Résumé

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AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

Artist-in-Residence in the Tonsor Lab for Plant Evolutionary Genetics, a two year social sculpture project, University of Pittsburgh, PA, Jan 2011 - present
Fellow of the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, supporting and advancing the work of artists at the intersection of art, science, and technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012
Wisconsin Arts Board Artist Fellowship, ($8000) awarded biennially to 5% of applicants, with funding from the State of Wisconsin, and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2008
Artist-in-Residence, a three week new work residency in Fellesverkstedet Myren Grafikk, Myren Gård, (The Workshop at Myren Botanic Garden), Kristiansand, Norway, June 2005


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 Marginal: A New Wall Drawing Environment, Friesen Galleries, Northern Nazarene University, Boise, ID
2009 The Natural Motif: New Drawings by Natalie Settles, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Domestication: A Tale of Two Species, 734 Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 [Upcoming] Ossuary Chazen Museum, Madison, WI
2011 Drawn In California Polytechnic, San Louis Obispo, CA
  Pittsburgh Biennial Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA
2010 Between the River and the Sea Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
2009 High Honors: WI Arts Board Fellows WI Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Gallery, Madison, WI
2008 Language Skills Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
  Map of The World North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
2007 Postcards From the Edge James Cohen Gallery, New York, NY
  The Most Curated Biennial in the Universe Apexart, Brooklyn, NY
  Transformation: Art-Science Collaborations Rochester Contemporary Lab Space, NY
2006 Jubileumsutstillingen CKF 125 År Kristiansand Kunstforening, Norway
  Paper Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago
  Spot the Dog Alaska Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK
2005 Forward: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now Charles Allis Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
  Grafikk Fra Fellesverkstedet Myren Grafikk Galleri 1918, Kristiansand, Norway
  4 Amerikanske Grafikere Smia Galleri, Kristiansand, Norway
  International Print and Drawing Exhibition Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2004 Contemporary Printmaking Gallery 218, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Centro-Oestes Nucleo: Madison Gallerie Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brazil
  Centro-Oestes Nucleo: Madison Museu de Arte de Brasilia, Brazil


SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 2010 - present
Artist's Talk, Visiting Critic, Northwestern Nazarene University, ID, 2011
Talk, Panelist, DASER, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, 2011
Artist's Talk, Pittsburgh Biennial, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, PA, 2011
Artist's Talk, Art & Biology Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2011
Visiting Critic, Extreme Studio, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 2010
Program Committee Member, Geneva Forum on the visual arts, invitational appointment, Madison, WI, 2010
Artist's Talk, The Bartell Theatre, Madison, WI, 2009
Artist's Talk, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, WI, 2009
Artist's Talk, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters Gallery, Madison, WI, 2009
Artist's Talk, The Charles Allis Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI, 2009
Studio Work, Independent Research in Biology and Victorian Design, Cambridge, London UK, Jan-May 2007
Guest Lectures, Artist's Talk, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 2006
Portfolio Exchange and Exhibition Co-Chair, Panel Discussion Co-host, Transformation Portfolio of artist-scientist
  collaborations, Southern Graphics Council National Conference, Madison, WI, 2006
Artist's Talk, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, AK, 2006
Guest Lecture, Governors State University, University Park, IL, 2006
Guest Lecture, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2004
Artist's Talk, Visiting Critic, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN, 2004
Artist's Talk, Guest Lecture, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN, 2004
On-site Modelmaker, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Exhibits Central, Madison, WI, February 2004
Intern Modelmaker and Sculptor, competitively awarded appointment, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Exhibits Central,
  Washington DC, Sept. - Dec. 2003
Instructor of Record, Art Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001-2003


SELECTED PRESS & BIBLIOGRAPHY

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Biennial is Living Large at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Mary Thomas, 10/19/11
New Times - San Luis Obispo, CA, Coloring in the Lines: 'Drawn In', Anna Weltner, 10/13/11
Pittsburgh City Paper, The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts' leg of the Pittsburgh Biennial offers art evoking a chaotic world,
  Bill O'Driscoll, 10/5/11
Times Press Recorder - Santa Maria, CA, Eight artists 'Drawn In' for Cal Poly group show, 9/30/11
Pittsburgh Quarterly, Art Thoughts: The Provocative Pittsburgh Biennial, Graham Shearing, Fall /11
Carnegie Magazine - Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Bred, Christina Rouvalis, Summer/11
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette online, Expanded Pittsburgh Biennial Plans Exhibits in 5 Sites, Mary Thomas, 5/7/11
Isthmus - Madison, WI, Bright spots: Isthmus critics look back at 2009 in Madison culture, Jennifer A. Smith, 12/24/09
Cap Times' 77 Square, WI, Made in Madison: Local artists tell their tales, Lindsay Christians, 7/23/09
Cap Times' 77 Square, WI, Off the Wall: Transcribe, Lindsay Christians, 4/19/09
Wisconsin People and Ideas - Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Growing Our Own: Wisconsin Celebrates its
  2008 Visual Arts Fellows, Jennifer A. Smith, Spring/09
Shepherd Express - Milwaukee, WI, Art and Science, Peggy Sue Dunigan, 4/2/2009
Santa Barbara News-Press, Etching Messages, Josef Woodard, 9/26/08
BadAtSports.com, Episode 49: Reviews and Sniping, 8/27/06
Exhibition catalogue, Spot the Dog, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Julie Decker, '05
Fædrelandsvennen - Kristiansand, Norway, Grafikkutstilling på Smia, Nina Skråmestø Nesheim, 6/21/05
Exhibition catalogue, 30th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, '05


EDUCATION

MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003
BA (hons), Fine Art, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN, 2000
Additional Studies: University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 1999