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Natalia Arbelaez’s work researches undervalued histories, such as, Latin American, Amerindian, and Women of Color. She works with how these identities are lost through conquest, migration, and time, gained through family, culture, exploration, and passed down through tradition, preservation, and genetic memory.
About Natalia Arbelaez
Natalia Arbelaez is a Colombian American artist, born and raised in Miami, Florida to immigrant parents. She received her B.F.A. from Florida International University and her M.F.A. from The Ohio State University, with an Enrichment Fellowship. In 2016-2017 she was a Rittenberg Fellow at Clay Art Center; Port Chester, New York and was awarded the Inaugural Artaxis Fellowship that funded a residency to Watershed in Newcastle, ME. Her work has been exhibited internationally, in museums, galleries, and included in various collections, such as the ICA Instittue of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, The Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada, The Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, and Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY.
She was recognized by NCECA as a 2018 Emerging Artist and was a 2018-19 resident artist at the Ceramics Program at Harvard University where she researched pre-Columbian art and histories. Natalia was an artist in residence at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City where she researched the work of historical and influential women ceramicists of color and continues this research in her practice today.
Natalia Arbelaez CV
EDUCATION
2015
Master of Fine Arts, Ceramics, The Ohio State University
2011
Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Florida International University
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Dickinson College, Goodyear Gallery, Mediums, Natalia Arbelaez
Galerie Wolsen, Natalia Arbelaez & Thomas Mau, Aalborg, Denmark
2021
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Movimiento Cósmica, Miami, FL
2019
Gallery 224, Harvard University, Passages of Absence, Exit Show, Allston, MA
2017
Clay Art Center, Stories of My Histories, Resident Exhibit, Port Chester, NY
2015
Urban Arts Space, Insignificant Grandeur, OSU MFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbus, OH
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
International Ceramic Art Fair, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
2023
Expo Chicago, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mad Museum, Funk You Too, New York, NY
A Space Gallery, Disruption, Toronto, Canada
Richard and Carole Cocks Museum, Miami University, Miami, OH
HAGD Gallery, Collective Inception, Aalborg, Denmark
2022
Untitled Art Fair, Galerie Wolfsen, Miami Art Week, Miami, FL
Frost Art Museum, Cicatrices, Miami, FL
Ruttkowski;68 Gallery, Watch Me Burn, Paris France
Daniel Raphael Gallery, Go Figure, London, UK
Frost Art Musuem, Caricatures, Miami, FL
Albertz Benda Gallery, A Confluence of Coastal Creativity, Los Angeles, CA
The Hole Gallery, Universe 5, Curated by Sasha Bogojev, New York City, NY
Grounds for Sculpture Museum, Fragile Earth, Hamilton, NJ
2021
Arts Westchester, Who Writes History, Curated by Randy Williams, White Plains, NY International Musuem of Arts & Science, Uncovered Spaces, McAllen, TX
Crocker Art Museum, Belonging, Sacramento, CA
Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Disruption, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
NBB Gallery, Paperworks, Berlin, Germany
Wassic Project, Maxon Mills, What Comes Next, Wassiac, NY
Jane Hartsook Gallery, Coil Pot Show, New York, NY
Hashimoto Gallery, Buscando Recuerdos, New York, NY
The Fitchburg Art Museum, Uncovering the Human Condition. Fitchburg, MA
The WCU Fine Art Museum, Contemporary Clay, Cullowhee, NC
Everson Museum of Art, Who What When Where, Syracuse, NY
MAD Museum, Craft Front and Center, New York, NY
The Pit, Run With the Wolves, Los Angeles, CA
Chautauqua Visual Arts, Materials Redefined, Chautauqua, NY
Soil Gallery, Always On, Seattle, WA
Dinner Gallery, Magic Touch, New York, NY
Galerie Wolfsen, Art Herning/ The Lost Booth, Aalborga, Denmark
Northern Clay Center, The Secret Life of Objects, Minneapolis, MA
2020
HUB-Robeson Penn State, Human Expectations, , University Park, PA
Center for Craft, Sleight of Hand, Asheville, NC
UARK Fine Arts Gallery, VOICES FOR CHANGE, Fayetteville, AR
Design Miami/ Basel, Podium: America(s), , Miami, FL
Fitchburg Art Museum, Confronting the Figure: The Arthur Goldberg Collection, Fitchburg,
