A Helene Wurlitzer Foundation fellow and international BP Portrait Award exhibitor, Natalie Voelker creates paintings, drawings, murals, and art installations that investigate complexity and transcendence in seemingly ordinary people. Her painting, “Davetta,” has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London as well as the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh and the Ulster Museum in Belfast, Ireland. Her work has been featured in multiple publications including the anthology, BARED, and the French-English magazine, VolUp. Voelker has produced commissioned works for the Harwood Art Center, 508 Mural Festival, the City of Albuquerque, and various private collections – both nationally and abroad. She has a BFA from the University of Wisconsin and currently lives and works in Albuquerque, NM.
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Solo exhibitions include: New Body, Lapis Room, Albuquerque, NM (2023); Solo, Ricochet Gallery, Albuquerque NM (2021); Fortitude, UNM Valencia Campus Fine Art Gallery, Los Lunas, NM (2020); Fortitude, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM (2018); Idiomatic, 5G Gallery, Albuquerque, NM (2016).
Group exhibitions include: BP Portrait Award Exhibition, Ulster Museum, Belfast, UK (2020); BP Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (2019); BP Portrait Award Exhibition, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, UK (2019);
Residencies include: KHN Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE (2023); Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency Fellowship, Taos, NM (2021).
Public Art includes: Day at Sunport Pool, mural commissioned by City of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM (2020); Reviving the Desert Sunset, site-specific installation/temporary mural commissioned by SOMOS, Albuquerque, NM (2020); Deep Rooted, temporary site-specific installation, commissioned by SOMOS, Albuquerque, NM (2019); Angel of Independence, mural commissioned by La Reforma Brewery, Albuquerque, NM (2019); Perseverance, mural commissioned by 508 Mural Fest, Albuquerque, NM (2017).
Collections include: Bernalillo County, NM; City of Albuquerque, NM; Tamarind Institute, NM; La Familia Clinic, Santa Fe, NM; private collections in the United States, Australia, North Korea, and the United Arab Emirates.