Natalie Lanese

Born in Cleveland, OH / Works in Cleveland, OH

BIO

Natalie Lanese’s paintings, collages, and installations are recognized for their punchy color palette and layered patterns. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, notably at MOCA Tucson, the Akron Art Museum, and the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. She has attended residencies at Yaddo, the Vermont Studio Center, and Sim Residency in Reykjavik, and is a recipient of the Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Excellence Award. Ms. Lanese earned an MFA degree from Pratt Institute, and lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio.

I make abstract geometric paintings and installations inspired by landforms and rock formations that, combined with dizzying color contrasts, play with perception of shallow space. Relying on repetition, line, scale shifts, and collage techniques to push and pull the picture plane, the resulting image manipulates and challenges spatial expectations. DayGlo colors, a signature of the palette, challenge adjacent colors and disrupt a comfortable place. The resulting punchy surfaces inhabit a frontal, optical space.