Natalie Ball was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She has a Bachelor’s degree with a double major in Indigenous, Race & Ethnic Studies & Art from the University of Oregon. She furthered her education in Aotearoa (NZ) at Massey University where she attained her Master’s degree with a focus on Indigenous contemporary art. Ball then relocated to her ancestral Homelands in Southern Oregon/Northern California to raise her three children. In 2018, Natalie earned her M.F.A. degree in Painting & Printmaking at Yale School of Art. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally. She is the recipient of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation’s Oregon Native Arts Fellowship 2021, the Ford Family Foundation’s Hallie Ford Foundation Fellow 2020, the Joan Mitchell Painters & Sculptors Grant 2020, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2019, and the Seattle Art Museum’s Betty Bowen Award 2018. Natalie Ball is now an elected official serving on the Klamath Tribes Tribal Council.
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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