Curriculum Vitae Born in 1994, Natasha Walsh is a young Australian artist currently based in

2012 - 2014 Bachelor of Fine Art, National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia http://www.nas.edu.au 2015 BFA Honours (Painting), National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia 2016 - 2017 MFA (Painting), National Art School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia

Scholarships The Travelling Art Scholarship, 2018 recipient

Residency 2019 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris

Awards Winner of The , 2018 Winner of The Kilgour Prize, 2018 ’Highly Commended’ in The Black Swan Prize, 2017 ’Highly Commended’ in The Portia Geach Memorial Award, 2016 Winner of the Guy Warren Emerging Artist Award in The Mosman Art Prize, 2015 Mosman Youth Art Prize, Tertiary Category, 2015 The Australian Watercolor Institute Award, Mosman Youth Art Prize, 2015

Finalist 2019 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Finalist The Archibald Prize, Finalist BP Portrait Award (London National Portrait Gallery), Semi-finalist 2018 The Archibald Prize, Finalist 2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Finalist The Archibald Prize, Finalist Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, Finalist Waverley Art Prize, Finalist Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2017, Shortlisted, London 2016 Mosman Art Prize, Finalist The Archibald Prize, Finalist Kilgour Art Prize, Finalist Waverley Art Prize, Finalist Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2016, Shortlisted-Not Hung, London The Chippendale New World Art Prize, Finalist 2014 The John Olsen Figurative Drawing Prize, Finalist

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Timepiece, Dominik Mersch Gallery

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2020 HOME Bushfire Relief Art Auction Fundraiser, National Art School Darlinghurst 2019 Archibald Prize regional tour: Muswellbrook Art Centre (24 January - 8 March), Bank Art Museum Moree (delayed due to pandemic, date to be announced), Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (date to be announced), Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery (date to be announced). 2019 DMNPP Finalist Exhibition regional tour: Manning Regional Art Gallery (12 March - 26 April)

2019 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall Paddington The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW 2019 Archibald Prize regional tour: TarraWarra Museum of Art, Gosford Regional Gallery and Arts Centre. ’The Whiteley at 20’, S.H. Ervin Gallery ’The Fall’, Dominik Mersch Gallery 2018 Archibald Prize regional tour: Orange Regional Gallery 2018 The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship Finalists Exhibition, The Brett Whiteley Studio Mosman Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery 2018 Archibald Prize regional tour: Geelong Gallery, Tamworth Regional Gallery. Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery Copper, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre 2018 Invitational, Home@735 Art Gallery The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW Summer Group Show, Dominik Mersch Gallery 2017 DMNPP Finalist Exhibition regional tour: Maitland Regional gallery, Manning Regional Gallery. 2017 Archibald Prize regional tour: Grafton Regional Gallery, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Newcastle Art Gallery, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Glasshouse Regional Gallery (24 August - 7 October). 2017 Black Swan Prize St John of God Hospital touring exhibition 2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall Paddington 2017 Archibald Prize regional tour: Geelong Gallery, Murray Art Museum Albury. The Black Swan Prize, The Art Gallery of Western Australia The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW RSA Annual exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland Waverley Art Prize Finalist Exhibition Introducing V, MAY SPACE, Sydney 2016 Archibald Prize regional tour: Western Plains Cultural Centre, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Bega Valley Regional Gallery, Cowra Art Gallery. 2016 2016 Archibald Prize regional tour, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery Portia Geach Memorial Award, National Trust S.H. Ervin Gallery National Art School Postgraduate Exhibition 2016 Archibald Prize regional tour, Art Gallery of Ballarat Mosman Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery The Archibald Prize, The Art Gallery of NSW Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery Waverley Art Prize Finalist Exhibition Art Now Revisited, Kensington Contemporary, Chippendale Chippendale New World Art Prize (CNWAP) Exhibition, Kensington Contemporary, Chippendale, NSW The Breakthrough Art Festival, Ambush Gallery, Chippendale 2015 National Art School Postgraduate Exhibition, Darlinghurst Honours Painting Show, Library Stairwell Gallery, National Art School, Darlinghurst Another Day in Paradise, Painting from the National Art School, Darlinghurst Celebrating Art, Supporting Science, Dominik Mersch Gallery and the Centenary Institute Fundraising Event, Dominik Mersch Gallery Mosman Art Prize Finalists Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery Two works selected for The Mosman Youth Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery 2014 The John Olsen Drawing Prize finalists exhibition, National Art School, Darlinghurst The National Art School Graduate exhibition (Painting), Darlinghurst The Graduate Drawing Exhibition, The National Art School, Darlinghurst Curated exhibition Stilled Life, SEDE wine bar and restaurant, Annandale NSW

WORKSHOPS AND ARTIST TALKS

2020 Podcast ‘Art, Life and the other thing’ produced by the Brett Whiteley Studio 2019 Panel Discussion in tandem with exhibition ‘The Whitely at 20’, S.H. Ervin Gallery AMEX Archibald event Artist Q&A, Art Gallery of NSW 2018 Journeys Creative Connections workshop and artist talk, Maitland Regional Art Gallery School holiday workshop, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery Artist talk with Q&A Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery 2017 Archibald Artists in Conversation, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery 2016 Frida Kahlo: The Construction of Self, The School of Life Australia, at the Art Gallery of NSW, Archibald artists on Frida and portraiture, Art Gallery of NSW Pathways to a Creative Future, Mosman Art Gallery Artists Talks, Kensington Contemporary 2015 Where I Live hosted by Andrew Denton, at the Bryan Brown Theatre, Bankstown Meet the Artists, Mosman Art Gallery