About & CV
About
Natalia D’Onofrio is a visual artist born in New York, New York. Working in painting, drawing, installation, animation, and photographic processes, Natalia creates a series of explorations that translate music into visual compositions. She received her BFA in Visual Art, and Media/Film studies from the Macaulay Honors College at Queens College in 2012, and her MFA in Art at The City College of New York in 2015.
Education
2015 MFA, Summa Cum Laude, Studio Art; The City College of New York; New York, NY
2012 BFA, Summa Cum Laude, Studio Art and Media/Film Studies; Macaulay Honors College at Queens College; Flushing, NY
2010 Digital Film Production; Middlesex University; London, UK (Summer Session)
2008 Fiorello H. LaGuardia HS of Music and Art and the Performing Arts; New York, NY
Exhibitions
2024 25th Annual Salon Exhibition; curated by Yuko Nii; Williamsburg Art & Historical Center; Brooklyn, NY
2023 Metal and Plastic; curated by Yuko Nii; Williamsburg Art & Historical Center; Brooklyn, NY
2023 Continuation; Colin Chase Gallery - CCNY; New York, NY
2021 NY Isn't Dead; LIC Bar, Long Island City, NY
2019 The Lights We See (two-person show); Curated by Jia Jia & Leah Hansen-Montalbano, The Yard Flatiron North, New York, NY
2017 Greenpoint Gallery Winter Grand Salon Show ; Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Labyrinth Art Collective-The Retro Show (featured artist); Port Richmond, NY
2016 Darling House Group Art Show; Darling House, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Artika, Sound Art festival; Karlovac, Croatia
2015 Visual Music (solo), Pop-up Show at the Saint Austere; the Saint Austere, Brooklyn, NY
2015 7th CCNY Alumni and Student Biennial Exhibition-2015 (group show, juried by Anne Stanner and Mara Loving Kearney); Aaron Davis Hall, City College, New York, NY
2015 CCNY Annual Photography Juried Exhibition (group show); City College, New York, NY
2015 Demystifying Feminism (group show); City College, New York, NY
2015 Chromatic Rhapsody (thesis exhibition); City College, New York, NY
2014 Time Lab (group show); City College, New York, NY
2014 MFA Group Exhibition; City College, New York, NY
2014 First Year MFA (group show); City College, New York, NY
2014 Women Make Art (group show); Library Archives Gallery, City College, New York, NY
2014 City College Juried Art Exhibit (group show); City College, New York, NY
2014 Visual Aids, Postcards From The Edge (group show); Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
2012 Greenpoint Gallery Double Decker Juried Show ; Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 unCommon Visions (group show); Queens College Gallery, Flushing, NY
2012 M.A.N. For Art’s Sake; Macaulay Honors College, New York, NY
2011 M.A.N. Putting On the Ritz; Macaulay Honors College, New York, NY
2011 Fo(u)r Painters (group show); Queens College Gallery, Flushing, NY
2010 M.A.N. Feel Good; Macaulay Honors College, New York, NY
2009 M.A.N. No. 1; Macaulay Honors College, New York, NY
2008 PAX, Political Art Group Show; LaGuardia Student Gallery, New York, NY
2007 United Nations International Student Film Festival, Film Making for Young Peace-Makers, New York, NY
Grants, Awards and Special Projects
2019 Sing for Hope Pianos artist; Rhapsody in Blue
2018 Sing for Hope Pianos artist; Klangfarbenmelodie
2013 The Art of Perception; research, interactive website and presentation in art theory and the science of perception; Handel Architects, New York, NY.
2012 Elias Friedensohn Memorial Award for Visual Arts
2012 Amy and Judi Sturm Memorial Award for Film
Curatorial Experience
2017 Queens Gateway Spring Art Exhibition; Jamaica, New York
2016-2017 Student Film Festival; Jamaica, New York
2015 SASF Spring Showcase; Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
2014 Time Lab, Exhibition Committee; City College, New York, NY
2009-2012 Head Curator, Macaulay Arts Night; Macaulay Honors College; New York, NY
2011, 2012 Senior Thesis Exhibition Queens College Gallery; Flushing, NY
2011 Painting?, Queens College Gallery; Flushing, NY
Collaborative Projects
2015 Freudian Slip Presents; podcast of verbal performance art, and original music, with LisaMarie Maher).
2013 The Violet Book (With Ultra Violet, Grace Yamato and others)
2012 FAEMA Prize installation proposal (In Collaboration with Paula Barr and Antonio D’onofrio)
Commissions/Fellowships
2016 Greenpoint; Geofilter/Geotag for Snapchat; digital.
2015 Chromatic Rhapsody; aluminum print, 34×42″; Private commission, New York, NY.
2015 Rachmanihop; album art for musician Joseph Martin
2013 The Art of Perception; research, paper and interactive website on art theory and the science of perception; Handel Architects, New York, NY
2011 Hands, 30”x30” acrylic and oil painting; Occupational Therapy Outpatient Office; Mount Sinai Hospital; New York, NY
Collections
Yuko Nii Foundation
Riverwalk - Roosevelt Island
CS 300 School of Science and Applied Learning
The Mary McLeod Bethune School
Selected Bibliography
2019 Keep It Moving; zine project.
2018 Hansen, Christina "We're All in the Mood for a for a Melody” New York Times; June 5, 18
2017 Illumination; zine project.
2015 Promethean; City College Literary and Art Journal; Spring 2015
2012 Kanika Khanna; Macaulay Messenger: “An Evening of Art, Music and Mustaches: Macaulay Arts Night 2012”: (blog) May 2, 2012.