MA
Instituto Municipal de Ceramica, Simposio Internacional, Buenos Aries, Argentina
2019
Reinberger Gallery, Getting to Know You, Cleveland, OH
Old Frog Pond Farm, Sculpture in the Orchard, Public Art, Harvard, MA
Bethany Arts Complex, Sublime Concepts, Ossining, NY
Veronique Wantz Gallery, You am I, Minneapolis, MN
The Workshop, Flesh for Fantasy, Minneapolis, MN
Copeland Art, Human Nature, Minneapolis, MN
Continental Clay, You Extra, Claytopia NCECA, Minneapolis, MN
2018
Gallery 224, Raise a glass a contemporary response to Harvard Art Museums Animal Shaped
Vessels from the Ancient World, Allston, MA
Sherrie Gallery, Nostalgia, Columbus, OH
Ori Gallery, Inheritance, Portland, OR
District Clay, US emerging voices, Washington, DC
Werkartz, CLAY-DO, Chinatown, LA
Arts Westchester, Triennial, White Plains, NY
Contemporary Craft, Visual Voices Truth Narratives, Pittsburg, PA
NCECA Emerging Artist Exhibition Cross Currents, Pittsburg PA
LAS (Latin American Status) NCECA organized by Natalia Arbelaez,Pittsburg Cultural Trust,
PA
2017
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Rodin and the Contemporary Figurative
Tradition, Grand Rapids, MI
American Museum of Ceramic Art AMOCA, We the People: Serving Notice, Pomona, CA
The Art Center Western Colorado, Contemporary Clay Biennial, Grand Junction, CO
2016
Art Boca Raton, Irreversible Projects, Booth 317, Boca Raton, FL
The Archie Bray Foundation, Beyond the Brickyard, Helena, MT
Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, De La Naturaleza, Columbus, OH
Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Landmark, CAW Showcase, Columbus, OH
400 West Rich, Promenade Gallery, Artist Showcase, Columbus, OH
2015
The Ohio Crafts Museum, Fresh Perspective, Columbus, OH
Brandt-Roberts Galleries, Convergence, Columbus, OH
SELECTED AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2019
A. Eric Arctander Visual Arts Grant, Mahopac, NY
2018
NCECA Emerging Artist Award, Pittsburg, PA
2016-2017
Barbara Rittenberg Fellowship, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2016
Artaxis Fellowship, Funded residency at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle
Jurors Award, Peter Beasecker, Archie Bray Beyond the Brickyard, Helena, MT
2013-2015
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2015
Studio Assistantship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2012-2013
Graduate Enrichment Fellowship Award, The Ohio State University
2009-2011
Scholarship, College of Architecture + The Arts, Visual Arts Scholarship in the Department of Art & Art History, Florida International University
2015
Studio Assistantship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2012-2013
Graduate Enrichment Fellowship Award, The Ohio State University
2009-2011
Scholarship, College of Architecture + The Arts, Visual Arts Scholarship in the
Department of Art & Art History, Florida International University
RESIDENCIES
2023
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Artist in Residence, Pomona, CA
2022
Dickinson College, Sylvia Smith, Artist-In-Residence, Carlisle, PA
Penland School of Craft Winter Residency, Invited Distinguished Fellow, Bakersville, NC
2021
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Artist Residency, Pittsburgh, PA
Wassaic Project, Mini Residency, Wassaic, NY
AMOCA Museum, Invited Artist Residency, Pomona, CA
2020
Women’s Studio Workshop, Studio Workshop Residency, Rosendale, NY
2019-2020
MAD Museum, Artist-in Residence, New York, NY
2018-2019
Office for the Arts at Harvard, Harvard University, Artist-in-Residence, Allston, MA
2018
RBeck and Harris Collaborative, Summer Collaboration Project, Reinbeck, NY
2016-2017
Clay Art Center, Artist-in-Residence Fellow, Port Chester, NY
2016
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME
2015
400 West Rich Artist Center, Artist-in-Residence, Columbus, OH Belden Brick
2013-2015
Company, Summer Artist-in-Residence, Sugarcreek, Ohio
WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
2023
Keynote Speaker, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Visiting Artist, Suny New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Guest Speaker, TuftsUniversity, Medford, MA
2022
Visiting Artist, Maine College of Art & Design, Portland, ME
Visiting Artist, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2021
Visiting Artist, North Seattle College, Seattle, WA
Visiting Artist/ Symposium, UMASS Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA
