Natalie Wadlington
Dog Chewing Paw, 2025
Graphite on paper
12 x 12 inches

Natalie Wadlington (b. 1992) is currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Modesto, California, she completed her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in May of 2020. Her practice consists of paintings based in story-telling and figuration. They are specific metaphors which communicate larger, archetypal narratives of love, conflict, and misunderstanding, specifically in our relationship to animals. In the paintings, characters come together in symbolic scenes which mirror our own complex struggles for mutual understanding.

Wadlington has exhibited both nationally and internationally, including a solo exhibition at The Dallas Contemporary Art Museum. She has been an artist in residence at Ox Bow School of Art, Arrowmont, The CCC at CSU Long Beach, and High Desert Test Sites. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA, The Beth DeWoody Collection, The Bentata Family Collection, The Weissman Family Art Collection, The Dan and Jennifer Gilbert Collection, and The Today Art Museum in Beijing, CH.

https://www.nataliewadlington.com/