Artist Biography
Natalie H. Reed’s practice is an investigation into one’s pining for the alter ego through documentation, appropriation and ritual. Her work incorporates the use of various materials in creating large-scale sculptures that demand agency.
Natalie’s studies and research have led her to investigate theories of the spectacle, object relation, absence and melancholy, with the outcome being perpetually unresolved due to the nature of identity. Her practice consists of modes of spatial theatricality and identity production while taking on a sense of pathos.
In 2024, Natalie obtained a Master of Contemporary Art at the Victorian College of the Arts. In 2021, she completed a Graduate Certificate of Public Art at Monash University. Before this, in 2010, she acquired a Bachelor of Fine Art Honours at Victorian College of the Arts, graduating with first class honours. She has received various awards, which include the National Gallery of Victoria Trustee Scholarship, the Substation Award, the National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Award, the Victoria Harbour Young Artist Initiative and the Contempora Initiative. As well as the Cranbourne Scholarship in Visual Art and Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship.
Artist Curriculum Vitae
Education
2024: Master of Contemporary Art, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2021: Graduate Certificate of Public Art, Monash University, Caulfield
2010: Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (first class), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2009: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture & Spatial Practice, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2005: Diploma of Arts (Visual Arts) Swinburne University of Technology, Sculpture Major
Selected Exhibitions
2025: No Vacancy Annuel, No Vacancy, Melbourne
2025: Linden Postcards Show, Linden New Art, St Kilda
2025: Fifty Squares Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy
2025: Emerging Art Beat, Le Grange Gallery, Docklands
2025: Incognito Art Show, Sydney
2024: From Where I Stand, Artspace VCA, Melbourne
2024: Partial Vision, Kingston Arts Centre, Moorabbin
2023: Double Denim, Artspace VCA, Melbourne
2013: The Projects Group Show, The Projects, Belgrave
2011: Future Now, Substation, Newport
2010: School of Art Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2010: Marquee Sign, Window99, Brunswick
2010: Festoon Door, Student Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2009: School of Art Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2009: Rising, Victoria Harbour Young Artist Initiative, Docklands
2009: Sand Cubes, School of Art Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
2008: Contempora, Victoria Harbour Young Artist Initiative, Docklands
2007: Wrapped, Brunswick Art Space, Brunswick
Awards
2024: Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship
2023: Cranbourne Scholarship in Visual Art
2010: National Gallery of Victoria Trustee Scholarship
2010: Substation Award
2009: National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Award
Publications
2012: Rising, Victoria Harbour Young Artist Initiative
2011: Williamstown Local Newspaper
2011: Future Now Catalogue
2010: The End, Personal Publication
2009: Festoon, Personal Publication
2008: To Heap, Group Catalogue
2008: Mound, Personal Publication
2007: The Body, Personal Publication
Documentation
2022: Benjamin Woods, PhD show ‘Engaging the Interval’ MADA, Monash University
2010: Bianca Hester, ‘Please leave these windows open overnight to enable the fans to draw in cool air during the early hours of the morning’, ACCA