Education & Residencies
| 2004 | Affiliate Artist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Saulsalito, CA |
| 1994 | Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT |
| 1993 | B.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
Solo Exhibitions
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| 2009 | Dewdrop Cloud Machine, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL |
| 2008 | Dewdrop Redux, Art Gallery @ Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA And Further the Dewdrop Falls, Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL |
| 2007 | Lost in Space, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, CA |
| 2006 | Into the Silver See-Through, Bank, Los Angeles, CA fern space blast, Sonoma County Museum (curator Gay Dawson), Santa Rosa, CA white white mayday in mustard and gold, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 2003 | Fault Lines, Windhover Center for the Arts, Fond du Lac, WI Linkage: An Installation by Chris Natrop, Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2001 | New Work, Bay Area Center for the Consolidated Arts, Berkeley, CA |
| 1996 | I Dream of Genies, Place Pigalle Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2010 | Salon No. 4, Works 092 - 140, Marine Art Salon, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2009 | Pandemic Show, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA ∞, (curator Andrew Schoulz) Scion Installation Space, Culver City, CA Under the Knife, (curator Sinéad Finnert-Pyne) The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA UpCycling: Recuperating Past Lives, A+D Museum, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2008 | CUT: Makings of Removal, (curator Karen Rapp) Vincent Price Art Museum, East Los Angeles College Party Favors, (curator Holly Myers) Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA Raw Boundaries, KN Gallery, Chicago, IL Holland Paper Bienniale 2008, Museum Rijswijk/Coda Apeldoorn, The Netherlands |
| 2007 | Around the Pool, (curator Terri Lindbloom) Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL Drawn Out, (curator Pam Posey) Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA Behind Crossed Doors, (curator Jeffery Mohr) Tahoe Gallery, Sierra Neveda Collage, Incline Village, NV Laced in History, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboyben, WI |
| 2006 | Pause (curator Rebecca Miller), Blackbird Space, Miami, FL PAPER: First anniversary group exhibition, Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago, IL First Annual Group Show, Taylor De Cordoba, Culver City, CA Inner Spaces / Outer Limits (curator Greg Klassan), Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI Drawing Group Show (curator Brian Mullman), Mor York Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2005 | Interjacent (curator Gioj DeMarco), I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Excavating Realities: Darlene Charneco and Chris Natrop (curator Jennifer Jankauskas), MAAS Projects, (annex of Mixture Contemporary), Houston, TX Cross Pollination (curator Gay Dawson), Santa Rosa Musuem of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA |
| 2004 | BIG, Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA ouroboros, Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA Happy Art for a Sad World (curator Hélianthe Bourdeaux-Maurin), Spike Gallery, New York, NY ecotopia (curator Reed Anderson), LUMP gallery, Raleigh, NC Close Calls: 2004, Headlands Center for Arts, Marin Headlands, CA |
| 2003 | Placebo, The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA PERF, Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany Visuri Bucati 2, Museul de Arte, Brosav, Romania New American Artists, Galleria Ruggieri, Genoa, Italy X-Zincografia-Open Space, Venice, Italy Split Dreams, 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY Visuri Bucati, Romanian Literature Museum, Bucarest, Romania VERNLAND, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA |
| 2002 | Order Bipolar, Melting Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA Small Spaces/Big Theory, UrbanLab Gallery, Chicago, IL ReOrganica: An Evolving Exhibition, Soap Box Gallery, Venice, CA Centering: Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Sacred Art, SMOVA, Santa Rosa, CA New Work from Five American Artists, Arte Contemporanea Genova, Genoa, Italy |
| 2001 | Re: Duchamp Project, Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey Art for America, Clos Pegase Winery, Calistoga, CA Landscape Group Show, BACCA 1010, Berkeley, CA Images and Icons, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA |
Art Fairs
| 2009 | Aqua Miami with Taylor De Cordoba |
| 2008 | Pulse Miami with Bank (designed and autographed 300 VIP Pulse Miami tote bags) Pulse New York with Bank |
| 2007 | Impulse (featured artist/solo installation) Pulse New York with Bank (winner of “Pulse Prize”) artLA, Santa Monica with Skestos Gabriele Gallery |
| 2006 | Aqua Miami Beach with Bank |
| 2005 | Aqua Miami Beach with Bank -scope New York (featured artist) with YOO Projects |
| 2004 | -scope Miami Beach with YOO Projects -scope Los Angeles with YOO Projects -scope New York with YOO Projects |
Press
| 2010 | Peter Frank. Blague d’Art: LA Galleray Array in May. Huffington Post. May 2010. Shana Nys Dambrot. Chris Natrop: myopic spring tangle. Flavorpill. Apr. 2010. |
