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

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Select Group Shows                                                                         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:                                                                             2022   Best in Show- Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY                           2014   Best Landscape in Show, Athens Cultural Center, Athens, NY

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Residencies:                                                                        2023   Silver Sun Foundation residency, Woodstock, NY                               2022   Sunny Point Residency, Arts Center of Yates County, Penn Yan, NY

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Artist Talks                                                                                           2022     Conceptual Art, Westerlo Library, Westerlo, NY                                                   2014     Natalie Boburka Artwork, Cohoes Public Library, Cohoes, NY

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Curatorial Experience:                                                                               2012-17  Curator- Butzel Gallery, Schenectady, NY                                                         2009-11  Curator-Jay Street Gallery, Schenectady, NY 2009-11

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Teaching Experience:                                                                                 2018-2022- Education Coordinator- Athens Cultural Center                                                 2006- present Athens Cultural Center- Arts Instructor for varying levels                                 1990-2019 Art Teacher, Schenectady City School District Grades K-12                                       2014-17  Girls Leadership Institute Visual Artist Teacher- Mount Holyoke College, MA Summer               2006-7   Schenectady City School District Professional Development-Art for Non-Artists 1 & 2

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Current Associations and Memberships                                                                        Arts Around Greenville founder/Arts Around Greenville Studio Tour Director                                Art Society of Kingston                                                                                  Greene County Council of the Arts                                                                        Athens Cultural Center                                                                                    Albany Center Gallery                                                                                    Art Center of the Capital District

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Bibliography                                                                                                     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

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Education                                                                                               1990     Empire State College, MALS                                                                       1986     Buffalo State College, Bachelor of Science in Art Education 1986-NYS Certified Art Instructor             K-12

Educational Workshops                                                                                 2022     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