About Me.
Natasha Martel is a painter by trade. She is currently pursuing her Master's of Fine Arts at NSCAD University with an expected completion date in 2022. She obtained her BFA in Studio Arts at Concordia University in 2016. Natasha and her partner built a studio space in Vankleek Hill, Ontario where she lives and makes paintings. Her work is evidence of a process coming into being. The gestures capture movements caught in time. While simultaneously being performative, there are also conceptual underpinnings concerning ideas of the human condition.
EDUCATION
2022 Masters in Fine Arts NSCAD University Halifax, Nova Scotia
2016 Bachelors in Fine Arts Concordia University Montreal, Quebec
2012 Fine Arts Diploma John Abbott College St. Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
2022 Masters in Fine Arts NSCAD University Halifax, Nova Scotia
2016 Bachelors in Fine Arts Concordia University Montreal, Quebec
2012 Fine Arts Diploma John Abbott College St. Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Minutiae
The Epitome Institute North
Curated by Meg Langhorne
San Antonio, Texas
2017 Applying Patterns
Arbor Gallery
Curated by: Niki Mulder
Vankleek Hill, Ontario
2019 Minutiae
The Epitome Institute North
Curated by Meg Langhorne
San Antonio, Texas
2017 Applying Patterns
Arbor Gallery
Curated by: Niki Mulder
Vankleek Hill, Ontario
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Unpunctuated!
Victoria General
MFA Group Show
Halifax, N.S.
2020 Salon des Refuses
McBride Contemporain
Curated by Benjamin Klein
Montreal, Quebec
2018 Bombay Sapphire Artist Series
Centre Phi
Curated by: Hughes Charbonneau
Montreal, Quebec
2018 Laboratoire Peinture
Galerie Deux Poissons
Curated by: Benjamin Klein
Montreal, Quebec
2018 Interventions:31 Women Painters
McClure Gallery
Curated by: Harold Klunder
Westmont, Quebec
2017 INFORMation, inFORMation, inFORMATION
Le Ranch
Curated by: Randall Anderson
Montreal, Quebec
2016 Apriori: A State of Drawing
VAV Gallery
Curated by: Patrick Traer
Montreal, Quebec
2015 New Art Show and Sale
Stewart Hall Art Gallery
Curated by: Peter Gnass
Pointe-Claire, Quebec
ARTIST TALKS
2021 Speak Easy Noon Talk
Anna Leonowens Art Gallery
Virtual MFA Discussion
Halifax, Nova Scotia
RESIDENCIES
2019 Inaugural Recipient of (2 week residency)
Epitome Institute
Master Artist: Margaret Honeytruffle
San Antonio, Texas
PRESS
https://www.visualartscentre.ca/mcclure-gallery/publications/