Natalie Niblack
206-396-9435
b. 1957
Education:
1991-1993 MFA, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
1981-1985 School of Visual Concepts, studying with Nancy Johnson, Seattle, WA
1976-1979 University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Continuing Education:
2019 Tile workshop with Richard Notkin, Archie Bray Foundation
Bust workshop with Tip Toland, Sue Roberts Studio, Guemes Island, WA
2016 Abstracting the Figure, Fall quarter class with Tip Toland, Gage School of Art, Seattle
2014 Figurative workshop with Tip Toland and Patty Warashina, La Meridiana International School of Ceramics, Tuscany
Awards:
2020 Brush Creek Residency, Saratoga, Wyoming
2019 Gallery One Artist in Residence, Ellensburg, WA
2019 Second place, Bellingham National Juried Art Exhibition and Awards, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2013, 2018 Excellence Award, Anacortes Art Festival, Anacortes, WA
2010 T Bailey Corporate Award, Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes WA
2009 People’s Choice Award, Clay Fire and Form, Anacortes, WA
2006 Purchase Award and People’s Choice Award, Anacortes Art Festival Exhibition, Anacortes, WA
1994 First Place, Helen Lankin Trueheart Award, National League of American Pen Women
1993 Andrew Grant Travel Award, Orkney Islands, Scotland
1992 MARGINS Residency program in Talmine, Scotland
1984, 1985 Scotty Gibbon Scholarship Award, Puget Sound Group of Northwest painters
Collections:
Washington State Art in Public Places
National Museum of Women in the Arts
University of Washington Hospital Collection
Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Art
Museum of Northwest Art
Anacortes Art Festival
Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, Glasgow
City Art Centre, Edinburgh
Solo shows:
2022 Migrations, i.e gallery, Edison, WA2021
The Trump Era, Geheim Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2020 Folly, i.e. gallery, Edison, WA
2018 Histories, Perry and Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon WA
2016 Edging Toward Disaster, A.C.M.E. Gallery, Anacortes WA
2014 Veiled, Room 104 Gallery, Seattle
2010 The Omnipresence of Water, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA
2008 A Hole in the Sky, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2007 Flight, Rhino Studios, Issaquah, WA
Yes, Gallery 110, Seattle
2006 Dilemma, Art on Center, Tacoma
2005 People in Part; Figures and Fragments, Gallery 110, Seattle
2004 Counting Saints, Gallery 110, Seattle
2002 Idolatry, Gallery 110,, (Marghitta Feldman Gallery, Portland, OR, 2005)
1998 The Afterlife of Dolls, Baas Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 Selections from the last eight years, Continuous Spectrum Gallery, Tacoma, WA
1994 Saints and Soldiers, The Pier Art Centre, Stromness, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Halliwell's House, Ettrick and Lauderdale Museums, Selkirk, Scotland
Small Things; Suits, Soldiers, and Saviors, window installation, 911 Media Arts, Seattle
1991 Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
1989 Mortal Flesh, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA
Two and Three Person Exhibitions:
2023 On the Edge: Living the Anthropocene, Grant's Pass Museum, Grant's Pass, OR
2022 On the Edge: Living the Anthropocene, Eastern Washington University galley, Cheney, WA
2021 On the Edge: Living the Anthropocene, Moses Lake Museum Moses Lake, WA
2020 On the Edge: Living the Anthropocene, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newburg, OR
Altered Landscapes, Perry and Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon
2016 Fun and Games, Skagit Valley C. C. Gallery, Mount Vernon
2017 Otherwise, Smith and Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2013 Hidden and Revealed, Au Salon Gallery, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
2011 Where God Used to Be, Moses Lake Museum, Moses Lake, WA
1996 Views of the Fatherland, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago
1990 705 Madison Gallery, Seattle,
1985 Gallery 500, Seattle, WA
Juried Exhibitions:
2023 66 Birds/3Degrees included in Surge!, Museum of Northwest Art, Chloe Dye Sherpe curator, La Conner, WA
