hello dear artlovers,
my name is natascha artworx, i am a no budget artist, creative worker, teacher, recycling queen, bodypainter, live painter at rock shows, music lover, content creator, networker and connector of dots and people (i try to help the universe to connect common souls) .
i love supporting my friends art through my patreon as well.

(photo by Wolfgang Unger)

i was born 1976 in hamburg in germany and i finished my exams in education and social work in 1997.
i am a full-time nursery school teacher right now in the day, and an artist at night, kind of like batman.

(little me doing the thing already...painting, bodypainting, singing and comic-cosplaying before cosplay was even a thing)

(several MRI of my damaged back in 2009)
art has always been a major part of my life, but i was told to get a "real" job, so i became a teacher.when i fell sick in 2009/2010, so sick i couldn´t work and support my family anymore,art helped me to survive the depressions of a painful body combined with not enough money to pay the rent. i was immobile,my back was damaged from the work with the toddlers,but i was able to draw,paint and social media network and that really helped me to get through this dark phase.
my back will never heal 100%,but i am glad enough to be at 80% on good days and to work and support my family again.

my artwork saved my ass more than once, selling a painting, paying the bill, so patreon feels just like the next step. currently i am travelling around with my artworx, organizing exhibitions and art events. often not in my hometown. to keep the work that makes me so deeply happy going, i need your support. for art supplies, for train tickets, for atelier fees (yes,sometimes it happens to cost a fee), for event tickets of art events, for food and drinks and maybe someday for quitting the 40hr week, this is the longtime goal. seriously, i don't see myself crawling on the floor with toddlers in 10 years. You can make this happen, you can make a change.

i am posting most of my art for free, the patron only posts will include postings of more personal artwork, photos, my thoughts, poems (yes, sometimes i write,you decide if it is any good) and artwork or photos that are NSFW from my artshows. some photos are just not for facebook and twitter.

because i am from germany i thought the TIERS needed animal names, because "tier" means "animal" in german.
a murmeltier is a marmot, a gürteltier is a armadillo and a faultier is a sloth. well, i think it is funny.
so,what are you? a cute marmot, a resilent armadillo or a relaxed sloth?

the 1 $ tier was unlocked by my first patron on aug. 23.2017
the 5$ tier was unlocked by my second patron on aug. 24.2017
the 25$ tier was unlocked by my third patron on aug. 26.2017

(working on the tier pictures)

like i said, i have been drawing and painting all my life, but it´s only two years ago since i left my own bubble and stepped into the real world. i found out that exhibitions are a lot of fun and i love doiing it. also it costs more money than it brings in, that is why i need you, my patrons. curating an art show is kind of like organizing a party. here are some parties i have done so far, call it a vita ...

- january 6. - march 6. 2015
SOLO EXHIBITION at ROSIS flowershop in Hamburg/germany
- march 21. 2015
HAMBURG ZEIGT KUNST-group show @ fischauktionshalle, hamburg/germany
- july 11. - july 31. 2015
FREISCHWIMMER group show @ kunststück berlin, berlin-neukölln/germany
- aug. 21. - aug. 23. 2015
third beneficial group art show for Mama Orphans Children’s Home in Busia/ Kenia @ SOAL hamburg/germany

(live bodypainting with THE RED PAINTINGS 2015 in hamburg: my friend devi gets "primed" backstage, me in a fire-entity-stage-dress, devi in stage costume and my bodypaint, alix, me and trash)

- sept. 29. 2015
live painting a human canvas on stage at the live show of the band THE RED PAINTINGS @ knust, hamburg/germany
- march 18. 2016 - march 9. 2016
group exhibition "Communication" at gallery mytoro / hamburg
- april 16. - april 30. 2016
group exhibition "Realitätstheorie 42" at Jean M. Laffitau art photography studio saarbrücken
- july 22. + 23. 2016
group exhibition at "kunst im hof" of honigfabrik in hamburg

(photos by Devi Kem, i am painting in the dark next to the stage at the LOGO in hamburg 2016)

- sept. 12. 2016
livepainting at the LOGO in hamburg during the shows of Strap On Halo , The Last Cry and The Last Dance
- sept. 23 - oct. 7. 2016
Group Exhibition “DER SÜNDIGE PFAD” at KW eulenspiegel in harburg
- oct. 31. - nov. 25. 2016
Solo Exhibition "Night Of The Living Selfie" in kapernaumkirche in berlin
- march 2017 - june 2017
Solo Exhibition at Lal Pera in hamburg
- april 2.-19. 2017
TWITTER ART EXHIBITION
Art Helping Others! Global artists donate ORIGINAL postcard annually to help a charity. #TAE17 at Stratford Artshouse, UK for Molly Olly's Wishes

(more painting with THE RED PAINTINGS in 2017, i could do that every day...clockwise:live show of TRP , me and my painting, i am painting in costume during the show, TRASH McSWEENEY with my finished painting. he said: "you painted my heart." to me...photos by Devi Kem and me)

- may 20. 2017
live painting at the concert of THE RED PAINTINGS at monkeys music cllub in hamburg
- may 25. 2017
live bodypainting at DONUT HEARTs music video premiere party at ludwig in berlin
- august 19. 2017
A[rt]FFAIRS , co-curation and organisation of the event, artshow with Suzanne Wegh and Suzanne Forbes including exhibition of our artworks, live paintinig and documentary drawing by suzanne forbes and live bodypainting of natascha artworx at ludwig in berlin
- 10. september - 22. september 2017
"Kunst such nicht.Kunst findet"/groupexhibition with les montmARTrois des hamboug at atelierhaus 23 in hamburg

i mostly enjoy working with musicians. i have done live painting and bodypainting with the red paintings, strap on halo, the last cry, the last dance and donut heart. the connection of drawing/painting and music, i just love that.

Thank you so much for your support!!! and even if you can not give 1$ a month,you can still do me a favor by sharing my patreon page and my art in your social networks.

XXX
nat