Natalie Conway (b. 1989, Fayetteville, Arkansas) is a painter and educator living and working in Philadelphia.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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