✫ Natalie King ✫
based in tkaronto, ON
✫Education✫
2018 BFA Drawing & Painting, OCAD University, Tkaronto, ON
2015 Fine Arts Advanced, Ontario College Diploma, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
✫Solo Exhibitions✫
2025 Legacies of Love, Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, Manitoulin Island, ON (upcoming)
2025 what I forgot is better than whatever they remember, Temiskaming Art Gallery, ON Culture Days (upcoming)
2024 triumphant stories of good medicine, Alliance de Francaise, Tkaronto, ON
2022 Stars Above Turtle Island, Venus Festival, Installation, Tkaronto, ON
2022 Proud Joy, Nuit Blanche, Tkaronto, ON
2022 Come and Get Your Love, Arsenal Contemporary, Tkaronto, ON
2022 PAGEANT curated by Ryan Rice, Centre [3], Hamilton ON
2021 A Pursuit of Unrelinquished Joy, Online Vitrine, Trinity Square Video, Tkaronto, ON
2021 Bursting with Love, Harbourfront Centre Vitrine, Tkaronto, ON
2021 (Re)membering and (Re)imagining: the Joyous Star Peoples of Turtle Island, Hearth, Tkaronto, ON
2018 community of care, Window Space, Xpace Cultural Centre, Tkaronto, ON
✫Selected Group Exhibitions✫
2025 18 ways to count time, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta
2025 Gathered Reverance curated by Rihab Essayh, Powerhouse Centrale, Montreal, QC
2024 POWER, Onsite Gallery, Tkaronto, ON
2023 World-builders, shapeshifters curated by Erin Szikora, Robert MacLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
2024 We, the Self, The Next Contemporary, Tkaronto, ON
2022 Born Celestial curated by Alex Jacobs-Blum, Hamilton Artists Inc, Hamilton, ON
2021 ToutTerrain: Régale | Regale, Centre d'exposition L'Imagier, curated by Franchesa Herbert-Spence, QC
2020 Digital Mural Project, Canadian Roots Exchange and Red Beans Group, Online
2020 Feminist Memory III: Laughter, Joy, and Pleasure, Glad Day Bookshop, Tkaronto, ON
2019 Shapeshifters curated by Amanda Amour-Lynx, Beaver Hall Gallery, Tkaronto, ON
2019 Peep Me!(in collaboration with Solskin Brask and court gee), The Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives, Nuit Rose, Tkaronto
2019 Come Up To My Room, Gladstone Hotel, Tkaronto
2018 Veins of Existence: Beyond Survival curated by Sean Sandusky, Xpace Cultural Centre, Tkaronto
2017 Bath Jam: A Celebration of Self-Care, Good Sport Gallery, London, ON
2017 The Women’s Kit Regeneration. Ada Slaight Gallery, OCAD University, ON
2017 Play/House, Glory Hole Gallery (in collaboration with Solskin Brask), Glad Day Bookshop, Tkaronto, ON
✫Curation✫
2023 Ascension of Abundance, Xpace Cultural Centre, Tkaronto, ON
2023 Curatorial Research Fellowship , Gallery TPW, Tkaronto, ON
2019 waabandiwag, Xpace Cultural Centre, Tkaronto, ON
2018 Dragon Tank, Ignite Gallery, Tkaronto, ON
✫Screenings of Video Works✫
2023 Reciprocal Relations: start activate future days curated by Curated by KJ Edwards & Theo Cuthand as part of the Reciprocal Relations programme, Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre
2023 Video Programme Screening for Toronto Outdoor Art Fair curated by Alex Mcleod, Toronto Outdoor Art, Toronto
2023 I Am My Own Ghost: distance, disassociation and discomfort as memory of the (meta)physical curated by Emma Steen, Images Festival, Tkaronto, ON
2021 A Sacred Place; A Video Screening Program for the Exhibition; Locating Self Care in Urban Centres curated by Emma Steen, Collision Gallery + ArtworxTO, Tkaronto,ON
2021 Hamilton Artists Inc: SURVIVANCE Screening, Hamilton, ON
2021 Toronto Outdoor Picture Show x Breakthroughs Film Festival Screening, Tkaronto, ON
2021 Fairytales Film Festival, Calgary, AB
2021 Breakthroughs Film Festival Screening, Tkaronto, ON
2020 TQFF & Indigenous Curatorial Collective Present: Cuzzins on Camera, a 2 Spirit Short Film Night, Tkaronto
2020 Gathering Beyond Space: A Gathering on Care in Strange Times, Indigenous Curatorial Collective, Tkaronto
