Natalie Bragg

Natalie Bragg

Head of Strategic Partnerships at InspiringApps

TED Attendee
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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About Natalie

Bio

My background is in sculpture, but my soul lives in ink and the layered intricacies captured on paper. My work sits at the edge of fragile and darkly feminine. Bones, botanicals, and the female form are the language I keep returning to, along with the detailed patterns that nature leaves behind. Taxidermy has long inspired my art practice. That search for beauty in decay feels central to everything I create. I find myself drawn to images that evoke a sense of poetic confrontation. I become obsessed with details that hold the tension of simplicity and intricacy. I become obsessed with details that hold the tension of simplicity and intricacy. I often work in unforgiving mediums where mistakes are permanent, and it's those marks that make a piece impossible to replicate. My favorite works live in that space. The finished piece carries both the obsession and the surrender, the relentless pursuit of something perfect and the unplanned marks that bring it to life. Art has the power to advocate for difficult ideas, not just through beauty, but through the way it forces us to sit with our own biases, assumptions, and values. That tension is what draws me to it.

I'm passionate about

I am passionate about creating safe spaces, building community, and connecting with people in ways that center our shared human experience over our differences.

An idea worth spreading

Authentic human connection is the basis of all healing.

Things you might not know

I am a printmaker and mixed media artist. My art often includes taxidermy and fabric elements with delicate line work and images inspired by nature and the human form.