Co-Founder, Artist

Inspired by her connections to Colombian and Californian landscapes, artist Natalia Corazza creates mystical sceneries that capture the sense of longing as a condition of our own desire. Her paintings examine the supernatural as we abandon logic or reason when confronted by impermanence. Corazza reveals the intimacy that exists within vulnerability as we seek for answers through gifts, guidance, faith, dreams and imagination. By means of gaze, touch, light, transparency, and vibrance, Corazza’s paintings embrace delusion, inviting us to indulge in midnight temptation and pursue comfort in the unknown. 

Born and raised in California, Natalia Corazza was raised in a Colombia-American household. Throughout her adolescence she reconnected with her heritage over the summer visits to her father’s nature reserve residing in the Colombian countryside, which has largely influenced her art and identity. Corazza received her BFA in Painting and Drawing from California College of the Arts in 2019 and returned to her hometown of Monterey when the COVID-19 pandemic surged in 2020. Since then she has exhibited her work in group shows in San Francisco, Monterey, Texas, and virtually. In 2021, Corazza created and exhibited  a body of work influenced by the surreal dreamlike landscape of the Colombian forest at AguaViva Reserva Natural. The exhibit was then displayed in California in her return to the States. Her dedication to public art and art education has followed her between California and Colombia, having led artist workshops, participated in artist talks and panels, and collaborated with other artists on murals, most especially with La Neta Murals, which she co founded with four other artists in 2020. In 2021, Corazza received the LEAP award from the Arts Council for Monterey County, which helped her launch her career and motivated her to help other artists grow. As of August 2021, Corazza is an artist mentor at the Youth Arts Collective in Monterey, where she attended as a student in her high school and college years.