Natalie Kent
Down Periscope, silkscreen
Bio
Natalie F. Kent is a visual, performing, and textile artist, a creative writer, and aspiring educator. Originally from northern New Jersey, Kent is a graduate of the 2010 class of Bennington College in Vermont, where she studied visual arts, theater, and art history. She has assisted in professional print shops on both U.S. coasts and contributed to live theater productions in Manhattan and upstate New York. Natalie F. Kent works in a multitude of media including printmaking, sculpture, drawing, and collage. Kent also makes finely crafted artist’s books, garments, and jewelry. She knits, crochets, writes, and has collaborated with local musicians on recordings, performance, and merchandise design. She is currently pursuing her MAT for art education in the hopes of encouraging and inspiring future artists, sharing with them in the joys of making.
Statement
Kent has a strong drive to always be making and focuses this energy through many different media. She is well versed in many printmaking techniques, including lithography, relief printing, and silkscreening. Kent also has experience with book binding, typesetting, and photographic and digital printmaking processes. She explores line and shadow through drawings and sculptures, often made in tandem, and has described her collages as “having conversations with themselves as I simultaneously have conversations with myself.” Often working from home, Kent does not let the lack of studio limit the ambition or scale of her work.