NATASCHA MADEISKI

ARTIST STATEMENT

In this recent project, Natascha Madeiski seeks to draw attention to discarded materials from the building and packaging industries. By collecting off-cuts and remnants of various foam materials, she transforms what is typically seen as waste into quick, intuitive sculptural compositions. These ephemeral assemblages serve as the basis for a unique process where ceramic materials are cast into plaster moulds taken from the foam sculptures. The fragile scraps, held together with tape, imprint their textures and contours onto the transparent, refined surface of the ceramics. Through this process, Natascha Madeiski aims to elevate these overlooked materials, preserving their transient forms in a durable, presentable medium. This work invites reflection on the lifecycle of materials and the beauty that can emerge from what is often discarded.

Biography | Artist CV

NATASCHA MADEISKI
About NATASCHA MADEISKI

Natascha Madeiski is a multidisciplinary designer and artist from Italy, based in Zurich. With a
background in architecture and experience in Vienna and London, she works across sculpture,
lighting, and public art. Her practice explores the boundary between functional objects and
experimental material research, often reimagining industrial offcuts and unconventional materials
through artisanal techniques.

NATASCHA MADEISKI CV

QUALIFICATIONS
2006 Diploma in Architecture/ University Innsbruck (Austria)

EXHIBITIONS
2025 'Nuova Tavolata' immersive exhibition at Das Provisorium, Zurich.
2025 ‘In guter Gesellschaft’ group exhibition at Studio Robert Wettstein, Zurich.
2025 'Common Ground' Exhibition at TOXI Zurich during Zurich Art Weekend.
2025 'Foam Crafted Fusion' Exhibition presented by Swiss Design Embassy,Zurich.
2024 'Glas im Prozess' Exhibition presented by Material Archiv, ZHDK Zurich.
2024 'Craft ID’ Exhibition presented by Zurich Design weeks, supported byHeadsquarter.
2022 'L.O.V.E. Bank' exhibition presented by Pulpo in Milan.
2020 '300 Objects' Exhibition presented by London Craft Week, supported by St. James’s.
2019 'Perfectly-Precarious' The London Design Festival.
Joint exhibit with Arjan Van Dal
2019 'LMAK Gallery' exhibited work at LMAK Gallery in New York
2019 'Mosaic' design exhibition at Mint London during Clerkenwell Design Week
2018 'Barbican Open Fest' Curation and organisation of a ceramics show at the Barbican’s conservatory. Funded by the Barbican Centre.
2018 'House Of Grey' curated exhibition during the London Design Festival
2017 'All Scars Have a Pink That Shows’ exhibition at Tripp Gallery in London.
2016 'Spring Forms' exhibition at Mint London during Clerkenwell Design Week.
2015 'Now And Then' exhibition in the Cornershop Gallery during the London Design Festival.
2012 'Scarlet@Runway' design exhibition at the Salone Del Mobile curated by Margriet Vollenberg.
2010 'Naked City Lampscapes' exhibition at Galleria Rossana Orlandi as part of the Fuorisalone 2010 in Milan.
2010 'Stuck,Stuck,Stuck' exhibition at Galleria Plusdesign as part of the Fuorisalone 2010 in Milan
2010 'Paper vases' design exhibition at Bir Nokta Gallery in Istanbul as part of ' Fusion Istanbul'
2010 'Enlightenment' exhibition curated by Duran/Vanderpoort inRotterdam
2010 'Top applications' exhibition at the Triennale di Milano organised and curated by Fedrigoni
2010 'Naked City' exhibition at Septieme Etage in Geneva

COLLABORATIONS
2025 'Foam Crafted Fusion' collaboration with Kelly Wearstler, Los Angeles, USA
2022 'Flaming Stars' lighting series developed for Pulpo, Weil am Rhein, Germany.

PUBLICITY
Publications in Wallpaper , AD Architectural Digest,
Vogue and Elle Décor, The Waterjournal, Cereal Magazine, The Evening
Standard Magazine, Damn Magazine, Wohnrevue.
'Light Works Experimental Light Art 2011' projects published in an Art and
Design Book edited by Francesco Murano and published by Maggioli Editore
ISBN: 8838761191
'Lux' projects published in a Design Book edited by Robert
Klanten, Gestalten Verlag
ISBN: 978-3-89955-373-4
'Paper lights'published in 101 Woonideeen
'Naked City Lampscapes'published in Azure magazine and
Dezeen
I Quattro Venti
Photography and artwork for festival catalogue Tuscany
‘ex:posed’Exhibition catalogue Innsbruck 2002, ISBN 3-902334-00-2