About

Natasha Patel is a contemporary abstract artist and the founder of Napa Gogo Art, based in Southern California. Her practice explores the ambiguity of dual identity, where cultural inheritance and self-authorship converge.

Working between structured pattern and intuitive abstraction, Patel creates layered compositions that examine conditioning, autonomy, and the space between worlds. Her materials include alcohol and acrylic inks, resin, and genuine 23k gold, building surfaces that balance precision with unpredictability.

Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, Italy, and in galleries and art fairs throughout California. She is currently an Artist in Residence at Location 1980 in Costa Mesa.

My practice unfolds through two parallel bodies of work that mirror the duality of my identity.

The Indo-Nature series is structured and pattern-driven, drawing from architectural references and inherited visual language. These compositions engage with cultural expectation and the roles I was taught to inhabit, creating a dialogue between tradition and authorship.

In contrast, my abstract series is intuitive and expansive. It resists imposed structure, allowing gesture, instinct, and spontaneity to lead. Where Indo-Nature reflects what I was told to be, the abstract work responds to what I know.

These approaches do not oppose one another. They operate in tandem. Structure and surrender. Inheritance and autonomy. Conditioning and inner knowing.

Through abstraction, I am not seeking resolution. I am interested in coexistence and how complexity can be held without hierarchy.