2020 Black Belt Eagle Scout Performance Visuals, Venus Festival, Tkaronto
2020 Still Here: Spirit, Heart, Land: two-spirit and Indigiqueer shorts, Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Vancouver
2020 a sacred place (film), Queer Emergencies Screening, Toronto Queer Film Fest, Tkaronto, ON
2019 Activate NDN Consciousness (short film), Toronto Queer Film Festival, Tkaronto, ON
✫Selected Community Involvement , Juries, Lectures & Murals✫
2025 'Collection in Conversation' series, presented in partnership with the U of T Scarborough Library and the Doris McCarthy Gallery, Natalie King & Alex Jacobs Blum, Scarborough, Toronto
2025 Jury Committee for Being Scene Annual Juried Exhibition, Workman Arts
2024 Acquistion of works for Indigenous House, Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto
2024 CBC Arts June 2024 Pride and Indigenous History Month logo
2024 Jurying, Gallery TPW for 2024 Research Fellowship
2024 Acquistion of works for permanent collection for Arts and Sciences Building at McMaster University, Hamilton
2024 Visiting Lecturer/Guest Artist Alumni, OCADU Drawing & Painting Thesis Class
2023 Jurying, Toronto Arts Council: Media-Arts Projects
2023 Tote Bag Design, ImagineNative
2023 Art for Posters, and Streetcar Wraps for Indigenous History Month for the TTC
2023 A soft place to daydream, Living Library Mural, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, ON
2022 Sunday Scene: Arctic/Amazon: Networks of Global Indigeneity with Natalie King (speaker)
2022 Project Reframed, WhatWeLike and CultureTO Billboard Project, various locations across Tkaronto, ON
2021 AJE Annual Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Juror, Scarborough Arts, Scarborough, ON
2021 Women Paint (Muralist), North Etobicoke, ON
2020 Eighth Street Skatepark Murals Project (Muralist), Lakeshore Arts, Etobicoke, ON
2020 Coxwell Underpass Project (Muralist), City Of Toronto, Tkaronto, ON (Short-listed Artist)
2019 Our Stories Our Truths (2019 Participant), OISE, University of Toronto, Tkaronto, ON
2019 Intro to Drawing Workshop with Natalie King, Myseum x Wigwam Chi-Chemung, Trillium Park, Tkaronto, ON
2019 Women Paint, (Muralist), Steps Initative in Partnership with Arts Etobicoke, Etobicoke, ON
✫Professional Experience✫
2019 - 2025 Xpace Cultural Centre - Programming Coordinator
2018-2019 Harbourfront Centre - Development Coordinator
2018 Harbourfront Centre - Development Assistant
2017-2018 Onsite Gallery - Student Monitor
✫Awards & Grants✫
2024 Indigenous Arts Projects - Toronto Arts Council
2024 Indigenous Arts Projects - Ontario Arts Council
2023 Indigenous Arts Projects - Ontario Arts Council
2022 Indigenous Arts Projects - Toronto Arts Council
2022 Career Catalyst: Project Grants for New Generation Artists - Ontario Arts Council
2022 Indigenous Arts Support: Grants for Individuals - Ontario Arts Council
2020 Indigenous Arts Projects - Toronto Arts Council
2020 Community Cares: Emergency Response Fund for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Individuals Working in the Arts - Indigenous Curatorial Collective
2019 Indigenous Arts Projects - Toronto Arts Council
2019 Indigenous Arts Materials - Ontario Arts Council
2018 Come Up to My Room Career Launcher
2018 Xpace Residency for Graduating OCAD U Students
2018 Ada Slaight Committee Fund
2018 OCADU Career Launcher Fund
2018 Ahasiw-Maskegon Iskwew Bursary
2018 Akin Collective Career Launcher Prize
2017 Miizwe Biik Post-Secondary Student Award
2017– 2015 Indspire Indigenous Student Award
✫Fundraisers✫
2025 ArtAttack! Fundraiser (Curation), Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Tkaronto, ON
2024 the plumbraiser 5.0, the plumb, Tkaronto, ON
2024 ArtAttack! Fundraiser, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Tkaronto, ON
2022 Temporary Collection, Ed Video, Guelph, ON
2021 Project 31, OCAD University, Tkaronto, ON
