Natalie Perkins draws heavily on her experience as a graphic designer; exploring her femininity and body image, self awareness, repetition, appropriation and the notion of giving using ink, watercolour or acrylic on paper. She creates whimsical yet wistful pieces which incorporate finely detailed line work as well as hand drawn lettering. Building pictures out of intricate clumps of paisleys drawn with a moderate-sized army of pens and pencils, Natalie often spends extensive periods of time on small pieces ignoring tendinitis pain in her wrist and fingers to embellish each with love and affection.

Natalie feels weird writing in the third person and if you can help me become a rich, famous and controversial feminist artist type person I would be really excited.

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Natalie Perkins
Born Brisbane, Australia on 20 December 1980

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Education/ Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts)
1998-2001 Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia

EXHIBITIONS
2009 “Connect Four: Play” Valley Studios, Brisbane, Australia
2009 “Works on Paper and Drawing” KILN Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2009 “The Illustrators” KILN Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2009 “Natalie Perkins” Urban Grind, Brisbane, Australia
2009 “Once Upon” aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010 Tribal Theatre Opening Night, Brisbane, Australia
2010 “Disband” aMBUSH Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2010 Vintage Garage launch, Melbourne, Australia
2010 “This Little Piggy” China Heights, Sydney, Australia
2010 Curvy launch, Nine Lives, Brisbane, Australia
2010 Curvy launch, Mag Nation, Melbourne, Australia
2010 “On The Wall” Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia

PUBLICATIONS
2008 Peppermint Magazine Issue 1
2009 Peppermint Magazine Issue 2-4
2009 Semi Permanent
2009 Everything’s Okay, I Drew This For You (Zine)
2009 Tres Beau Art Zine No 1
2009 Real Magazine 3
2009 Blanket Magazine Issue 16
2009 Forth Thread Issue 1
2009 Hair ‘em, Scare ‘em. Gestalten Art Book.
2009 Blanket Magazine Issue 19
2009 How Magazine February
2010 Peppermint Magazine Issues 5-7
2010 London XL Grrrls Funzine
2010 Semi Permanent
2010 Curvy

COMMISSIONS
2008 Confashional identity illustration, NextNewNetworks.com
2009 Outrageous Swim Textiles, WGSN.com
2009 Mix CD prop illustrations for film, Jucy (directed by Louise Alston)
2009 Promotional artwork for film, The Italian Key (written by Roosa Toivonen)
2010 The Finders Keepers Brisbane Spring/ Summer 2010 poster
2010 Charlie Mayfair, EP design and posters