Natalie Lavelle is a Meanjin / Brisbane based artist working across abstract painting fields of minimalism, abstract expressionism, and colour field painting. Her practice questions historical understandings and interpretations of art by promoting a leaning-in to the immediate, sensuous experience of the work. In their object-ness and through gestural formalist negotiations, these paintings often consider their likeness to the human body and bodily identities.

 

Lavelle has a Bachelor of Fine Art Honours (Class I) from Queensland College of Art (QCA) where she was the recipient of the Zonta Club Brisbane River Acquisitive Prize (2018). Her work has been exhibited in galleries across Australia and internationally, including Jan Manton Gallery (Qld), Outer Space Contemporary Art Organisation (Qld), Campbelltown Arts Centre (NSW), Hervey Bay Regional Gallery (Qld), Stable Artspace (Qld), IN | ARI (Qld), Saint Cloche (NSW), Five Walls (VIC), Redland Art Gallery (Qld), Galeria Azur (Berlin, GER), Byron School of Art (NSW) and Royal Queensland Art Society where she was awarded the Abstraction Art Prize by judge, Andrew Baker. Natalie’s work is held in collections such as Artbank (Sydney), Queensland Children’s Hospital, The Justin Art House Museum (Melbourne) and various Corporate and Private Collections. Natalie is represented by Jan Manton Gallery in Brisbane.

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PUBLICATIONS

Dias-Jayasinha, Elena, Exhibition Essay for 'Natalie Lavelle: In the Making', February 2025, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
Bakharia, Tess, "Deconstructing Colour - Black & White Works", Exhibition Essay for 'Natalie Lavelle: In the Making', February 2025, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
Matthew, Zali, "The lightness of colour, the weight of clouds", Exhibition Essay for 'Natalie Lavelle: In the Making', February 2025, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery
Cassidy, Dr. Camilla, "Nothing;", Exhibition Essay for 'About Nothing', August 2024, IN | ARI (PDF)
Thomas, Dr. David M, "Flesh For Fantasy: An Exhibition of works by Natalie Lavelle", Catalogue: 'Flesh For Fantasy', May 2023, Jan Manton Gallery (PDF)
Mayhew, Dr. Louise R, "Ways of Being: Natalie Lavelle", Catalogue: 'Ways of Being', March 2022, Jan Manton Gallery (PDF)

Matthews, Zali, “Silhouettes of a Rectangle,” Fivewalls.com.au, September 1, 2021 (PDF)
Hall, Taylor, “Under Her Skin,” Exhibition Essay for 'Something More', June 14, 2021 (PDF)

Bai, Dr. Paul, “Painting in Space,” Outerspacebrisbane.org, June 2, 2021 (PDF)

Matthews, Zali, “The Weight of Paint,” Catalogue: 'Rekindle', 2021, Jan Manton Gallery (PDF)

O’Brien, Jonathan, “Lavelle,” Catalogue: 'Physical Perception', 2021, Stable Artspace (PDF)

 

