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Natalie Rak, or sometimes just known as Rak, is a Poland based street artist born in 1989. Rak uses brightly colored paint to do multistory murals on the sides of buildings around Poland and Internationally. Originally painting canvases, Rak switched to street art only recently she studied Fine Art at the University of Lodz, Poland, focusing mainly in Graphic Design.

History
Natalia Rak's subjects are typically murals of one or two individuals, mostly women. Her larger than life paintings try to invoke mystery and methaphor, often using classic stories like Adam and Eve and Romeo and Juliet.

Rak started showing in street art exhibitions in 2009 in Lodz. A year later she participated in a show called "Different histories, join futures" in Zgorzelec. In Wielkopolska, Poland, at the SCABB festival she painted a mural that was filmed by CNN.

In 2013 she came stateside and participated in "Art Battles" in New York City. At 5 Bryant Street she helped convert an unused space into an exhibition of sorts of street art. There she collaborated with Don Rimx's ideas to create a mural http://untappedcities.com/2013/11/12/art-battles-5-bryant-park-converts-unused-space-into-street-art-gallery/ “Art Battles” at 5 Bryant Park Converts Unused Space Into Street Art Gallery | Untapped Cities.