NATALIE BALL (b. 1980, Oregon)

EDUCATION

2018 | Yale School of Art, M.F.A. Painting & Printmaking

2010 | Massey University, M.A. Māori Visual Arts with Honors

2005 | University of Oregon, B.A. Art & Indigenous, Race & Ethnic Studies

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2022

Eduardo Secci Contemporary | a question of vibrancy/earthly sight. Florence, IT. March

solo | Bortolami Gallery. New York, NY. March

2021

Art Basel Miami | Half Gallery. Miami, FL. November

Sadie Coles HQ | WHAT DO YOU SEE, YOU PEOPLE, GAZING AT ME. London, ENG. Nov - Jan

Oregon Contemporary | Water: NFS. Portland, OR. October - January

solo | Wentrup Gallery | Deer Woman gets enrolled on October 30. 2013. Berlin, Germany. May

Bortolami Gallery | Springweather and people. New York, NY. March

UTA Artist Space | Sites of Memory. Los Angeles, CA. February

2020

solo | Art Basel Miami | Half Gallery. New York, NY. December

Berkeley Art Center | WE HAVE TEETH TOO. Berkeley, CA. October

Blum & Poe | Sympathetic Magic. Los Angeles, CA. September

Wentrup Gallery | Tell me a tale. Berlin, DE. August

2019

solo | Nino Mier Gallery | Mama Bear II. Los Angeles, CA

Almine Rech Gallery | Chorus. Paris, FR

Vancouver Art Gallery | Transits and Returns. Vancouver, BC

solo | EXPO Chicago | Half Gallery. Chicago, IL

solo | Seattle Art Museum | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Snake. Seattle, WA

Gagosian | Domestic Horror. New York, NY

Disjecta Contemporary Art Center | Portland2019 Biennial. Portland, OR

King Street Station | yəhaw̓ ARTS. Seattle, WA

solo | Half Gallery | Bad Lucky Indian. New York, NY

SculptureCenter | In Practice: Other Objects. Queens, NY

2018

Institute of Modern Art (IMA) | The Commute. Brisbane, AU

Museum of Northwest Art (MoNA) | In Red Ink. La Conner, WA

Art Mûr | Conflicting Heroes. Berlin, DE

Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami | Monarchs. Miami, FL

Art Mûr | La Biennale d'art Contemporain Autochtone (BACA). Montréal, QC

LECTURES | SYMPOSIA | RESIDENCIES

Fountainhead Residency | A-i-R. Miami, FL. 2022

Crow’s Shadow Institute of The Arts | A-i-R, Printing. Pendleton, OR. 2022

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation | A-i-R. Captiva Island, FL. 2022

Verbier 3-D Foundation | A-i-R. Verbier, Switzerland. 2022

Native Arts & Cultures Foundation | The Black Indigenous/ Afro-Indigenous Experience. Artist Speaker. Portland, OR. 2021

MICA | Choosing the Present: Indigenous Women Artists on Contemporary Realities. Jaune Quick-to-See Smith & Natalie Ball. Baltimore, MD. 2021

Soul of Nations Foundation | Green Architecture Project, Visiting Artist. New York, NY. 2021

University of Oregon | School of Art & Design, Artist Lecture, Power Objects. Eugene, OR. 2021

Emily Carr University of Art & Design | Artist Lecture. Vancouver, BC. 2021

Center for Native Futures | Mound Summit, Artist Speaker. Chicago, IL. 2021 

Pilchuck Glass School | A-i-R. Stanwood, WA. 2021

Institute of American Indian Arts | Artist Lecture. Santa Fe, NM. 2021

Crow’s Shadow Institute of The Arts | Golden Artist Spot, A-i-R, Printing. Pendleton, OR. 2019

University of British Columbia| Artist Lecture. Kelowna, BC. 2019

Vancouver Art Gallery | Transit and Returns exhibition, Artist Lecture. Vancouver, BC. 2019

Frye Museum | Native American Art History series, Artist Lecture. Seattle, WA. 2018

FELLOWSHIPS | AWARDS | GRANTS | PUBLICATIONS

2021, NIA TERO Foundation, PNW Art Fellowship

2021, The Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Oregon Native Arts Fellowship

2020, PURPLE Fashion Magazine, The Love issue. #34 F/W

2020, Harpo Foundation, Grants for Visual Artists

2020, The Ford Family Foundation, Hallie Ford Foundation Fellow

2020, The Cooper Union School of Art, Ida Applebroog Grant

2020, Oregon Community Foundation, Bonnie Bronson Visual Arts Fellowship

2019, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

2018, Art Matters Foundation, Art Matters Fellowship

2018, Seattle Art Museum, The Betty Bowen Award

2018, Helen W. Winternitz Award for an Outstanding Student, Yale School of Art

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Whitney Museum of American Art. New York. NY

Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA

University of Oregon | Public Art Commission. Eugene, OR

Portland State University, Portland, OR

The Forge Project, New York, NY

Portland Building | Public Art Commission. Portland, OR

Multnomah County Central Courthouse | Public Art Commission. Portland, OR

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR

Meyer Memorial Trust | Commission. Portland, OR

Rubell Museum. Miami, FL

Beth DeWoody. New York, NY

Hallie Ford Museum of Art. Salem, OR

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. Wolfsburg, CH