Visiting Artist/ Workshop, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Visiting Artist/ Workshop, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Visiting Artist/ Workshop, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX
Visiting Artist, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2020
Visiting Artist, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Artist, East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, CA
Visiting Artist, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Visiting Artist, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Visiting Artist/ Workshop, School of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2019
Visiting Artist, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Presenter, College Art Association, NCECA presents Clay, Stories, and Identities, New York, NY
2018
Visiting Artist, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Talk and Installation, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH
2017
Artist Talk, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Rodin and the Contemporary
Figurative
Tradition, Grand Rapids, MI
2016
Visiting Artist, Ohio University Chillicothe, Chillicothe, OH
2015
Artist Talk Studio Assistants, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
SELECT PUBLICATIONS, CITATIONS
2024
Contemporary ceramics takes centre stage at the 2024 International Ceramic Art Fair, The Toronto Star, https://www.thestar.com/sponsored-sections/contemporary-ceramics-takes-centre-stage-at-the-2024-international-ceramic-art-fair/article_45cec8ee-12c2-11ef-8c4d-d77b41b46e99.html
2023
Funk You Too!: Humor and Irreverence in Ceramic Sculpture, Book by Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy
2022
Artsy, Artist-led-organization supporting ceramic artists color https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-artist-led-organization-supporting-ceramic-artists-color
Ceramics Now, https://www.ceramicsnow.org/nataliaarbelaez/
Create Magazine, https://www.createmagazine.com/blog/go-figure-daniel-raphael-gallery
Relatto, https://app.relatto.com/fotografia/uncovered-spaces-arte-e-identidad-en-femenino
2021
Juxtapoz, https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/installation/what-comes-after-a-group-show-the-wassaic-projectwassaic-new-york/
Tales of a Red Clay Rambler, https://www.talesofaredclayrambler.com/episodes/364-natalia-arbelaez-onactivating-ceramics-through-performance
2020
Studio Potter Journal, Disrupting the Canon, Natalia Arbelaez,
https://studiopotter.org/disrupting- canon, Northampton, MA
2019
Balearic infomag, Natalia Arbelaez,
https://infomag.es/2019/09/06/natalia-arbelaez-la-memoria-de- mi-propio-cuerpo/
,Palma, Illes Balears, Spain
American Craft, Passing the Baton, by Yinka Orafidiya, Minneapolis, MN
2018
Maake Magazine, Issue 8, Los Angeles, CA
Esteka Magazine, Natalia Arbelaez Descubriéndose, Santiago, Chile by Amanda Barr
The Washington Post, The American Character, Washington, DC by Mark Jenkins
2017
Hudson Valley Magazine, Celebrating Local Art with 15 of the Valley’s top Artists, Fishkill,
NY
Hi Fructose, Natalia Arbelaez’s Ceramic Figures, by Andy Smith
TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 – Pres
Co-Founder, Organizer, The Color Network, https://www.thecolornetwork.org/
2018 – 2019
Adjunct Professor, Ceramic Advanced Studio and Clay Studio, Sabbatical replacement, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Ceramic Instructor, Sculpture and Historical Ceramics, Harvard University, Ceramics Program, Allston, MA
2016 – 2019
Adjunct Professor, Ceramic Sculpture and Ceramics II, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
2016 – 2018
Ceramics Instructor, Figure, Sculpture, Wheel, The Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2015 – 2016
3D Technician/ Tech Mentor, COSI Center of Science and Industry, Columbus, OH
2013 – 2015
Teacher of Record, Introduction to Low Fire, and High Fire The Ohio State University
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
Girls Club Collection, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Dickinson College, Art & Art History Permanent Collection, Carlisle, PA
ICA Instittue of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
American Musuem of Ceramic Art AMOCA, Pomona, CA
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Museum of Art and Design, MAD, New York, NY
Harvard University, The Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts, Boston, MA
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
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