artworks, London (2022); ‘Run With The Wolves’, Lawrie Shabibi Galerie, Dubai (2021); ‘Tree and Leaf’, Hannah Barry Gallery, London (2021). 

Natalia González Martín is represented by Galerie Sebastian Bertrand and Hannah Barry Gallery.