Judy Natal

Judy Natal is a Chicago-based, hybrid photographic artist, curator, writer, and Professor Emeritus, Photography Department, Columbia College Chicago. An archive of her environmentally focused work was established at The Center for Art + Environment at the Nevada Museum of Art in 2012. Her videos and photographs have been exhibited nationally and internationally including the Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil and FotoFest Biennial “Changing Circumstances: Looking at the Future of the Planet” in Houston, TX. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the California Museum of Photography, Center for Creative Photography, International Museum George Eastman House, Museum of Contemporary Photography and Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, among others. She has received numerous commissions most recently collaborating with Houston FotoFest and the Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences (CENHS) at Rice University culminating in a site specific outdoor installation utilizing 2 solar powered recycled shipping containers as a library and screening room with photographs; Burlington City Arts; Hyde Park Art Center, among others. Awards and fellowships include Fulbright Travel Grant, Polaroid Grants, New York & Illinois Photography Fellowships and significant artist residencies in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Biosphere 2, and the Robotics Institute. Natal’s current project is “The Weather Diaries”, based upon 33 video interviews she conducted on the island sites of Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Hawai’i, with a particular focus to elevate Traditional Indigenous Knowledge.

Visit her site at www.judynatal.com