2023 66 Birds/3 Degrees, included in Exploring the Edge, Meg Holgate, Steve Klein, curators, The Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2023 BAIT(Beyond an Inconvenient Truth), Earth Creative Collaborative, Jodie Nelson, curator, Seattle WA
2022 Global Warning, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newburg, OR
(a) relation of body to water, North Seattle Community College
2021 Sheltered: An Artist’s response to Covid-19, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
Staff Picks, i.e. gallery, Edison, WA
Anacortes Art Festival Exhibition, Anacortes
2020 Currents 2020, National Craft Exhibition and Symposium, juror Michael Monroe, Schack Art Center, Everett
Panic, Ohanlon Center for the Arts, online exhibition, Chester Arnold, juror, Mill Valley, CA
Edge of Reality, MakeShift Gallery, online exhibition, Bellingham, WA
Skagit Women Print: Life in the Skagit Valley, Perry and Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon
2019 Bellingham National Juried Art Exhibition and Awards, 2nd place, curated by Bruce Guenther, Whatcom Museum Lightcatcher Building, Bellingham
(De)Construction, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
A Kind of Reunion, Gallery 110, Seattle
Say Their Names: The Regeneration Project, collaborative installation on gun violence, Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA*
2018 Painters Who Fucking Know How to Paint, Center on Contemporary Art, curated by Kate Sweeney and Kate Vrijmoet, Seattle
Art at the Port, Excellence Award, Juried by Michael Monroe, Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes,
10X10X10 Tieton, Tieton, WA
2017 RESIST! Perry and Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon*
Landscape in the Anthropocene, ACME gallery, Anacortes*
The Human Landscape, curated by Margy Lavelle, i.e. gallery, Edison, WA
Featured Mural Artist, Anacortes Art Festival. The mural is placed for permanent exhibition on the
Tommy Thompson Trail, Anacortes
2016 A Generous Kingdom, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
Objectification 9, Smith Vallee Gallery, Edison
The Reconsidered Landscape, Perry Carlson Gallery, juried by Christian Carlson, Mount Vernon
Skagit Women Print, Schack Art Center, curated by Carie Collver, Everett, WA
Art At the Port, curated by Barbara Shaiman, Anacortes Art Festival
2015 Art in Bloom, Anacortes Art Festival, Anacortes
Passages, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland
2014 Skagit Women Print, Anchor Art Space, Anacortes *
Smith Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2013 COCA Painting Marathon Fundraiser, Seattle
Mezzotint Festival, Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Art at the Port, Anacortes Art Festival, excellence award, juried by Jake Seniuk, Anacortes
2012 Across the Divide 4: The New Boondocks, curated by Kevin Bell and David Frances, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle
Deep Listening, Cygnus Gallery, curated by Maggie Wilder, La Conner, WA
Take Me With You: Drawings from Near and Far, Anchor Art Space, curated by Jasmine Valandoni, Anacortes
Prophets, Saint James Cathedral, Seattle
Collective Visions Juried show, curated by Kathleen Moles, Bremerton, WA
2011 Art at the Port , Anacortes Arts Festival 50th anniversary invitational, Anacortes
Mezzotint Festival, Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Crosscurrents traveling exhibition: Yakima Valley Community College, Pierce College, Peninsula College, WA
2010 Art at the Port, Anacortes Arts Festival exhibition, T Bailey Award, juried by Esther Luttikhuizen Anacortes
A Long Drawn Out Process, Anchor Art Gallery, curated by Jasmine Valandani, Anacortes
2009 Clay, Fire, and Form, The Depot, Anacortes
Collective Visions Juried Exhibition, Gary Fagin, juror, Bainbridge
2007 8th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Rock Hushka, juror, Tacoma
Baroque Revival, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma
2006 Clay, Fire, and Form, The Depot, Anacortes
Icon, Rhino Studio, Issaquah
2006 Art at the Port, Anacortes Art Festival Exhibition, Purchase Award, Rock Hushka, juror, Anacortes
2004 Body Language, Gallery One, Ellensburg
2002 What a Doll!, Sarah Spurgeon Gallery, Central Washington University, Ellensburg
2001 Barbie at Bumbershoot, Bumbershoot Festival, curated by Li Turner, Seattle
Drawing-an intimate dialogue, SOIL, curated by Joline Abbadessa, Seattle
Essence, Edison Eye Gallery, Edison
