NATALIE BOOS
NATALIE BOOS IS A NATIVE OF LOUISIANA, BORN IN NEW ORLEANS IN 1976. SHE GRADUATED FROM LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY IN 2002 WITH MULTIPLE DEGREES IN SCIENCE. SHE BEGAN PAINTING FOR HER OWN ENJOYMENT WHILE SHE WAS WORKING IN THE THE FIELD OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. SHE BEGAN SELLING PAINTINGS AND DECIDED TO DO A SOLO SHOW OF HER WORK. IT WAS SUCH A SUCCESS THAT SHE BEGAN SHOWING IN GALLERIES IN MISSISSIPPI, COVINGTON, AND ON ROYAL STREET IN THE FRENCH QUARTER.
HER THICK TEXTURED OIL PAINTINGS, DEPICT STRUCTURES THAT HOUSE A COLORFUL AND STORIED NEW ORLEANS CULTURE. SHE SEES A HISTORICALLY PLAYFUL SOCIETY THAT EXAGGERATES THE SHAPES AND COLORS OF ITS RESIDENCES.
AFTER A FEW YEARS IN THE GALLERIES, IN 2005 SHE DECIDED TO BECOME HER SOLE AGENT AND BECAME A PIRATE ALLEY STREET ARTIST. IN SEVEN SHORT YEARS NATALIE BOOS, A SELF TAUGHT ARTIST, OPENED NATALIE FINE ART AT 829 ROYAL STREET IN THE FRENCH QUARTER. SHE IS NOW COLLECTED AND SHOWN AROUND THE WORLD IN MANY CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.
RESUME
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY 1994-2002 BACHELORS OF SCIENCE
NUNEZ COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1997-2002 ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN LIBERAL ARTS
· GALLERIES AND SHOW
PRESENT - 2006 NATALIE FINE ART, NEW ORLEANS
2005 PIRATE ALLEY STREET ARTIST, NEW ORLEANS
2002 - 2005 GROUP SHOW, ALEXANDER AND VICTOR FINE ART GALLERY, NEW ORLEANS
2002 - 2005 GROUP SHOW, SPECTRUM GALLERY, COVINGTON
2002 - 2005 GROUP SHOW, RAY'S COLLECTION, GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
2002 SOLO SHOW, RADDISON HOTEL, NEW ORLEANS
2002 SOLO SHOW, FINE ARTS CENTER, NEW ORLEANS
· HONORS AND AWARDS
2008 2008 LSU LOW VISION FUNDRAISER HOST
2007 NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART HONOREE
2007 JW MARRIOTT FEATURED ARTIST
2007 INSTRUCTOR ARTS A LA CARTE DISABLED ADULTS
