Transformative works of light for sacred, historic, and contemplative spaces
Natasha Redina is an artist working in architectural stained glass, creating bespoke works of light for sacred, historic, and contemplative spaces.
Combining traditional craft with contemporary design, she works across churches, heritage buildings, civic settings, and private commissions to produce site-responsive stained glass that enhances atmosphere, meaning, and human connection.
A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Natasha is a QEST Emerging Maker and winner of the Stevens Architectural Glass Competition commission and Freeman of the City of London. Her wider practice bridges science and art and includes exhibition works exploring liminality, optics, and immersive light.
Natasha is in the distinctive position of bringing together a deep understanding of religious symbolism, cross-cultural dialogue, and the psychological power of light. Her academic background includes the study of world religions, religious iconography, and intercultural understanding at SOAS and Heythrop College, alongside a Master’s training that deepened her engagement with archetypal symbolism and the emotional and psychological effects of colour and light. This is further enriched by over twenty years of work as a psychotherapist and ecopsychologist, informing a practice that is both visually sensitive and profoundly attuned to the inner life of individuals and communities.
She offers a collaborative and sensitive approach to each project, developing work that responds to the character of a place and transforms how light is experienced within it.
Curriculum Vitae
AWARDS
2026: Royal College of Arts & Argo Arts Residency Athens, Greece.
2026: Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung. Bild-Werk Frauenau Scholarship. Bavaria, Germany.
2025: Freeman of the City of London.
2025: Hyundai Awards for Excellence in Sustainability and Creative Practice in collaboration with the Royal College of Art (RCA), Finalist
2025: Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Glass Painters
2025: Honorary Yeoman of the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers alias Wire Workers in Collaboration with the RCA, Finalist
2025: Corning Museum of Glass Scholarship, New York, USA.
2024: Cumbria Crystal Scholarship/Residency. RCA Royal College of Arts.
2024: QEST Kirby Laing Foundation Emerging Maker Award. Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust
2024: The President and Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship / RCA / Royal College of Arts.
2023: The Benyon Study Award / BSMGP / British Society of Master Glass Painters.
2022: The Lever Livery Award / Award for Excellence / Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass.
2022: Commission Winner for the Stevens Architectural Glass Competition / Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass.
2022: 1st Prize: Design. The Brian Thomas Memorial Prize / Stevens Architectural Glass Competition / Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass.
2021: 1st Prize: Design. The Brian Thomas Memorial Prize / Stevens Architectural Glass Competition / Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass.
PUBLICATIONS / EXHIBITIONS / CONFERENCES / COMMISSIONS
2026: Contemporary Glass Society Talk. Ideas and Translations in Glass. London
2025: Liminal Matters, Woodseer Gallery, London (Founding Member, Artist, Co-Curator/Coordinator)
2025: Rhizomatic Exhibition, Avenue Studios, Kensington, London, Preston Fitzgerald Art Advisory
2025: Leaning into the Unknown, Royal College of Art, London - Immersive Light Installation
2025: Royal Warrant Holders Association / QEST Exhibition, The Guildhall, London
2025: Morley College Penny Lecture - Artistic Journeys Through Glass
2025: BSMGP Curator’s Choice, Ripon Cathedral - Inspired by William Morris
2024: Profane & Sacred City, Swedenborg House, London - Bloomsbury Festival.
2024: Binfield Heath Chapel Arts & Crafts Exhibition. Oxfordshire.
2024: Inspired by William Morris. BSMGP Exhibition (British Society of Master Glass Painters) Exhibited at the International Festival of Glass in Stourbridge, Stained Glass Museum in Ely and in 2025 at Rochdale Town Hall.
2024: RAF Stained Glass Commission / Finalist / BSMGP / British Society of Master Glass Painters.
2023: WWI poet Wilfred Owen Memorial Window, (2750mm x 550mm) All Saints Church, Dunsden Green, Oxfordshire, UK. Church of England. Double-layered, hand-etched and painted flash glass.
2022: 1741 Snowflakes(138mm x 138mm) Six Hand Engraved Light Panels, Middleburg, The Netherlands.
2022: Music Album Cover Art (200mm x 200mm) For Spotify with over 100,000 hits.
2022: Alchemy Exhibition. The Steamship, London E14. Installation - Multimedia / Stained Glass
2021: St Peter Stained Glass Panel & St George (590mm x 390mm) Two Stained Glass Panels. Southside House Private Chapel, London.
2021-22: The Alchemist, Traditional Stained Glass Panel (300mm 300mm) / BSMGP Centenary Exhibition. Ely Cathedral, Winchester Cathedral, All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol, National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, Wells Cathedral, Worcester Cathedral, Oxford Festival of the Arts, Lichfield Cathedral, International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge, Manchester Cathedral.
