Resume
Solo Exhibits
2022 Natalie Boburka, Saugerties Public Library, Saugerties, NY Natalie Boburka, Westerlo Public Library, Westerlo NY Natalie Boburka, Kuhar Café, Rensselaerville, NY
2021 Rosendale Window Installation, Rosendale, NY
2020 Window Solo Exhibit, What’s Behind the Studio Door, Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY
Happy Abstracts & Idealistic Machines-Guggenheim Pavilion, Carey Institute, Rensselaerville, NY
2015 Depth, Time, and Texture, Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY
2014 Cohoes and Back: A History of an Artist and Her Studio, Cohoes Public Library, Cohoes, NY
2010 Natalie Boburka, Varga Gallery, Woodstock, NY
Select Juried Group Shows
2026 Bud Break, Skiwampus Sanctuary, East Durham, NY Unexpurgated/ Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2025 Primal Elements, (with Leslie Yolen), Guggenheim Pavilion, Hilltown Commons, Rensselaerville, NY
On Beams of Light, juried members showcase (4 artists), Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY
Fall/Winter Art Show, Paul Nigra Center for the Creative Arts, Gloversville, NY
2024 Look Up: Denizens of the Sky, View Arts Center, Old Forge, NY In Search of the Goddess, Olive Free Library, West Shokan, NY Renascence, Limner Gallery, Hudson NY Chorus of Angels, Jane Street Art Center, Saugerties, NY Summer/Fall Show, Mohawk Valley Art Shop, Schenectady, NY Exhibitors Holiday Salon, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY Fresh Perspective Art Show, Paul Nigra Center for the Creative Arts, Gloversville, NY Curves, Exhibizone Emptiness, Exhibizone Monochrome: Creating in Black and White, Paint Cohoes Studio and Gallery, Cohoes, NY
2023 Art of New York Annual Juried Show, Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY NY State Summer Show, Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts, Gloversville, NY Northwind Fine Arts 2023 Autumn Juried Show, Saranac Lake, NY Turning the Tables, Loading Dock Gallery New England Regional Show, Lowell, MA Fall/Winter Art Show, Paul Nigra Center for the Art, Gloversville, NY
2022 Arts Around Greenville, Prevost Hall, Greenville, NY Best in Show (2022), Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY Locally Sourced, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY Best In Show (2021), Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY Arts Around Greenville Preview Show, Prevost Hall, Greenville, NY Pandemonium, Olive Library, Olive, NY All Things Great and Small, Roxbury Arts Center, Roxbury, NY Juried Small Works Show, R Gallery at Arlene’s, Albany, NY
2021 Juried Small Works Show, R Gallery @ Arlene’s, Albany, NY Petit: Smaller Sized Art-Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY March to March-JRM Artists Space, National Bottle Museum, Ballston Spa, NY Something Blue- Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2020 Primarily Red- Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY Art and Words, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2019 Red Show-Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY Influence-Duo Show-Henry M. Butzel Gallery, Schenectady, NY Terrain-Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY Cut Pieces-Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2018 Abstrakt- Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2017 Fence Select Show-Arts Center of the Capital District, Troy, NY
2016 It’s all Politics- Greene County Council for the Arts, Catskill, NY 2016
2015 Art Attitudes, Malta League of Arts, Round Lake Auditorium, Round Lake, NY 2014 Encaustic Showcase, Niche Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
2013 Journey Down the Hudson- Albany Art Center Gallery on Broadway, Albany NY Journey Down the Hudson, Atlantic Gallery, NYC, NY
2011 Art Attitudes, Malta League of Arts, Round Lake Auditorium, Round Lake, NY
2009 Re-Arting, The Atrium Building, Troy, NY
Awards 2024 Members Show-Small Group Show award-Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY GAP 2024 Juried Art Prize, Gallerium 2022 Best in Show- Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY 2014 Best Landscape in Show, Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY
Residencies 2023,24,25,& Weeklong residencies at Silver Sun Foundation residency, Woodstock, NY 2022 Sunny Point Residency, Arts Center of Yates County, Penn Yan, NY
Artist Talks 2022 Conceptual Art, Westerlo Library, Westerlo, NY 2014 Natalie Boburka Artwork, Cohoes Public Library, Cohoes, NY
Curatorial Experience 2012-17 Curator- Butzel Gallery, Schenectady, NY 2009-11 Curator-Jay Street Gallery, Schenectady, NY 2009-11
Teaching Experience: 2022- present- teaching at many local libraries and arts associations. 2018-2022-24 Education Coordinator- Athens Cultural Center 2006-24 Athens Cultural Center- Arts Instructor for varying levels 1990-2019 Art Teacher, Schenectady City School District Grades K-12 2014-17 Girls Leadership Institute Artist in Residence- Mount Holyoke College, MA 2006-7 Schenectady City School District Professional Development-Art for Non-Artists 1 & 2
Current Associations and Memberships Arts Around Greenville founder/ringleader Greene County Council of the Arts Athens Cultural Center Albany Center Gallery Art Center of the Capital District Saratoga Arts Center
Greene County Council for the Arts
Bibliography/articles /publicity Laura DaPolito, Artist Spotlight: Natalie Boburka, Nippertown, Artist Spotlight: Natalie Boburka | Nippertown 11/21/2022 Joanne McFadden, Couple Transforms Historic Property for Sustainable Art and Music, The Greenville Pioneer, 4/9/2021 Cady Kuzmich, Recycled Materials help Round Lake Artist Spread Her Message, Schenectady Gazette, 5/6/2016 Arts Alive Athens Cultural Center Hosts Two Extraordinary Exhibits 12th Annual Members Second Street Show and Depth, Time and Texture a Solo Show by Natalie Boburka , www.greenarts.org March/April 2015 untitled (greenearts.org) Kathleen Moore, Art With An Edge Downtown Friday, Schenectady Gazette, 10/15/2009
Education 1990 Empire State College, Albany, NY MALS 1986 Buffalo State College, Bachelor of Science in Art Education 1986-NYS Certified Art Instructor K-12
Educational Workshops 2023 Arts Accelerator Workshop with Kim Bernard Zoom format 2020 Water Media Techniques with Karen Rosasco- Sunny Point, Arts Center of Yates County, Yates, NY 2015 Encaustic Workshop w/Elise Wagner, R&F Paints, Kingston, NY 2014 Maine Coast Encaustic Workshop Retreat, The Colony Hotel, Kennebunk, ME 2013 Experimental Water Media with Karen Rosasco-Arts Center of Yates County