Natalie Voelker, a Helene Wurlitzer Foundation fellow and BP Portrait Award exhibitor, creates paintings and installations that explore the fragility and resilience of human experience. Her work has been shown internationally at the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, and the Ulster Museum in Belfast. Her practice has also been featured in publications including the anthology BARED and the French-English magazine VolUp. She has completed public commissions for the Harwood Art Center, the 508 Mural Festival, and the City of Albuquerque, and her paintings are held in private collections internationally. Natalie earned her BFA from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She now lives and works in the enchanted state of New Mexico with the two loves of her life, including her dog, Xica.

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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: Practice//Portal, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM (2025); Frog’s Leap, Fusion, Albuquerque, NM (2025); Solo, Ricochet Gallery, Albuquerque NM (2021); 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.