Natasha Sweeten was born in Kentucky and grew up there and in rural southern Indiana. Primarily a painter, she also works in other media (occasionally collaborating with other artists), curates shows and writes about art, mostly for Two Coats of Paint. She attended the Cleveland Institute of Art (BFA) and Bard College (MFA), studying painting and sculpture. Her work has been exhibited at Satchel Projects (NYC), Marisa Newman Projects (NYC), BravinLee Programs (NYC), the Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art and Edward Thorp Gallery (NYC). She was awarded a 2006 NYFA Fellowship in Painting, a 2003-04 PS122 Space Program residency and several other artist residencies, including at Yaddo, MacDowell and the Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been reviewed in the New York Times, Art in America and the Hudson Review, among other publications. She lives and works in Germantown, NY.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 • Natasha Sweeten and David McDonald, Satchel Projects, New York, NY
2022 • Let’s Get Lost, BravinLee Programs, Project Room, New York, NY
2021 • Humor Me, Way Out Gallery, Rensselaerville, NY
• What You Missed That Day You Were Absent, Marisa Newman Projects, New York, NY
2006 • Natasha Sweeten: Recent Paintings, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2004 • Call This Home, East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001 • Degrees of Separation: Kelly Chorpening and Natasha Sweeten, CACP Gallery, Cleveland, OH
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024 • Show Me: The beautiful, The Re Institute, Millerton, NY
• 2024 Alumni Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland Institute of Art, curated by Magdalena Moskalewicz, in collaboration with Sam Nichols
2023 • Structure, Art Sales & Research, Clinton Corners, NY
2021 • If Tomorrow Comes, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
• Artists Draw Their Studios, Kleinart James Center for the Arts, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY, invited by Michelle Weinberg
2019 • Ho Hum All Ye Faithful, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
• Your Plus-One, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
• Spring Ambling, DUMBO Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Patty Cateura
2018 • Book Conversations: Part II, LMAK Gallery, New York, NY
• Painting, Not Painting, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Albert Weaver
• Painting in the 21st Century, Site Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, selected by Steven Henry Madoff
• Book Conversations: Part I, LMAK Gallery, New York, NY
2017 • Art from the Boros V, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
2012 • In Plain View, Nuartlink Contemporary, Westport, CT, curated by Vida Geranmayeh
2010 • Geometric Progressions, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
• Unraveling Abstraction, Nuartlink Contemporary, Westport, CT, curated by Vida Geranmayeh
• The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2009 • Gallery Artists Group Show, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2008 • Painters & Sculptors Make Prints, Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL
• Gallery Artists: New Works, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2007 • Painters & Sculptors Make Prints, Edenfred, Madison, WI
2005 • Sextet, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL, curated by Rachel Davis
• Drawn to Cleveland, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, OH, curated by Kenneth Dingwall and John L. Moore
• NY♥LV, Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, curated by Lisa Stefanelli
• Urban Ecologies, Holland Arts Center, Holland, MI, curated by Clay Hensley
2004 • Sub-Folder, exhibition in conjunction with the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Open Studios, New York, NY, curated by Fernando Colon-Gonzalez
• Gallery Group Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
• The East Group, East Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Ron Keyson
• Project Space Artists, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY
• Band of Abstraction, Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Joe Fyfe
• Greetings from Chelsea, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
• Approaches, Gallery 555, Ypsilanti, MI, curated by Clay Hensley
2003 • Twisting and Turning: Abstract Painting Now, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX, curated by Lilly Wei
2002 • Drawings for Peace, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY
2001 • New York: Fantasy Island, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH, curated by Eric Swangstu
• Small Works, New York University, NY, curated by Peter Blum
1999 • Compliments, Educational Alliance Gallery, New York, NY, in collaboration with Jeanne Silverthorne
PROJECTS & TALKS
2025 • Artist talk for IRREGULAr, Project ARTspace, New York, NY
2024 • Curator, IRREgULAR, a group show with Paul Keir, Barbara Weissberger, Christina Tenaglia and Rachel Davis at Project ARTspace, New York, NY
• Curator, The Bigger Picture, a 2-person show with Scott Grodesky and Jenny Williams at Platform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
• Collaboration with Ballman Khapalova, 50/50, a garage cut in half as an homage to and celebration of the 50th anniversary of Gordon Matta-Clark’s Splitting, upstate New York
2023 • Bird Weekend, projection at busy downtown Brooklyn intersection from 15th floor of residential building, over three weekends, video 14min 11 sec (looped)
2022 • Deanna Evans Projects Flat File
2021 • Interview, Artists’ Initiatives - Past, Present and Future, hosted by NYC Art Club on Clubhouse, Adam Simon discusses What You Missed That Day You Were Absent
• Collaboration with Kelly Chorpening, Grand Flag, RADIATE EMPATHY, a flag on Grand Flag’s rooftop in Williamsburg (Brooklyn), NY
2019-present • @theartistinthestudio, ongoing Instagram project focusing on where and how artists are working today
2018 • Curator, A Hundred Paths: The Sketchbook Show, a group show with Wendy Collin Sorin, Jeri Coppola, Eleanor Scott and Rachel Davis, in conjunction with DUMBO Open Studios, NY
2010 • Talk, Unraveling Abstraction: A conversation with four artists in conjunction with Unraveling Abstraction, Nuartlink Gallery, Westport, CT
2012 • Tee shirt, Wide Whorl, image designed for Sequoia Tees artist series, edition 100
2007 • Print, Painters & Sculptors Make Prints, a 10-artist collaboration with printmaker Rachel Davis for portfolio of original, limited edition print
• Talk, Artist/Parent/Career: A Panel Discussion with David Lang, Ron Amstutz and Natasha Sweeten, The Educational Alliance, New York, NY, co-sponsored by Artists & Audience Exchange, a public program of NYFA
2004 • Storefront Project, Natasha Sweeten: A Mini Retrospective, Realform Project Space, Brooklyn, NY, invited by David Gibson
2001 • 2000 Paintings, Wall Space, New York, NY
ART REVIEWS written for Two Coats of Paint
2025 • Jack Whitten: A force for upending, May 9
• Force Field: Myron Stout’s drawings, Feb 14
2024 • Elizabeth Murray’s wildly imaginative, electrified mind, May 25
• Joe Bradley: Merging night and day, April 27
• Robert Moskowit’s visual quartet, April 8
• David Hornung’s whispered secrets, February 24
• The sharp, solitary eye of Sonia Gechtoff, January 28
• The grit of Frank Aurbach, January 5
2023 • Colin Brant’s communion with the inconstant, November 30
• Ann Craven’s wistful nighttime tales, November 15
• Stephen Whisler: Smoke signals, November 6
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2006 • New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting
2000, 2001, 2003, 2005 • Yaddo (Alma B. C. Shapiro Residency, 2001)
2003-04 • PS 122 Project Space Studio Fellowship
2001 • Juror Award, Small Works, NYU, selected by Peter Blum
2000, 2001 • Vermont Studio Center
1997 • MacDowell
1995 • Elaine de Kooning Fellowship
Fall 1991 • Alliance of Independent Colleges of Art (AICA) New York Studio Program
VISITING ARTIST
2024, 2008 • Purchase College School of Design
2001 • Cleveland Institute of Art
1996 • Bard College
EDUCATION
1996 • MFA, Milton Avery School for the Arts, Bard College
1993 • BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art