Natalya Balnova is a New York based illustrator, designer and printmaker.

She received a MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts, as well as BFA in Communication Design from Parsons School of Design and degree in design from the Academy of Industrial Art and Design in St-Petersburg, Russia.

Natalya works in a variety of artistic mediums, from ink washes and digital to traditional printmaking.
She illustrates for books, magazines, newspapers, posters, CD covers, posters, packaging as well as self-publishes her own silkscreen books, zines, cards and apparel designs.

She has been recognized by Art Directors Club, American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators, Print Design Annual, 3×3 Magazine, Creative Quarterly, Art Book Wanted.

Clients have included: Apple / The New York Times / The Washington Post / The Los Angeles Times / Time / The Wall Street Journal / Smithsonian / Victoria and Albert Museum / Village Voice / The Boston Globe / Blue Q / Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Hachette Book Group / Foreign Affairs / Harper Collins / Harvard Business School / Penguin Random House UK / Penguin Random House USA / Princeton University

Group exhibitions include: International Print Center New York, New York Society of Etchers and Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT.

Publications include:
Drawn to Type: Lettering for Illustrators | Carrier Pigeon Magazine | Volume 2 Issue 3 / NURANT Magazine Issue 16 / Centrala Publishing Comic Cookbook anthology / DPI Magazine [Taiwan], Sandu Publishing Duotone: Limited Colour Schemes in Graphic Design