BIOGRAPHY Artist Natalie Featherston works exclusively in the centuries old realm of trompe l’oeil, creating dazzling paintings that combine the virtuosity of a Dutch master with a thoroughly modern mind. The Chicago Sun Times has described her work as, “Artful beyond just illusion and trickery, they are truly masterful still lifes made with both craft and wit.” Natalie says, “What inspires me most is the creative voice, whimsy and humor trompe l’oeil allows the artist to express. Unlike portraits or landscape, still life doesn’t simply exist around us. You have to build the stage for the painting, selecting the color and textures. The end result draws the viewer in and connects with them in a meaningful way. This is why I’ve always found trompe l’oeil to be a challenge, and although it may qualify me as a one-trick-pony, I can’t imagine painting anything else.” Natalie discovered her love for painting by accident in the early 1990s after moving from North Carolina to New York City to pursue her master’s degree in music. An accomplished cellist, she has had the honor of performing at Carnegie Hall and across Europe as a soloist and chamber musician. “Although I enjoyed making music, I wanted to do something more creative and unique, something that was altogether mine. I started drawing from the models at the Art Students League and I was hooked.” Classes soon followed at some of New York’s most venerable art institutions: The National Academy of Design, The School of Visual Arts and The Drawing Academy of the Atlantic, culminating in a six-year apprenticeship with Michael Aviano. Ms. Featherston’s paintings have received numerous awards from some of the most distinguished art organizations in the country, including the Art Renewal Center, Richeson 75 International Competition, and the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize. Her paintings have appeared in The Artist’s Magazine, American Art Collector, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, and Create Magazine to name but a few of the publications that have featured her work. In 2021 Natalie was awarded “Best Trompe L’oeil” at the 15th Art Renewal Center Salon, the largest and most prestigious art competition in the world for representational art, and her work was exhibited at Sotheby’s in NYC and the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona. Ms. Featherston is represented by art galleries in major cities across the country, and her paintings are sought after by notable collectors including Danielle Steele, J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Alice Cooper. B. 1971, Raleigh, North Carolina EDUCATION 1995-2001 Michael Aviano, private instruction, New York, NY1993-1995 National Academy of Design, New York, NY1991-1993 Art Students League, New York, NY1985-1991 North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2024 Bad Romance - Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2023 Fake It When You Make It - Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe , NM2022 Beyond Illusion- Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2021 Faux Sho: New Trompe L’oeil Paintings - Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2020 Greatest Hits: The All New Trompe L’oeil Review- Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2019 Crafty B*tch - Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2018 Showcase- Maxwell Alexander, Los Angeles, CA2017 The Art of Story - Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2016 The Art of Thinking Outside the Box -Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe , NM2015 New Works- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2014 Fire Sale! Everything Must Go!- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2013 Deceptions and Illusions, New Trompe L’oeil- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2012 Recent Trompe L’oeil- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2011 New Work- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2010 Still Life Goes On: New Trompe L’oeil- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2009 New Work- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2008 Too Good to be True- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2007 The Best Magic Show Ever- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2006 Trick the Eye, Tempt the Tongue- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2005 Suitable for Framing- Meyer-Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2004 Just Desserts- Portals Gallery, Chicago, IL2003- New Work - Munson-Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2003 New Work- Portals Gallery, Chicago, IL2002 Still Life Goes On- Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2024 Paired- Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC Wild at Heart - Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA Small Works - Richeson 75 International Juried Show, Kimberly, WI 2023 Tight- Gallery 1261, Denver, CO Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH “The Soul of the Sitter” - The Gilbert Stuart Museum, Sanderson, RI2022 Newport Biennial- Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI2021 Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of American Women Artists, National Juried Show with American Women Artists 15th Art Renewal Salon Awards Show - The Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain Honoring - The Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA2020 Contemporary Realism- Cavalier Galleries, NYC Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition- Providence, RI