Natalie Kocsis has a Masters degree in Illustration and a Bachelor's degree in a bunch of other stuff -- both from Syracuse University. Recently she also received a second Masters degree (one can never have too many?) in Childhood Education from Touro University. After 20+ years toiling as an Art Director in the magazine publishing world for the likes of Rolling Stone, Us Weekly, Parents Magazine and more, she now unleashes her creative enthusiasm onto the world of elementary students as an art educator. Natalie's illustrations have appeared in a number of books and magazine publications. One of her paintings, Lust, even found a home all the way across the sea in Italy... Appropriately in an office building near the Vatican! With the chaos of life, Natalie doesn't have much time to devote to personal painting projects these days and often only gets around to painting when there is a protest march she needs a cool sign for or when it's time to donate a portrait to her kid's PTA fundraiser. Natalie currently lives across the street from a cemetery in Brooklyn, NY with her kid and her weirdo kittycat where she enjoys listening to heavy metal music while trying to find time to experiment with new ways of creating very messy art. One of these days she might get around to building a better website (sorry this is so ancient!) PRESS AND NOTEWORTHY PROJECTS Current TV feature Earmint Gallery cd cover project, '07 Juxtapoz Magazine online featured artist spot, February '06 PREVIOUS AND UPCOMING EXHIBITS White Rabbit NYC, Spirit Animal Group Show - November 2011 SAWCC 2009 Benefit Art Auction NYC, November 3, 2009 St. Luke's Theater NYC, Live Group Exquisite Corpse - October 29, 2009 Pyramid Club NYC, Group Show - May 7, 2009 White Rabbit NYC, Solo Show - March 2009 Last Exit Brooklyn, NY, Solo Show - October 23, 2008 - March, 2009 SAWCC 2008 Benefit Art Auction at TamarindART Gallery NYC Monday, October 20, 2008 Contempt 10th Anniversary Art Show M15, NYC, Group Show - September, 2008 Antagonist Art Movement Niagra, NYC, Group Show - June, 2008 Antagonist Art Movement Niagra, NYC, Group Show - February, 2008 Pie NYC Solo Show, May-June, 2007 Lowe Art Gallery Syracuse, NY, Group Show - Summer 2005 ThINC (The Institute for a Now Culture) Syracuse, NY, Group Show - Summer 2004