| 2009 | Edy Pickens. Review: Scio: Infinity. dailyserving.com. Oct 2009. Fariyal Billah. Paper cutting takes a lead role in CUT: Makings of Removal Exhibition. The Breeze. Oct 2009. Sara Marie Miller. Graphic Impression: Journal of the Southern Graphics Council. Dewdrop Reflex: Interview Artist, Chris Natrop. Winter/Spring 2009 Scarlet Cheng. Review: Under the Knife. THE: LA’s Monthly Magazine for the Arts. Aug 2009 Frances Anderton. “Waste Not, Want Not.” (radio interview) Design And Architecture. WCRW radio. Los Angeles, CA |
| 2008 | Annie Wharton. Cut: Makings of Removal. THE: LA’s Monthly Magazine for the Arts. Nov 2008 p. 44 Scarlet Cheng. The joy of paper work. Los Angeles Times. Oct 26, 2008 Shana Nys Dambrot. CUT: Makings of Removal. Flavorpill. Sep. 2008 ____. MOCA Presents Paper Cuts: Contemporary Drawing At MOCA, artdaily.org, Aug. 9, 2008. Shana Nys Dambrot. Rules Help Control the Fun. Flavorpill. Jul. 2008 Elaine Lee. Paper Works. d+a magazine. Issue 042. 2008. pg. 58 Kendra Dority. Goodbye Realism, Hello Abstraction. The Occidental Weekly. Feb.12, 2008. Emma Gray. L.A. Confidential. Artnet.com. Jan. 2008 ____. Recommended Exhibitions. Art Scene Los Angeles. Feb. 2008. ____. Saatchi Gallery Magazine. Top 10 Shows In Los Angeles This Month. Jan. 14, 2008. |
| 2007 | New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition. (juror: Alma Ruiz, curator MOCA LA) Dec 2007. |
| 2006 | Holly Myers. Works’ energy is just so L.A. (review). Los Angeles Times. Dec. 8, 2006. Caryn Coleman. Interview: Chris Natrop. art.blogging.la. Nov. 1, 2006. ____. Recommended Exhibitions. Art Scene Los Angles. Dec. 2006. ____. Flavorpill Los Angeles. Oct. 31, 2006. ____. Flavorpill Chicago. Jul. 18, 2006 |
| 2005 | ____. The Ultimate Basel Blog, MIAMI HEAT: INSIDE THE FAIR. Artinfo. Dec. 4, 2005. New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition. Dec 2005. (juror: Connie Butler, MOCA LA) pgs. 3, 106-109 Shana Nys Dambrot. Chris Natrop (review). Tema Celeste. No. 110 Jul-Aug 2005. pgs. 74-75 Stephanie Cash and David Ebony. “Front Page: SCOPE”. Art in America. May 2005. p. 53 Rebecca Epstein. “Paper and Profound”. LA CITYBEAT. Apr. 28, 2005. p. 54 ____. Flavorpill LA. Apr. 27, 2005. |
| 2004 | Melissa Goldstein. “Chris Natrop’s Material World”. 7x7 Magazine. Apr. 1, 2005. pgs. 15, 35 Lise Sarfati. “Across a Crowded Room” (uncredited photograph). New York Magazine. Aug. 23, 2004. p. 115 ____. “Happy Art for a Sad World” (review). The New Yorker Magazine. Jul. 26, 2004. p. 16 “By Hand” Spark. PBS KQED Channel 9. San Francisco. Orig. air date: Jul. 14, 2004 Kenneth Baker. “Art Notes: More “Close Calls” at Headlands.” San Francisco Chronicle, Datebook. Jan. 20, 2004: p. D1 |
| 2003 | Jamey Hecht. “Natrop: Drawing with a Knife.” NY Arts Magazine. Nov. 2003: p. 33 Lee Reinsch. “Abstract exhibit examines nature’s bizarre qualities.” Fond du Lac Reporter. Jul. 22, 2003 Andrea Hansen. “Artist Chris Natrop Exhibits Work.” The Mayville News. Jul. 20, 2003 Luiza Barcam. “Visuri Bucati: Vern Exhibition in Romania.” ArtMargins: Contemporary Central and Eastern European Visual Culture. June 10, 2003. Patrick Sullivan. “Infinite Views.” artMuse Sonoma Museum of Visual Art Quarterly Magazine. Feb. 2003 Gretchen Giles. “Fifteen to One: SMOVA exhibit raises the stakes.” North Bay Bohemian. Jan. 9, 2003 |
| 2001 | Daniel Rothbart. “North Berkeley: A Hot Bed Still.” NY Arts Magazine. Nov. 2001: pp. 12-13 |
Catalogues, Essays & Monographs
| 2009 | Andrés Fredes. Handmade 3D. Barcelona: Index Books. 2009. pp. 78-85 (monograph) Paul Sloman (editor) PAPER: Tear Fold Rip Crease Cut. London: Black Dog Publishing. 2009. pp. 92-95 (monograph) |
| 2008 | Chris Natrop, My Dewdrop Complex 2008, Pub. Lulu Press, Dec. 2008, 1st ed. Paper Cuts: Contemporary Works on Paper, (museum brochure) MOCA Jacksonville (brochure) Uitgeverij Compres bv, Leiden NL. Pure Paper (exhibition catalogue) Foundation Holland Paper Biënnale, Rijwijk NL |
| 2007 | Around the Pool, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (catalog) Carrie Paterson, Drawing Is A Verb, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman U., Orange, CA (brochure) |
| 2006 | Chris Natrop, Selected Projects 2006, Pub. Lulu Press, Dec. 2006, 1st ed. (catalog) |
| 2005 | Chris Natrop: Intricacies of Perception, Work 2003-2005, Pub. Lulu Press, Nov. 2005, 1st ed. (catalog) Susan Joyce, Tripping The Light Fantastic, Nov 7, 2005 (catalogue essay) |
Special Projects & Events
| 2009 | Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2008 | Designed and Autographed VIP Tote Bag for Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL |
| 2007 | Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Taste, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Live Auction |
| 2006 | Venice Family Clinic Art Auction, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2005 | Arctic Landscape (curator Miguel Nelson), Marvimon House, Los Angeles, CA Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco 10 Year Anniversary Gala, (Extraordinary Forest Installation), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Invasive Species, (curator) Headlands Center for the Arts |
| 2004 | Extraordinary Forest, Headlands Center for the Arts Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco |
| 2002 | Co-Founded the artist group, VERN |