About

Nat is a visual artist whose work explores migration, matriarchy, myth, and memory.

Nat is a visual artist whose work explores migration, matriarchy, myth, and memory. She’s been a finalist in the 2023 Lester Prize, Town of Claremont and City of Belmont Art Awards (2021), and the South Perth Emerging Artist Award (2019). She won the City of Canning Resident Art Award and City of Gosnells Works on Paper Award in 2022, as well as the Atwell Youth Award in 2010.

Nat presented two solo exhibitions and exhibited in 15 group shows, including at the University of Canberra (2022), the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Moores Building Contemporary Art, Artsource, Nysiztor Studio, Council House, No More Blank Walls Street Art Festival (2021), and the Art Space Collective. Her work has been featured in CONTINUUM Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Conference program, and Hello Keanu! Publication, and is held in private collections across Western Australia.

Nat is also an advocate for activism in the arts and has produced fundraising exhibitions for social and environmental causes, including Bukjeh Hakaya of Home (2025), Burma Aid at Paper Mountain (2021) and Phoenix Bushfire Relief at YMCA Gallery (2020). She has contributed to the arts community through roles with Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Regional Arts WA, and Paper Mountain Gallery.

Photography by Sammi Hall

Curriculum Vitae

SOLO EXHIBITION
2026 | A Bag of Rice for a Saturday Child, Zig Zag Gallery Kalamunda
2021 | SHADOW, Paper Mountain Gallery
2015 | SOULED, Uncharted Collective

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 | Small Works, WA Portrait Artists, Inglewood Arts Hub
2025 | Annual SAVA Exhibition, Monster Gallery Leederville
2025 | WA Portrait Artists Annual Exhibition, Perth Council House
2024 | Victoria Park Portrait Prize, Kent Street Art Gallery
2023 | ROOK Fest – Town of Victoria Park Art Season, ROOK ARI
2023 | The Lester Prize, The Art Gallery of Western Australia
2023 | All-the-Rage, The Naval Store
2023 | This Is Family, Moores Building of Contemporary Art
2022 | Threshold, Nysiztor Studio
2022 | Safe Spaces, ANU BIPOC Department, University of Canberra
2022 | No More Blank Walls Group Exhibition, Mount Lawley
2021 | Members Exhibition, Paper Mountain
2021 | Curated Burma Aid Group Exhibition, Paper Mountain Gallery Perth,
2020 | Group Exhibition, Artsource Fremantle (Walyalup)
2020 | Pheonix Bushfire Relief YMCA Gallery, Leederville
2019 | South Perth Emerging Artists Award

WORKSHOPS & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2025 | Myths and Self Portraits Workshop Series | Ellenbrook Arts Centre
2024 | Exhibition Pride Month, Victoria Park Library
2024 | Tattoo Saloon X Moon Hangs Youth Workshop, Propel Arts
2024 | Special Art Incursion, John XII College
2023 | Lester Prize Finalist Workshops, Art Gallery of Western Australia
2023 | Heraldic Migration Liberation Acts, Town of Victoria Park Arts Grant
2022-3 | Studio Artist, ROOK ARI
2021 | Drawing Workshop Series, Paper Mountain
2019 | 6 Week Drawing Workshop to Special Art Students, Butler College
2020-21 | Studio Artist, Paper Mountain

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
2023 – Present | Equity Project Officer, Regional Arts WA
2021 – 2023 | Visitor Experience Officer, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia
2023-4 | Project Assistant Project Elevation Youth Exhibition, YACWA & Mental Health Commission
2020 – 2021 | Co-Director (Marketing) at Paper Mountain, Northbridge Whadjuk Boodja
2017 | Art Assistant at Ashfield Studios, Bassendean Whadjuk Boodja
2014 | Art Department Officer at Streeters London, United Kingdom
2013 | Studio Assistant at Equinox Photography Studio, Whadjuk Boodja

MURALS
2024 | Batavia Corner, Town of Victoria Park Place Grant
2020 | Vill Rock Project, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2020 | City of Melville PHAZE art program, Whadjuk Boodja
2019 | Bullcreek Skate Park, City of Melville PHAZE art program, Whadjuk Boodja
2013 | Thornlie Primary School

PUBLICATIONS
2024 | Hello Keanu – A Poetry Anthology, Momolo Books
2023 | Cover Artwork, Continuum 37(3), Journal of Media & Cultural Studies
2023| Cover Artwork, Continuum 37(6), Journal of Media & Cultural Studies
2023 | Cover Artwork, Cultural Studies Association of Australasia 30^th Anniversary Conference at RMIT University
2022 | City of Canning Art Awards Media Release
2020 | Pheonix Bushfire Relief Flyer & Catalogue
2020 | Artsource Open Studio Catalogue
2020 | Artsource Mentorship Sundowner Editorial
2019 | South Perth Emerging Artist Catalogue

MEMBERSHIP & BOARDS
2024 – Present Member of WA Portrait Artists
2024 – 2025 Board of Director at Mundaring Arts Centre
2022 – Present | Member of ARTSOURCE