Natalie Conway (b. 1989, Fayetteville, Arkansas) is a painter and educator living and working in Philadelphia.
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2024: Boston University - Master of Fine Arts, Painting
2014-2016: University of Arkansas - Studies in Studio Art and Art History
2015: Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art
2014, 2015: Mount Gretna School of Art Summer Intensive
2012: University of Arkansas - Bachelor of Arts (Magna Cum Laude), Psychology and Philosophy
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2024: New Talent - Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
2024: Biomes - Curated by Luke Whittaker - Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2024: MFA 2024 Exhibition - Stone Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2023: Touched: Tea Chai Beer & Natalie Conway - Commonwealth Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2023: 1 Silber Way - Boston University, Boston, MA
2023: Surficial Deposits - Curated by Abbi Kenny - Town Hall Gallery, Boston, MA
2023: Millennium Bug - Curated by Julia McGehean - Town Hall Gallery, Boston, MA
2023: View I - Curated by Stephanie Petet - Rough Walls Gallery, Boston, MA
2022: Ex-Boyfriends, Etc. (solo show) - 211 South Contemporary - Bentonville, AR
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2021: Through Dusk: Natalie Conway & Elizabeth Quinn - Mount Sequoyah Center, Fayetteville, AR
2021: Our Art, Our Region, Our Time - Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
2018: Natalie Conway - Stock & Belle, Memphis, TN
2017: Legacy & Lament (solo show) - Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, AR
2016: For the Want Of - Collaboration with Madaline Boone, Elly Golterman, and Kellie Lehr - Anne Kittrell Art Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2016: Running Toward Dreams - Curated by Maryam Amirvaghefi - Negar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran; and sUgAR, Fayetteville, AR
2015: Self-Portraits & Slow Destruction (solo show) - Anne Kittrell Art Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
2015: Possible Worlds - Community Creative Center, Fayetteville, AR
2014: Going Outside (solo show) - Underground Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
2014: Rites & Wrongs - La La Land Gallery, Fayetteville, AR
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2022-2024: Boston University MFA Merit Scholarship
2015: Ellen Battell Stoekel Scholarship - Tuition, room, and board at Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art
2015, 2014: University of Arkansas Department of Art Scholarship Awards
2012: Phi Beta Kappa
2009: University of Arkansas Honors College Study Abroad Grant - Funded studies in Russian language and literature in St. Petersburg
2007: University of Arkansas Honors College Fellowship - Funded tuition, travel, and academic and living expenses over four years
2007: Arkansas Governor’s Distinguished Scholarship
2007: National Merit Scholarship
2007: AP Scholar with Distinction
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2006-present: Freelance tutor for students grades 7-12 - Core subjects, SAT & ACT prep, college essay coaching
Spring 2024: Teaching Assistant - Boston University School of Visual Arts (BU SVA) - Junior Painting, taught by J.M. Howey
Spring 2024: Teaching Assistant - BU SVA - Ink and Pixel: Digital Printmaking, taught by Deborah Cornell
Summer 2023: Workshop Instructor - BU Visual Arts Summer Intensive (residential program for high school students) - Designed and taught “AI as Process” and participated in critiques
Summer 2023: Teaching Assistant - BU SVA - Masters in Art Education Printmaking Studio Intensive, taught by Josh Brennan
Spring 2023: Teaching Assistant - BU SVA - Painting III (Sophomore level), taught by Fox Hysen
Fall 2022-Spring 2023: Graduate Assistant - BU SVA - Technical assistant in Printmaking Studios
2017-2022: Teacher - Fayetteville High School, Fayetteville, AR - Courses: AP Art History, Art History I & II, Adaptive Art (Special Education), Pre-AP Art I, Art I, 2D Design, Advisory
2021: Painting Instructor - Community Creative Center, Fayetteville, AR
2012-2021: Private art instructor
2013-2014: Art Instructor - Life Styles, Inc. - Taught art to adults with disabilities within a non-profit that supports independent living
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2021 - Pendergraft Grant, Fayetteville Public Education Foundation - “From Ephemera to Enduring Images: A Printmaking Journey” - Collaboration with James Kunzelmann - $10,778 for printing presses, 3D printers, and consumable materials for use in the Fayetteville High School Art Department
2021, 2018 - Outstanding Educator of Arkansas Governor’s School Students
2020 - Reese Fellowship, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art - “AbEx in NYC” - Collaboration with Dr. Ashley Grisso - $5,000 award to support research and curriculum development