EDUCATION
2020 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) Class I, Queensland College of Art
2019 Bachelor of Fine Art, Queensland College of Art
2016 Diploma of Visual Art, Tafe Queensland
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 In The Making, Hervey Bay Regional Gallery (Qld)
2024 Total Other, Jan Manton Gallery, Teneriffe (Qld)
2023 Flesh For Fantasy, Jan Manton Gallery, Teneriffe
2022 Ways of Being, Jan Manton Gallery, Teneriffe
2021 Pictorial Space, Five Walls, Footscray (Vic)
2021 Physical Perception, STABLE Artspace partnered with Brisbane Art Design
2021 Rekindle, Jan Manton Gallery, Teneriffe 
2020 Deliberate Pictures, Jan Manton Gallery, Teneriffe
2020 Flatform, Grey Street Gallery, Queensland College of Art
2019 Brushstrokes on Paper, Zonta Club of Brisbane, West End (Qld)
2018 Dark Nuance, The Third Quarter, Petrie Terrace (Qld)
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Outer Space Auction, Outer Space, Fortitude Valley (Qld)
2024 About Nothing, IN | ARI The Old Lock Up, Maroochydore (Qld)
2024 Absent, Vacant Assembly, West End (Qld)
2023 Outer Space Auction, Outer Space, Fortitude Valley
2023 ABSTRACTI♀︎N, Five Walls, Footscray (Vic)
2022 Interlude, Galeria Azur, Berlin (GER)
2021 Coast to Coast, Saint Cloche, Paddington (NSW)
2022 Brisbane Club Members Exhibition, Brisbane Club
2021 Something More, Outer Space, Fortitude Valley
2021 Look At/Look Through, Byron School of Art, Mullumbimby (NSW)
2020 LOOM, Side Gallery, Red Hill (Qld)
2020 Honours Graduate Exhibition, Queensland College of Art
2020 ABSTRACTION Art Prize, Royal Queensland Art Society
2020 Boiling Point, The Third Quarter, Petrie Terrace (Qld)
2019 Materiality, Agency and the Body, Webb Gallery, Queensland College of Art
2018 Undergraduate Exhibition, Queensland College of Art
2018 Green, Percolator Gallery, Paddington (Qld)
2018 Expanded, POP Gallery, Woolloongabba (Qld)
 
AWARDS
2024 Finalist - Redland Art Award, Redland Art Gallery (Qld)
2023 Finalist - Calleen Art Award, Cowra Regional Art Gallery (NSW)
2022 Finalist - Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, 60th Annual, Campbelltown Arts Centre (NSW)
2020 Winner - ABSTRACTION Art Prize Exhibition, Royal Queensland Art Society
2018 Winner - The Zonta Club Brisbane River Acquisitive Prize, Queensland College of Art
2017-2019 Griffith Award for Academic Excellence in Fine Art – Queensland College of Art
 

WORK HISTORY
2023 Public Art Professional, Queensland Rail, Simon Degroot, Nundah Train Station (Qld),
2023 Public Art Mentor, Queensland College of Art, Auchenflower Train Station Mural (Qld)

2023 Visual Art Teacher, Tafe Queensland, South Bank
2022 Public Art Professional, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Mural (Qld), Xoe Mazzoni 
2022 Sessional Tutor - Painting, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University
2022 Public Art Mentor, Queensland College of Art, John Reid Pavilion Mural (Qld)
2021 Facilitator, Griffith University Art Museum (Qld)
2020 Public Art Professional, iAM Projects, Kyra Mancktelow, Ipswich (Qld)
2020 Public Art Professional, Museum of Brisbane (MoB), The Storytellers Exhibition (Qld)
2019 Public Art Professional, iAM Projects, Sam Songailo, Ipswich (Qld)
2019 Public Art Professional, Griffith University Integrity 20, Ms Saffaa, Fish Lane (Qld)

2019 Public Art Project Mindful Trace, Queensland Children’s Hospital
2018 Richard Bell Studio Assistant, Milani Gallery, Yeronga Studios (Qld)
2018 Public Art Professional, Queensland Rail, Simon Degroot
2018 Public Art Professional, W Hotel (Qld), Lucas Grogan
 

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
2018 Installation - The 9th Asian Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Gallery of Modern Art
2018 Installation, Research and Gallery Services - Griffith University Art Museum
2018 Internship - Griffith University Art Museum and Collections Office

2017 Make Your Mark, QCA Webb Centre Group Project, Queensland College of Art
2016 Visual Art and Set Design Team - Brisbane Festival
 

COLLECTIONS
Artbank, Warrane / Sydney
Queensland Children's Hospital, Meanjin / Brisbane
The Justin Art House Museum, Naarm / Melbourne
Various corporate and private collections
 

ORGANISATIONS
2018 Member - National Association of Visual Arts (NAVA)