Twice named Saatchi Art’s ‘One to Watch’, award-winning British artist Miss Aniela (Natalie Lennard) is at the forefront of avant-garde art photography. First noticed in 2006 still as a student, she was internationally exhibited and invited to speak for Microsoft. Her work of 14 years since has fused contemporary fashion with classical art history to create an intricate balance of contemporary creativity, exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery, Houses of Parliament and Waldermarsudde Museum Sweden, and featured in media worldwide including BBC, NY Arts, Daily Mail and El Pais.
In detailed compositions with evocative lighting, allusion to Rococo Revival and impeccable detail of salon paintings of the 18th century, her 'Surreal Fashion' collection has become prolific with art collectors worldwide, and luxury venues such as the Crillon Hotel Paris and Paradise Resort Korea.
Her commercial clients include Nikon, HTC, and large-scale art commissions for prestigious London restaurants. In 2018 she collaborated with renowned Chinese couturier Guo Pei documented by the BBC in Beijing, and commissioned by the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism to shoot a new hybrid of fantasy-fused stills and TV ad campaign.
Natalie is based in South UK with her producer-partner Matt Lennard and their two daughters. They are experienced in providing the full production process for both personal and professional assignments, with connections to a network of experienced artists in videography and CGI to facilitate the growing need for cutting-edge artistry. Motherhood inspired her series ‘Birth Undisturbed’ depicting births of icons from the Virgin Mary to Calamity Jane and the Queen, which won the 12th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, and a winner in the Mother Art Prize, Kuala Lumpur Portrait Prize, and British Journal of Photography’s ‘Portrait of Humanity’ 2019.
Miss Aniela was spotlighted in Saatchi Art’s ‘Invest in Art’ 2018 and ‘Refuse to be the Muse’ report on the growing power of women in photography.
