Knee Deep

Elemental Outpost
June 2022
Knee Deep is an immersion into the turbulent deconstruction and reformation experienced by the artist while living in Moorang-Moobar Country in the Northern Rivers during the 2022 floods. These surreal dreamscapes from the mountain offer a window into the intensity and liminality of that time. When all that seemed solid became liquified, the seams were torn open, dissolving the illusion of stability and revealing the precipice from which humans are hanging at this moment.'

Prose, Belonging, Vision, Holdfast, Foothold, Untethered 2021
Timber, plywood, nails & paint
Solo Show

Passage

BSA Project Space Annexe
Oct 2021
Passage is a small collection of assembled works by Natalie Wilkin created on Widjabul Wia-bul Country in the Bundjalung Nation. These small gestures are part of Natalie's broader investigations into themes of transition, decomposition, de-colonialism and belonging. The materials used to create this body of work come from offcuts collected in her Dads shed over the last 20+ years. The pieces are remnants of many family projects. When reassembled, they become potent markers for the passage of time we go through together.

Mud Material Study No.1 & No.2 2021
Mud, Hemp, oil paint, & pva on timber

Group Show with Cedar Jeffs / Diane Kelly / Natalie Wilkin / Bell Raine / Julia Stockhausen / Lisa Arronis / Tanja Taljaard / Pru Bleasdale / Josephine Ehlers / Gabrielle O'Neill / Sabine Pick / Casey Arnaud / Sandra McKenny

Loose Ends

BSA Project Space Annexe
Sept 2021 - Oct 2021
Alumni Group Show

loose end
1 : something left hanging loose
2 : a fragment of unfinished business

Lifeline, 2019
Wool, linen, & calico naturally dyed with Eucalyptus bark, onion skin and bracken fern.

Group Show with Vincent Castro / Jorge Colombo / Mark Dion / Joy Feasley / Hope Ginsburg / Norberto Gomez / Heather Greene / Jeffrey Jenkins / Alex A. Jones / Cameron Klavsen / Abby Lutz / Kristyna Milde / Marek Milde / J Morgan Puett / Rebecca Purcell / Ryan Rennie / Alexander Rosenberg /Alex Schechter / Matthew Solomon / Paul Swenbeck  / VIROSA / Allison Ward / Natalie Wilkin / Amy Yoes

Science Fictional Thinking

Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
This show asks how science fiction can be a tool for artists to anticipate meaningful notions of the future. Sci-fi is not simply a genre, but a vehicle for expressing collective dreams and fears about our ever-changing world. Nor are the aesthetics of sci-fi limited to the space age, for we do not seem destined for a future of technological salvation. The varied works in this exhibition are therefore grounded in trans-historical thinking. They are imaginative leaps, speculative propositions, compromises, and even fantasies. The curatorial premise of their grouping is this: 

Gatekeepers 2019
B/W Giclee print on Bamboo archival paper. 22 3/8" x 10"- Displayed with Mark Dion collection

Group show with Barbara Botting / David Brooks / Jorge Colombo / Barbara de Vries / Mark Dion / Hope Ginsburg / Dennis Gordon / Gary Graham / Brooke Grant / Heather Greene / Amanda Heidel / Aaron Hicklin / Jeffrey Jenkins / Alex Jones / Cameron Klavsen / Abby Lutz / Pam Mayer / Kristyna Milde / Marek Milde / Rebecca Purcell / Garnett Puett / J. Morgan Puett / Joshua Quarles / Gina Siepel / Laura Silverman / Allison Smith / Matthew Solomon / Caroline Wallner / Allison Ward / Paul Ward / Natalie Wilkin / Amy Yoes / Mary Lou Zelazny / Jim Zivic / and others swarming the topic

Factory

April - July 2019
Factory is a show hearkening to earliest sites of production – the household –  evolving into what we understand as the industrial revolution; on to the rapid evaporations of a technological 21st-century. Here, artists are factories, as if coming full circle. Creative workers and thinkers tell stories, weave histories, sport reflections, make demonstrations, share collections, manufacture clothing and hold events throughout the spring exhibition.

Walk Within 2018
Applique felt, digitally printed patch, studs and talismans onto vintage army jumper

Group show with David Brooks / Jorge Colombo / Barbara de Vries / Mark Dion / Hope Ginsburg / Gary Graham / Brooke Grant / Jeffrey Jenkins / Alex A. Jones / Cameron Klavsen / Leigh Claire La Berge / Abby Lutz / Kristyna & Marek Milde / J. Morgan Puett / Rebecca Purcell / Gina Siepel / Shelley Spector / Allison Smith / Caroline Wallner / Allison Ward / Natalie Wilkin / Caroline Woolard / Amy Yoes //

Encampment

October 2018 - February 2019

Encampment, A Guide to the Field's inaugural exhibition, was an installation collection of conceptual products that offer expanded possibilities of comfort, camping, modern life, and shifting notions of home in an ever-migratory society. From stained linen textiles to recycled soaps, from she-wolf tables to U&I wall-and-ceiling systems, visitors to the project gallery were offered materials and ideas to enhance domestic activities of resting, cooking, cleaning, and playing-being.

For Anthropocalypse

January 2018
The very first Poetic Vesture was made for my dear friend Stef. She is an incredible artist who is deeply passionate about climate change.
You can view Stefs work here and follow her on instagram here.
These images were shot on location at Stefs shack, styling was done by Stef.

Ambassador of Trans historical Agency 2014 -present

Creative and collaborative role at Mildred’s Lane.
MILDRED’S LANE is a rustic, 96-acre site deep in the woods. It is an ongoing collaboration between J. Morgan Puett, Mark Dion, their son Grey Rabbit Puett, and their friends and colleagues. It is a home and an experiment in living.
First image by Jeffrey Jenkins + B&W images by Jorge Colombo

THE LABOR PORTRAITS 2014

The Labor Portraits of Mildred's Lane in collaboration with J Morgan Puett, Rebecca Purcell, Jeffrey Jenkins and Mildreds Lane Fellows, 2014.

HumanUfactorY(ng) Workstyles 2014

HumanUfactorY(ng) Workstyles: The Motion Journals of Excerpts from the User’s Guide to Mildred’s Lane. A costume drama of the everyday, 2014. Collaborating with J Morgan Puett and Mildreds Lane Fellows. As part of A lived Practice School of the Arts Institute Chicago.

The Alchemist Shack 2012

A three week creative fellowship at Mildreds Lane exploring the trope of the Ghost story, along with lots of Alchemist shack building craziness. The resulting work included Tintype Spirit photography, Work Styles Chart, and the Taxonomy of a ghost story. It was all exhibited at MoMA in NYC as part of the Common Senses exhibition.

This project was born from a vacant space and a group of women looking to experience communal making and gathering. What emerged was a Pop Up open studio situated in Lismore NSW. Together we explored collective women’s spaces and the expression of community focused making. People were invited in to engage with us and with the process of creative engagement.