2021: The Lamb & The Musician Angel. Painted and Etched Glass. Morley College
2021: Uganda, Engraved Flash Glass. CGS International Festival of Glass, Stourbridge
2020: ‘Orbital’ - Glass and Gypsum Sculpture. Menier Gallery London
2020: Conference facilitator for filmmakers. ASWM
2018: 12th Native Spirit Film Festival, SOAS (Film)
2018: California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, USA
2018: AAR (American Academy of Religions) Tacoma, Washington State, USA
2018: ASWM Myth, Ritual and Folklore, Reclaiming our Relationship with Nature. Las Vegas, USA
2018: FiLiArt Guerrilla Banner Showcase, Houses of Parliament, London / FiLiArt 100, Sao Paulo, Brazil Exhibition / 100 Years Bloomsbury Festival, London.
2017: Venice International Arts Festival. Anima Mundi. Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi.
2017: Micromania Film Festival Finalist "Brevity is the sister of genius." - Anton Chekhov
2017: FiLiArt Conference, Institute Of Education London
2017: Moda 360, Los Angeles CA.
2016: Women on Film, Hackney Picture House, London.
2016: ASWM (Association of Women and Myth) Film Festival.
2016: FiliArt Refuge Art Exhibition East London. Installation.
2016: Finding Light in Darkness, Boston Massachusetts. USA (Academic Paper)
2016: BBC 100 Women Exhibition, London, UK (Art Video Installation ) BBC Broadcasting House,
2015: Myths Shattered and Restored (Book Publication)
2014: Cross-Cultural Narratives, San Antonio, Texas (Academic Paper)
2011: City Lit. End of Year Fine Art Exhibition. Charcoal and Rubber on Paper / Video Sculpture.
2010: The Body and Trauma. BPS, (British Psychological Society) Edinburgh, Scotland.
2009: Nomadic Objects. Site-specific temporal artworks. UK, Europe, USA, Brazil, Mexico.
2009: Eco-Psychology. BPS (British Psychological Society) 12th Annual Conference, Yorkshire, UK).
2010: Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Therapy; Techniques for Psychotherapists. Cornwall, UK,
2009: NHS Primary Care Trust, & Various Educational Establishments. Stress Management
2009: Dawn & Dusk. Performance Art. London.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Stained Glass Artist (2021–present) / Multimedia Visual Artist (2009–present)
Designing and creating artworks in glass for sacred and secular buildings and private collectors.
Sculpture, video art, ritual, performance and immersive installations.
Independent Heritage Arts Coordinator / Curator & Stained Glass Specialist (2025-present)
Founding Member and Co-Curator/Exhibition Coordinator of the Liminal Matters Collective
Coordinating and delivering heritage-focused arts initiatives, specialising in the conservation and
preservation of stained glass within historic architecture. Including organising and curating cultural
programmes for the community and developing fundraising strategies.
Stained Glass Teaching Assistant / Teaching Placement (2025/26)
Corning Studios — Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA (TA)
St Paul’s School, Lonsdale Road, London, UK (Teaching Placement)
Advisory Board Member (Film & Visual Culture), ASWM USA (2017–2023)
Promoting visual research methods in academic contexts.
Qualitative Independent Cross-Cultural Researcher (2007–2021)
Methodologies: autoethnography, a/r/tography, organic inquiry, narrative & phenomenology.
Psychotherapist (2004–present) / Eco-Psychologist (2012–present)
UKCP-accredited psychotherapist and supervisor with over 20,000 clinical hours.
EDUCATION
2024-25: Master's in Applied Art, specialising in Glass, RCA (Royal College of Art), London.
2022-24: Worshipful Company of Glaziers Lever Award Apprenticeships: UK, Ireland, Germany, Argentina, Egypt, Brazil.
2020-21: BTEC Diploma Art and Design/Glass - Morley College (Kensington & Chelsea College) - Distinction
2020-21: UAL Diploma Art and Design/Glass - Morley College (Kensington & Chelsea College) - Distinction
2021-22: Master Class Jonathan Cooke - Painting and Silver Stain - Yorkshire and Swansea College of Art
2018-22: Princes School of Traditional Arts - Stained Glass, Geometry: The Windows of Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo. Plaster Carving, Creative Studies based on the work of Cecil Collins
2009-11: Fine Arts Diploma. City Lit, London. Drawing, Oil Painting, Printmaking, Photo-etching, Film Editing (Adobe), Camera, TV & Film-Making
2010-2017: Prince's School of Traditional Arts. Pigments, Colour Harmony and Traditional Painting Techniques, Islamic Manuscript Illumination
2005-7: MA(Hons) (Upper II:I) Couns. and Psych. Research using Art/ography De Montfort University, Leicester, UKCP and BACP accredited
2002-7: Diploma in Transpersonal Counselling and Psychotherapy CCPE (Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education) UKCP accredited. / BACP Diploma Person Centred Counselling.
2002-5: Philosophy and Psychology of Religions (Heythrop College, University of London)
2002-5: BA (Hons) (Upper II:I) Study of World Religions, SOAS, University of London.