Natalie Brooks Email: [email protected] | Website: Nataliebrooksart.weebly.com | Instagram: Nataliebrooksart__
Brooks 1
Artist Statement:
My thoughts are
c h a o t i c,
loud
& never
ending.
The series Arranging Chaos is a visual representation documenting the stream of
conscious and unconscious thoughts that can occur in internal monologues. The
inspiration for this work is drawn from everyday life, dreams and imagination to
produce line drawings and paintings that create their own narratives to become
reflections of this inner experience.
Starting non-objectively, quickly putting marks in space allows the unconscious
thought to lay the foundation to a spontaneous composition. With line and marks
balancing between blind contour, abstraction, and reality, I respond to these
ambiguous forms as they unfold indirectly on the page.
Through using my subconscious as a tool for reference I invite viewers to complete
the illustrations through connections to the work based on their own inner thought,
feeling and memory. Arranging Chaos ultimately illustrates the spontaneous
thinking that occurs throughout the day and how our thoughts flow into a network
of new thoughts.
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Brooks 2
Portfolio of images 1/13:
Automatic Drawing #1, 2020
11 x 8 inches
brush pen on paper
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Brooks 3
Portfolio of images 2/13:
Automatic Drawing #2, 2020
11 x 8 inches
brush pen on paper
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Brooks 4
Portfolio of images 3/13:
Alex Blind Contour, 2020
11 x 8 inches
brush pen on paper
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Brooks 5
Portfolio of images 4/13:
Automatic Drawing #3, 2020
18 x 24 inches
brush pen on paper
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Brooks 6
Portfolio of images 5/13:
Automatic Drawing #3 (detail), 2020
18 x 24 inches
brush pen on paper
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Brooks 7
Portfolio of images 6/13:
Automatic Drawing #4, 2020
18 x 24 inches
brush pen on paper
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Brooks 8
Portfolio of images 7/13:
Automatic Drawing #5, 2020
18 x 24 inches
brush pen on paper
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Brooks 9
Portfolio of images 8/13:
Automatic Drawing #5 (detail), 2020
18 x 24 inches
brush pen on paper
Natalie Brooks Email: [email protected] | Website: Nataliebrooksart.weebly.com | Instagram: Nataliebrooksart__
Brooks 10
Portfolio of images 9/13:
Automatic Drawing #6, 2020
18 x 24 inches
brush pen on paper
Natalie Brooks Email: [email protected] | Website: Nataliebrooksart.weebly.com | Instagram: Nataliebrooksart__
Brooks 11
Portfolio of images 10/13:
Distracted, 2020
12 x 16 inches
acrylic on canvas
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Brooks 12
Portfolio of images 11/13:
Distracted (detail), 2020
12 x 16 inches
acrylic on canvas
Natalie Brooks Email: [email protected] | Website: Nataliebrooksart.weebly.com | Instagram: Nataliebrooksart__
Brooks 13
Portfolio of images 12/13:
Playfully Arguing, 2020
16 x 18 inches
acrylic on canvas
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Brooks 14
Portfolio of images 13/13:
Definitely Arguing, 2020
16 x 18 inches
acrylic on canvas
Natalie Brooks Email: [email protected] | Website: Nataliebrooksart.weebly.com | Instagram: Nataliebrooksart__
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Resume:
Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, Tampa, FL May 2018- March 2020
Gallery Assistant
• Social media manager, create events, take photos.
• Create marketing and advertising for art events.
• Assist the gallery director with show prep, errands, emails and customer follow up.
• Manage front desk, answering phones/voicemails in a professional, timely manner.
• Handle transactions for all items being purchased through the gallery.
• Supervise artwork with customers during viewings.
• Maintain and organize inventory.
Sodexo, Tampa, FL August 2018-December 2019
Catering Attendant
• Organize and design layouts according to menu provided.
• Communicate and work closely with clientele on specific food requests.
• Set up special events, serve dinner and wait on clients.
Redners Market, Dover, Delaware December 2014-June 2017
Customer Service Manager
• Managed team of cashiers to perform quality work throughout the day.
• Implemented work and break schedule for cashiers.
• Resolved customer complaints and questions in a courteous, professional manner.
• Provided leadership, practical problem solving and strong work ethic.
Education
The University of Tampa, B.F.A 2017-present
Concentration Painting, anticipated 2020.
Delaware Technical Community College 2015-2017
General Studies
Skills
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Drawing, Painting
Exhibitions ➢ Design Winner for Minaret Society Dinner, University of Tampa 2019
➢ Spring Student juried show, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa 2019
➢ Fall NASAD Juried Show, Scarfone/Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa 2019