Surrogates, Rental Sales Gallery, Curated by Barbara Shaiman, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
NW Annual, Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle
2000 Barbie 2000, Arthead Gallery, Seattle
1999 Feral Dolls, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island, WA, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
1998 Sev Shoon Printmaking Exhibition, Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA
Many Visions, Seattle Pacific University Gallery, Seattle
Sculpture, North Seattle, Community College, Seattle
1997 Art and Soul of the Handmade book, Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon Island, WA
True Art, Tacoma Art Museum, juried by Donald Roller Wilson, Tacoma
Works from the Other Side, ArtSpace Gallery, Seattle
1996 Once Upon a Time, Holiday Group show, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue
Dolls and Monsters/ Monsters and Dolls, Bumbershoot, 1996, Seattle*
1995 The Pleasure of Printmaking, Bumbershoot 1995, Seattle, WA
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, juried by Prudence Roberts, Bellevue
The Art of Paper, West Coast Paper Co., Kent, WA
Agents of Change: New Views by Northwest Women, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle
Book of Ours, Collaborative printmaking project exhibition, Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, TX*
Holy Baloney, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
Contract on America, invitational exhibition, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago
1993 Twenty-one Works by Women, Crawford Art Centre, St. Andrews, Scotland
Collective Gallery Kiev Exhibition, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Kiev, Vilnius, St. Petersburg
Edinburgh Women Artist's Group, WASPS Gallery, Edinburgh
1992 Twenty-one Works by Women, Edinburgh Women Artist's Group, Printmaker’s Workshop, Edinburgh
Works from MARGINS Residency program in Talmine, Scotland, exhibition in Galeria Pryzmat, Krakow, Poland
Inverclyde Biennial, McClean Museum and Art Gallery, Greenock, Scotland
1991 National Drawing Show, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
1989 The Naked Human, The Annex Theater, Seattle
1988 Whatcom County 8th Annual Art Competition, Bellingham, WA
National Painting Show, Olin Fine Arts Center, Washington, PA (1986)
1986 (1985) Pacific Northwest Drawing Competition, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage
1985 Painting/Sculpture show, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma
Curatorial Experience:
2019 Say Their Names: The Regeneration Project, collaborative installation on gun violence, Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA*
2017 RESIST! Perry and Carlson Gallery, Mount Vernon*
Landscape in the Anthropocene, ACME gallery, Anacortes*
1999 -2016 Gallery Director, Shoreline Community College
2016 Pecha Kucha presentation, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Steam roller printmaking event coordinator, Anacortes Art Fesitival
2014 Skagit Women Print, Anchor Art Space, Anacortes *
1996 Dolls and Monsters/ Monsters and Dolls, Bumbershoot, 1996, Seattle*
Teaching and Administrative Experience:
1996-2016 Painting, Drawing, Printmaking Instructor, Shoreline Community College
2001-2004 Printmaking Instructor, Skagit Valley College
2012-2013 President, Anchor Art Space, a non-profit art space Anacortes, WA
1996-1998 President, Seattle Women’s Caucus for Art
1994-1996 Vice President, Programming chair, Seattle Women’s Caucus for Art
Publications:
Julie Titone, Exhibits shine light on natural beauty on the edge of loss,
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/exhibits-shine-light-on-natural-beauty-on-the-edge-of-loss/, Everett Herald, March 26, 2023
Amy Kepferle, Migrations and Murmurations, Cascadia Daily News, February 11, 2022, https://www.cascadiadaily.com/news/2022/feb/11/migrations-and-murmurations/
Carrie Scozzaro, Artists and Activists: A new EWU exhibit blends mediums to deliver one potent message: It’s time to act on climate change, November 25th, 2021, Inlander, p. 16
Matthew Kangas, Natalie Niblack: Nailing the Trump era, Visual Art Source Newsletter, November 21, 2020, Visual Art Source and Fabrik, www.visualartsource.com https://myemail.constantcontact.com/VAS-Weekly-Newsletter--November-21--2020.html?soid=1102371355349&aid=PyqQnLpX5MI