2019 Gifts by Artists, Art Metropole, Tkaronto, ON
2018 Xpace Annual Fundraiser 2018, Xpace Cultural Centre, Tkaronto, ON
2018 The Big Draw 2018, OCAD University, Tkaronto, ON
✫Residencies✫
2025 Atelier Artist in Residence, Chateau de Cerisay, France
2025 Visual Arts: Early Career Banff Artist in Residence, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Alberta
2021 Indigenous Textile Artist-In-Residence (Short-Term), Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
✫Panels & Talks✫
2024 Artist Round Table: World-builders, shapeshifters and Kenatentas, Robert MacLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
2024 Artist Talk with Natalie King and Open Critique, Indigenous Student Centre at OCADU, Toronto
2024 Human Library Event for Exhibition 'POWER', Onsite Gallery, Toronto
2022 Wáhlu Noondaaptóone: I Talked from Far Away; Guest Speaker, Indigenous Student Centre at OCAD U, Tkaronto, ON
2021 Hopping the Fence Podcast, Guest
2021 Creative Native; a virtual residency for Indigenous youth, Speaker, Tkaronto, ON
2020 Indigenous Women's Enterpreneurship , WEKH x OCAD CEAD x OCADU Indigenous Student Centre, Tkaronto, ON
2020 ArtWORK Conference (Panelist), Hart House, University of Toronto, Tkaronto, ON
2020 Arts-Based Research Practices beyond the Research Ethics Board, Rogers Communications Centre, X University
2019 waabandiwag: Performance & Panel, Xpace Cultural Centre, Tkaronto, ON
2019 Xpace x OCAD U CEAD: BIPOC Curator Town Hall, Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers, Tkaronto, ON
2019 Queering Tkaronto: Beyond Performative Allyship w/ Solskin Brask and Fallon Simard, A Space Gallery, Tkaronto, ON
2018 Dragon Tank Curators & Artist Talk, Ignite Gallery, Tkaronto ON
2017 Winter Feelings: Self Care Practices for the Winter Weather with L-Fy and Natalie King, Xpace Cultural Centre, Tkaronto, ON
✫Publications✫
2024 Illustrations for Resource on Legal Considerations for Indigenous Artists and Designers, Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub(WEKH), Canadian Artists' Representation/le front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC) Ontario, and Artists’ Legal Advice Services (ALAS) and RBC Centre for Emerging Artists and Designers
2022 Cover, Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, International Women's Day Colouring Book, Hamilton, ON
2020 Together Apart curated by Kaya Joan, grunt gallery, Vancouver, BC
2019 VOLUME 10, Xpace Cultural Centre, Tkaronto, ON
2018 VOLUME 9, Xpace Cultural Centre, Tkaronto, ON
2018 Missed Connections 2, Curated by Kendra Yee, Comic Arts Brooklyn, NYC
✫Press, Media & Essays✫
2025 Natalie King's Euphoric Dreamscapes by Emma Steen, Doris McCarthy Gallery, U of T Scarborough
2024 The CBC Arts Trend Forecast, CBC
2024 For 2025, the colour of the year will be a living green (which is also a dying green), CBC Arts
2024 This artist has seen the future, and it is beautiful, CBC Arts
2023 Contemporary Queer Indigenous Painting: Femmes and Land By Rebecca Casalino, Queer Aesthetics
2023 Cover for written piece 'Who are you?' by Shannon Oosthock for University Affairs Magazine
2022 The brushstrokes of a living ancestor by raji kaur aujla for NEWEST Magazine, October 2022
2022 Bursting with Love, Simone Aziga for AGO Insider, March 2022
2021 WhatWeLike, Project Reframed Interview
2021 East End Arts Spotlight, August 2021
2021 10 Toronto visual artists to watch in 2021, NOW Magazine, Kelsey Adams
2019 waabandiwag (curatorial essay), Natalie King (October 2019)
2019 Natalie King: Style, Power and Intimacy, Indoor Recess, Izzy Mink (June 2019)
2018 'Xpace art exhibition in Toronto features queer artists and issues ', Rahul Gupta,
2017 ‘The Women’s Kit Regeneration Review’, James Knott, knott.art (October 19th)
★ With thanks to the generous support of the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council ★