Red Ribbon- Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC Art Renewal Center Awards Show- Rehs Contemporary, New York, NY Still Women Run Deep - Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA2019 Trompe L’oeil Meets Photorealism- The Peto Museum, Island Heights, NJ Art Renewal Center Awards Show- Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA Mondo Tondo- Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA The Perfectionists- Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC Five and Under - Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA Making Her Mark - Meyer Gallery, Park City, Utah2018 Masters of Illusion: The Legacy of John F. Peto- Morven Museum, Princeton, NJ Five and Under- Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA Small Works- Maxwell Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Fool Me Once, Invitational Trompe L’oeil Show- Robert Lange Studios, SC 2016 The Altitude Project- Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK2015 The Lollipop Guild- Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK2015 The Birds- Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa OK2014 Miniature Show- Saks Galleries, Denver, CO2013 Femme Fatale- Saks Galleries, Denver, CO2012 Caution: Wet Paint!- Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa OK2012 Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Scottsdale, AZ2011 Flora and Fauna- Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY2010 American Miniatures- Settler’s West Gallery, Tucson, AZ2009 Trompe L’oeil Invitational- Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2009 Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion2009 Small Works- Arcadia Fine Arts2009 American Miniatures- Settler’s West Gallery, Tucson, AZ2008 Santa Fe Food Fest- Meyer East Gallery, Santa Fe, NM2007 Big Talent, Small Works- Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY American Master’s Invitational- Settler’s West, Tucson AZ 30th Anniversary Show- Leslie Levy Fine Arts, Scottsdale. AZ2006 Small Works- Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY Art LA, Art Miami, Art Boston, Art Philadelphia- Arcadia Fine Arts2005 Small Works Show- Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY Art LA, Art Miami, Art Boston, Art Philadelphia- Arcadia Fine Arts2004 Meyer Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Russeck Gallery, San Francisco, CA2003 Re-Presenting Realism VI- The Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY Trompe L’oeil- Century Gallery, Alexandria VA2002 New Year, New Talent- Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY Images 2002- University of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA2001 Summer Invitational, Arcadia Fine Arts, New York, NY Salmagundi Club, New York, NY Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club, New York, NY2000 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY First Street Gallery NYC1999 Cavalier Gallery, Greenwich CT J&W Fine Arts, New Hope, PA1996 Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York, NY AWARDS 2024 Best In Show - Richeson 75 International Competitions, Small Works 2024 Winner, Publishing Award -Arts To Hearts Project, “100 Emerging Art Works”2023 Best In Show - Art Fluent, International Juried Show Finalist, 16th Art Renewal Center Salon Winner, Create Magazine Publishing Award, Juror: The Jealous Curator First Place, Richeson 75 International Art Competitions, Small Works 20232021 Best Trompe L’oeil - 15th Art Renewal Center Salon Award of Excellence - American Women Artists National Juried Open Finalist, Jackson’s Painting Prize Finalist, Boynes Emerging Artist Award Finalist, Southwest Magazine Artistic Excellence Competition 2020 The Mary Castelnovo Award- Providence Art Club National Open Juried Show2019 Rehs Gallery Award and Finalist, 14th Art Renewal Center Salon2018 Arcadia Contemporary Award and Finalist, 13th Art Renewal Center Salon2001 First Place, Still Life - The Artists Magazine Annual Art Competition2001 President’s Choice Award - Salmagundi Club, New York, NY2001 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club, New York, NY2000 Still Life Finalist - The Artists Magazine Annual Still Life Competition2000 Art Times Award - Salmagundi Club, New York, NY COLLECTIONSMr. Alice CooperMr. Larry Luchino, Co-Owner of the Boston Red SoxMr. J.J. Abrams, Alias Television ProductionsMr. Alex Kurtzman, Universal StudiosMr. Paul FeigMs. Toni MorrisonMs. Danielle SteeleMr. Graydon ParishMr. Jeremy LipkingMr. Logan Maxwell HagegeMr. and Mrs. Robert KrakoffMr. and Mrs. Philip GodelMr. and Mrs. Robert AdorniMr. Alex WilliamsonMs. Noreen Taylor, Director of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Ontario PUBLICATIONS Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Issue #45, June 2024 100 Emerging Artworks- Women’s Edition, Arts to Hearts Project Create Magazine, May 2023 Western Art Collector, June 2021 Fine Art Connoisseur, November 2020 American Art Collector, November 2020 Forbes Magazine, September 2020 Southwest Art Magazine, October 2018 Western Art Collector Magazine, October 2018 Boston Voyager Magazine, June 2018 Fine Art Connoisseur, March 2019 Southwest Art Magazine, April 2020 Focus Magazine, September 2007 Santa Fean Magazine, September 2007 Art Talk Magazine, March 2007 Southwest Art Magazine, January 2007 American Art Collector, May 2006 Santa Fean Magazine, September 2005 The New Mexican MagazinePasa-Tiempo, September 16-22, 2005 The Artists Magazine, December 2001