NATALIE WADLINGTON

January 22, 2021

NATALIE WADLINGTON

BIOGRAPHY

Natalie Wadlington was born in Modesto, California in 1992. She received her MFA from the Cranbook Academy of Art in 2020.

In her work, Wadlington figuratively portrays relationships in their different hues. She represents, mainly in the rapport of humans to animals, humane symbolic scenes, spanning love to conflict, to internal struggles.

Wadlington is currently based in East Texas where she continues to create.

“More and more, I find myself in complete wonderment at nature. This year has taught me how to live in a space of unknowing, and I now bring that perspective to all forms of looking. In nature as in life, there remain so many mysteries that are locked away in the things outside ourselves, so that all I can do is look.” (Natalie Wadlington, 2020).

TIMELINE

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 Fragmented Bodies, Albertz Benda Gallery – NYC, USA
2021 Young Dreams, Août Gallery – Beirut, Lebanon
2020 Unit London – London, UK
2020 AXA Art Prize Annual Juried Exhibition, New York Academy of Fine Art- NY, USA
2020 We Used to Gather, Library Street Collective – Detroit, MI, USA
2020 Un/Feeling, Feminist Art Museum – Online Curatorial Platform, USA
2020 Rapid Response Fundraiser, Museum of Contemporary Art – Detroit, MI, USA
2020 Willing the Season, Far x Wide – Brooklyn, NY, USA
2020 Cranbrook Academy of Art Scholarship Exhibition, DAM gallery – Detroit, MI, USA
2020 CrossRoads, River House Arts – Toledo, OH, USA
2020 Online Exhibition Show #63: Hoarders House, Field Projects – NY, USA

2019 Memory Matters, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art – Bloomfield, MI, USA
2019 While Supplies Last, Bellevue Arts Museum – Seattle, WA, USA
2018 Happy/Sad Show, ForumGallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art – Bloomfield, MI, USA
2017 Summer Group Show, Art Space on Main – Turlock, CA, USA
2017 Penumbra Art Show, University Art Gallery – Turlock, CA, USA
2016 From the Trenches, Mistlin Gallery – Modesto CA, USA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 Pooled, Library Street Collective- Detroit, MI, USA
2021 Backyards, Louis Buhl & Co.- Detroit, MI, USA
2021 Anatomy, Library Street Collective- Detroit, MI, USA
2018 Other People’s Problems, Epekel Gallery- Merced, CA, USA
2017 Conflicts, Tri-Chromatic Gallery- Modesto, CA, USA

RESIDENCIES

2019 Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist Residency, Fellowship – Saugatak, MI, USA
2018 Other People’s Problems, Epekel Gallery – Merced, CA, USA
2017 Conflicts, Tri-Chromatic Gallery – Modesto, CA, USA

EDUCATION

2020 Master in Fine Art, Cranbrook Academy of Art – Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
2017 Bachelor in Fine Arts, California State University, Stanislaus – Turlock, CA, USA
2014 Associate’s Degree in Fine Art, Modesto Junior College – Modesto, CA, USA

PUBLICATIONS

2021 Natalie Wadlington Meditates on the Power Struggle Between Man and Nature in “Pooled”, HYPEBEAST
2021 Natalie Wadlington’s ‘Pooled’ explores fragility and crisis through bold and whimsical paintings, The Scene
2021 Natalie Wadlington’s Backyards at Louis Buhl & Co., Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art
2021 Charming paintings by Natalie Wadlington of wide-eyed characters connecting with nature, Creative Boom
2020 Painting, Conceptually Speaking, Barbed Magazine – Detroit, MI, USA
2020 Oyedrum Volume 1, Oye Drum Magazine – NY, USA
2019 New American Paintings, No. 141 Annual MFA issue

AWARDS/ GRANTS/ SCHOLARSHIPS

2020 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Full Fund Scholarship – Gatlinburg, TN, USA
2020 Anderson Ranch Sculpture Scholarship – Snowmass Village, CO, USA
2020 Mercedes Benz Financial Services Emerging Artist Award – Troy, MI, USA
2020 Detroit Artist Market First Place Award, Detroit Artist Market – Detroit, MI, USA
2019 Second Year Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art – Bloomfield, MI, USA
2018 First Year Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art – Bloomfield, MI, USA
2017 Provost Outstanding Student Achiever Award, Provost Office – Turlock, CA, USA
2017 SERSCA Mini Grant, Office of Research and Sponsor Programs – Turlock, CA, USA
2016 Al Barre Memorial Scholarship, Kiwanis Club- Turlock, CA, USA