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Nye + Brown is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by Natalie Arnoldi titled

34 Degrees North. Referring to her LA roots as well as global positioning, Arnoldi is

the daughter of another California native, famed artist Charles Arnoldi. Los Angeles

and its proximity to the ocean has been the driving force behind Arnoldi’s artistic and

academic practice.

Concurrently pursuing a M.S. and B.S. in ocean science and marine biology at Stanford

University, Natalie has found a synergy in painting and biology: two endeavors that

might appear counter intuitive. Instead, each has given Arnoldi a unique and enriched

perspective into the other. As a scientist, Arnoldi is trying to make sense of things in

the natural world we do not understand. As an artist, she visualizes the inexplicable.

Arnoldi says, “Both processes, science and art, are a form of exploration, at once (both)

highly emotional and analytical, but always inquisitive. The methods might be different,

but the goal is the same—seeking truth in the most authentic way I know how.”

The images in Arnoldi’s paintings form a visual alphabet of her life. Like a dream that

fades in wakefulness, her paintings stand on the precipice of consciousness. They walk

the line between the abstract and the fi gurative, willing the psychological effects am-

biguous of representation.

Natalie Arnoldi was born in Venice, California in 1990. Her work has been included in

The Lords and the New Creatures, the inaugural exhibition of Nye + Brown, as well as

Swell: Art 1950-2010 at Metro Pictures, Nyehaus and Friedrich Petzel Gallery in New

York. She lives and works in Palo Alto, Venice and Malibu.

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Schizoid, 2012Oil on canvas65 x 55 inches

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Helix, 2012Oil on canvas55 x 65 inches

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Retro, 2012Oil on canvas75 x 63 inches

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Innkeeper, 2012Oil on linen14 x 30 inches

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Selfridge, 2012Oil on canvas27 x 31 inches

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Wildlife, 2012Oil on canvas84 x 72 inches

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Portshead, 2012Oil on canvas32 x 30 inches

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Grasswood, 2012Oil on canvas67 x 49 inches

2685 South La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034

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In conjunction withNatalie Arnoldi:

34 Degrees NorthOctober 23, 2012

—Design by Kyle LaMar

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