Natasha Bowdoin is currently an artist in residence at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts' Core Program. Bowdoin received her MFA from Tyler School of Art in 2007, a BA in Painting and Classics from Brandeis University and also a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from Brandeis.


EDUCATION
2007
M.F.A Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA and Rome, Italy
2004-2005
Post Baccalaureate Certificate Program, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2003
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. Double major in Painting and Classics. Magna cum laude.
2002
Concentration in Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London, England

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008
Panta Rei, Extraspazio Gallery, Rome, Italy
Myths and Fables, Julie Chae Gallery, Boston, MA
2007
Signs, An MFA Thesis Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Toil and Trouble, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX (upcoming)
2009 Core Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Houston Museum of Fine Arts (catalogue)
Rich Text, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Paper[space], Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Recipients Show, Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY (catalogue)
2007
The Fluid Field: Abstraction and Reference, Tyler Gallery, Elkins Park, PA. Curated by Dona Nelson (catalogue).
VOXXOXO, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Kirby Gookin and Sheryl Conkleton.
MFA Biennial, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2006
Seven in a Box, Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy, Curated by Cecilia Canziani
Ignite Annual, Artworks Gallery, Trenton, NJ
Summer Exhibition, Dead Cat Gallery, Providence, RI
Works on Paper, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA. Curated by Cornelia Butler.
2005
Painting Here, Doran Gallery, Mass College of Art, Boston, MA
Boston Annual Juried Printmaking Show, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA

AWARDS/HONORS/RESIDENCIES
2008
The Core Program Residency, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2007
Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Recipient
2006
Project Completion Grant Recipient, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
2004
Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts Grant Recipient, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2003
Louis P. Rabinovitz Award for Excellence in Fine Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

ARCHIVES/COLLECTIONS
2008
Carlo Berardi Collection, London, England
2007
The Drawing Center, Curated Online Viewing Program, New York, NY
1:1 Projects, Curated Artist Archive, Rome, Italy
Cristian Stanescu, Private Collection, Rome, Italy
Pia Candinas, Capalbio Scalo, Italy
2006
Artists Space, Irving Sandler Online Slide Registry, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
Rosof, Libby, "Slice, Dice and Fold -- Art Alliance, Pageant and Fleisher-Ollman," FallonandRosof.blogspot.com, July 2008
Newhall, Edith, "Exhibit is works of, not on, paper," The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 2008
New American Paintings, No. 75 Mid-Atlantic Issue, 2008
2007
Nelson, Dona. “The Fluid Field: Abstraction and Reference,” Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Oct. 2007.
Fallon, Roberta. “Energy of the Fluid Field,” Artblog, Oct. 2007.
Fallon, Roberta. “Hair Force,” Philadelphia Weekly Online, July 2007.