Natha Cajigas

Natha Cajigas, based in Colombia, is a self-taught illustrator and visual artist. With murals planted in Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Switzerland, France, and Monaco, Natha's vibrant images pieces create dialogues between physical environment and local cultures.

We spoke with Natha about her practice in ART MAKER Issue 2: Contemporary Illustration Around the Globe:

ART MAKER: What message do you feel illustration is uniquely suited to convey, compared to fine art or photography?

NATHA CAJIGAS: I believe illustration has a unique power to materialize the intangible and transform emotions, dreams, and abstract ideas into something visual and alive. Unlike fine art, which seeks contemplation, or photography, which captures what already exists, illustration allows me to create worlds that don’t yet exist, where reality and fantasy coexist as symbols of human emotion.

Through it, I can express concepts like identity, transformation, and inner conflict in a poetic yet accessible way. Illustration enables me to design not just an image, but a language one that speaks to the subconscious and invites the viewer to imagine beyond what is visible.

See more of Natha's work in ART MAKER Issue 2: Contemporary Illustration Around the World, available now in our shop.