Natalie Scholtz is a painter and drawer who pulls on her personal-political narrative, rooted in the settler-state of Western Australia. Raised by immigrant parents of Persian and South African heritage, Natalie’s art delves into the intricate realm of the in-between, where faces blend and the boundary between subject and object blurs.
Working primarily with mixed media on canvas, paper and board, she navigates the ever-shifting landscape of race, gender, humanity and non-human entities. Her creations capture the messy, fleshy intricacies that lie within the fluid constructs of identity. She aims not to paint a single truth or reality, but to drift somewhere in-between dreams, cultures and emotional states of being.
Outside her artistic practice, Natalie works as a tutor, mentor, facilitator, community artist and creative producer in the community arts and culture sector.
Word credit - Jessyca Hutchens and Sam Leung
Solo Exhibitions
2021 - Skin in the Game ii, Painted Tree Gallery - Northcliffe WA
2020 - Skin in the Game, PS Art Space Gallery - Fremantle WA
2017 - Me in Rainbows, Cult - Wellington, New Zealand
2017 - Study of the Equid, Alif Riad - Fes Morocco
Selected Exhibitions
2024 - Perth Festival- Jintulu (People of the Sun) – Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery WA
2023 - Hee Haw - Lawson Flats WA
2023 - The Lester Prize 2023, Art Gallery WA
2023 - Past Their Flesh, PS Art Space Gallery - Fremantle WA
2022 - Melville Art Awards 2022, Wireless Hill Museum - Ardross WA
2022 - Cossack Art Awards - Karratha WA
2022 - Holding Self, Percy Flint - Fremantle WA
2021 - Minnawarra Art Awards - Perth WA
2020 - SHAC Incubate - Fremantle WA
2019 - City of Bayswater Art Award - Perth WA
2017 - City of Stirling Art Awards - Perth WA
2017 - Kill Your Darlings, Potoki Paterson Gallery - New Zealand
2016 - Dark Arts Candid Arts Trust - London, England
2015 - Imago Mundi Collection - Milan Italy
2015 - First Look Exhibition, Buratti Gallery - Perth WA
2015 - Remember All My Universes, Moores Gallery - Fremantle WA
2014 - Fringe Dwellers Labyrinth, Fringe Festival - Perth WA
2014 - Lawley Art Auction - Perth WA
2014 - Body Right Exhibition - Perth WA
2013 - Ritratti di Nudi Exhibition, La Macina - Chianti Italy
2013 - Naked Floral Collaborative, Short Street Gallery - Broome WA
2013 - Up Late in Mt Hawthorn - Perth WA
2013 - Occupy Pop Up Gallery - Perth WA
Artist in Residency & Awards + Finalists
2023 - Finalist - The Lester Prize 2023, Art Gallery WA
2022 - Finalist - Melville Art Awards 2022, Melville WA
2022 - Winner Open Theme Category - Cossack Art Award 2022, Cossack WA
2022 - Finalist - City of Gosnells Art Awards 2022, Perth WA
2021 - Finalist - Minnawarra Art Awards 2021, Perth WA
2019 - Finalist - City of Bayswater Art Award 2019, Perth WA
2017 - Finalist - City of Stirling Art Awards 2017, Perth WA
2017 - Artist in Residence - American Fondouk, Fes Morocco
2016 - Artist in Residence - BigCi Residency, Blue Mountains NSW
2013 - Artist in Residence - La Macina de San Cresci, Tuscany Italy
Education
2006 - Honors Anthropology, University of Western Australia
2004 - Bachelor of Arts, University of Western Australia