John Bowey, Natalie Niblack, A conversation with an artist and commentator, October 8, 2020, Transmedia Vision, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWGIHtSQ32A
David Bates, Balancing the beautiful and the horrific, Sept. 22, 2020, Oregon Artswatch, www.orartswatch.org
Northwest Designer Craftsman, Currents 2020, National Craft Exhibition and Symposium, March, 2020, Schack Art Center, p.52
Michael Hitchner, The Art of Climate Change, April 22, 2019, The Planet Magazine, https://theplanetmagazine.net/the-art-of-climate-change-90d99723d4ea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9tvJgcjg2E
Margaret Davidson, The Importance of Surfaces, November 2019, Artists Magazine, ArtistsNetwork.com, p.3
Jaqueline Allison, Personalizing gun violence: Art piece memorializes victims on display in Anacortes, August 1, 2019, Skagit Valley Herald, p.A1
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest International Drawing Annual 13, 2019, Cincinnati, OH, Manifest Press, p. 115-117
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest International Painting Annual 8, 2018, Cincinnati, OH, Manifest Press, p. 111
Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Manifest International Painting Annual 7, 2018, Cincinnati, OH, Manifest Press, p. 9,106
Gayle Clemans, CoCA’s group show demonstrates the enduring power of painting, June 26, 2018, Seattle Times Northwest Arts and Life, Seattle, WA, pp.G1,G5,
Kate Sweeney, Kate Vrijmoet, Painters Who Fucking Know How to Paint, June 21, 2018, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle,pp. 44-45
Stephen Hunter, Dark Visions, Casting Shadows in Skagit, October 17, 2108, Cascadia Weekly, Visual Art, Bellingham p.16, issue 42
Anna Ferdinand, “Resist”: Women’s art for our time, September 27, 2017, La Conner Weekly News, La Conner, WA, pg. 5
Stephen Hunter, Perry and Carlson, a new game in town, December 14, 2016, Cascadia Weekly, Bellingham, p. 16
Brenna Visser, Artist combines refineries and local art into one theme, August 7, 2016, Skagit Herald, Sunday, Mount Vernon, p. A8
International Mezzotint Festival II, 2014, Artifact Publishing House, Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Art, Ekaterinburg, Russia, p.236
David Francis and Kevin Bell, Across the Divide IV, The New Boondocks, September 19, 2012,Center on Contemporary Art, COCA press, Seattle, p.30-34
International Mezzotint Festival 1, 2011, Artifact Publishing House, Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Art, Ekaterinburg, Russia, p.197
Dori O’Neal, CBC features intense presentation of color, September 24, 2010, Tri-City Herald, Pasco, WA, p.4
Steve Zevitas, Andrew Katz, Natalie Niblack, 2009 Studio Visit Magazine Volume 5, The Open Studio Press, p. 120
Steve Zevitas, Andrew Katz, Natalie Niblack, 2008 Studio Visit Magazine Volume 3, The Open Studio Press, p. 150-151
The 8th Northwest Biennial, Natalie Niblack, 2007, Tacoma Art Museum press, Tacoma, p. 74,75
Alec Clayton, 8th Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, March 2007, Art Access Magazine, p. 11
John Larson, Dolls, Saints inspire scenes of beauty and oddness, April 13, 2006, Tacoma Weekly, Section A, p.1
Alec Clayton, Details, details natalie niblack’s paintings are worth seeing at art on center, April 20-26, 2006, Weekly Volcano, Fort Lewis Ranger, p.11
Staff writer, Shows of Note, July 1, 2005, The Oregonian, Portland, p. 21
Staff writer, Three Northwest artists on display at Gallery One in May, May 20, 2004, The Daily Record, Ellensburg, Wa, p.B2
Larissa Pfeifer, Barbie goes to Bumbershoot, Artists from Skagit Valley and Camano Island are included in show at the Seattle festival, August 29, 2002, Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, p. D1
Jennifer Reidel, Feral Dolls, January 1999, Island View, Vashon Island, p. 5
Steve Reed, Feral Doll show offers glimpse at immortality, January 13, 1999, The Vashon Maury Island Beachcomber, Vashon, WA, p.8
Douglas McLennan, Bodies of Work, April 4, 1996, Tacoma News Tribune, Sound Life section, Tacoma, p.SL3
A. B., Pier Arts Centre, August 25, 1994, The Orcadian, Orkney Islands, Scotland, p. 5
Niblack Paintings Installed, January 22, 1990, NewsRound, University of Washington Health Sciences Center, p.2