Natalie Dark, born 1990 in Miami, Florida, is a self-taught Cuban-American artist currently living in New York City.
Most recently, Natalie’s work has been included in exhibitions at the historic Salmagundi Club in NYC, where she is a member, as well as at Harvard University’s University Place Gallery through the Cambridge Art Association. In 2019 she received the Audubon Artists, Inc. Award for her drawing, Casual Elegance, and was a finalist in the Art Renewal Center’s 14th Annual Salon (drawing category). Natalie’s piece Poder will be included in the upcoming American Women Artists’ 2020 Making Their Mark Exhibition at the Booth Western Art Museum, a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate, and has been awarded The Gargoyles Award for Work on Paper by the Salmagundi Club.
Natalie has a B.A. in Sociology from Stetson University, and an M.A. in Transnational Media & Globalization from City, University of London. She recently left a successful career as a consumer insights & market researcher in New York City to pursue art full-time.
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