Natalie McIlroy is a Scottish visual artist, curator & arts administrator. With a degree from the Environmental Art Course at Glasgow School of Art and a Masters with Distinction from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, Natalie’s own practice is site specific and installation based. She has worked with a variety of arts organisations in the UK and Europe and is currently the administrator for the Central Scotland School of Jewellery.
From 2016 to 2018 she was curator of Saudade, an interdisciplinary project in collaboration with the Expatriate Archive Centre in The Hague, Netherlands. More information can be found at www.eacanniversary.com.
Natalie is currently the curator of Morimaru, North Sea Thinkers, an interdisciplinary platform for artists, historians and scientists to share their knowledge of the North Sea. More information can be found at www.morimaru.org.
Exhibitions/ Residencies/ Projects
2021
The Allan Blikvangers - 6 commissioned 'litter catchers' for Forth Valley Art Beat at various locations on the cycle routes from Stirling to Dunblane, Scotland. More information can be found here.
2016 - 2018
October 2018 - Pippins Re-visited. Interdisciplinary walk during Wigtown Book Festival, Scotland.
May 2018 - Timeshift. Korte Vijverberg 2, The Hague. Exhibition with goldsmith Aletta Teunen.
Saudade - An intersection of Archives and Art. Curator
2015
October - December Kaus Australis, Artist in Residence. Rotterdam.
October Expat Impressions of the Hague. City Hall, Den Haag. Curator
May Spring Fling. Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries. Scotland. Group Show
April Making Art. Kulturschopfer. Berlin, Germany. Group Show
2014
September The Galloway Pippin Project. Commision. Wigtown Book Festival.Scotland
March Weekend Residency with Creative Carbon Scotland and Comar on the Isle of Mull.Scotland.
2013
Nov/Dec Eight week collaborative project with Venezuelan Artist, Maria Teresa Gonzalez.
April Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh. Artist Book Fair. Speaker and exhibitor.
April/May Cargo Culte II. Jardin d'agronomie Tropicale, Paris. Group Show.
2012
Sept-November Northlands Glass Studio & Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Residency. Scotland.
July/August The Distillery, Artist in Residence. Boston, USA.
July ZOOart 2012. Visual Arts Festival. Cuneo, Italy.
June IZARA II Scholarship - Artist in Residence. La Fragua, Cordoba, Spain.
April Video Show - Function Room, Group Show. London.
2011
Open - Millington I Marriot Gallery, London. Group Show.
Migrate/Replicate - Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland. Solo Show.
Landings - International School of the Hague. The Netherlands. Artist in Residence.
2010
Shard&Tunegar - Oliver Holt Gallery, Dorset. England. Solo Show & Residency.
12 Constellations - Vulpes Vulpes Gallery, London. Group Show.
2006 - 2009
YCA - Young Contemporary Artists, Eastwood Park Gallery, Glasgow. 2009
Carrying Prilm - Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland. Solo Show. 2008.
Robert Napier - SWG3, Glasgow, Scotland. Group Show. 2008
Through the Letterboxes of Nethervale Avenue - Eastwood Park Gallery, Glasgow. 2007
Limp&Limb - Blanket Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. Collaboration with Natasha Rosling. 2006
Collections
Pallant House Gallery, London. (Photo-etching)
Awards
2016/17 - Pro Deo Mentorship award. Stroom, Den Haag
2012 - Creative Scotland International Research Grant. (The Distillery Boston Residency)
2009 - The Stanley Picker Scholarship
2009 - The Cross Trust Award
Education
2009/2010 - Chelsea College of Art & Design, London. Fine Art Masters with Distinction
2004-2007 - Glasgow School of Art, Scotland. BA Environmental Art. 1st Class Honours
