Natalie Holland
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Born in St. Petersburg to Russian parents, Holland grew up near the Black Sea before commencing music studies at the age of 12.[2] She studied both art and music at the School of Fine Arts in Novorossijsk, Russia,[citation needed] and eventually graduated from the Russian Academy of Arts with a degree in art.[citation needed]
In 1981 Holland moved to Norway with her mother, who had married a Norwegian.[citation needed] She studied at the Norwegian College of Marketing and worked for an advertising agency.[1] Holland met Norwegian art's enfant terrible Odd Nerdrum, who viewed some of her figurative works and asked her to come to his studio. Her visit resulted in a two-year apprenticeship from 1990 to 1992.[3][4] She had her first solo show in 1994 in Oslo and has since exhibited in several countries.[1]
Recent work
In 2009 her portrait Agnes was selected for exhibition at the BP Portrait Award at The National Portrait Gallery in London.[3]
in 2012, Holland painted several portraits of South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius prior to the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5] One of the paintings from this set was later exhibited in the annual exhibit of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.[6][7]