Fabia seen in 2015 working on her painting "Fruitful Goddess," which was part of her 2015 exhibition Rainbeau Samsara.

Natalia Fabia (born April 3, 1983) is a Polish-American painter based in Southern California.

Over her decades long-career, her work has been featured in numerous magazines including: Vogue Italia, Elle Magazine, LA Weekly, VICE, The Los Angeles Times, NYLON Magazine, and Juxtapoz.

Her works have been described as "a testament to the modern woman."[1]

Personal Life edit

Natalia Fabia was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her parents immigrated from the Polish People's Republic, she is the eldest in the family.[2]

Natalia Fabia currently lives in Orange County, California, along with her husband Jay Bentley and their two children. Peribeau and Dragon.

Career edit

Natalia Fabia is a graduate from ArtCenter College of Design's Illustration program.[3] Fabia's career began in the 2000s by showing in various exhibitions around Los Angeles.[4] She quickly established herself in the field of figurative painting,[5] and her early works drew comparison to Toulouse-Lautrec in both style and content.[3] She has been "described to represent the LA's new progressive women of the 21st-century" and credited for "re-inventing how we see the modern women."[6]

Her early works are "filled with people, lush environments, ornate fashion, light interiors, glamour, graffiti, landscapes, punk rock music and an unapologetic sexiness."[7] Whilst her later works, predominantly from her show Rainbeau Samsara, focused on "life cycles and the stages and emotions within those time frames, from birth to transition."[8]

Natalia Fabia's works have been exhibited in international exhibits such as: Long Beach Museum of Art, Bakersfield Museum of Art, and the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery.

Fabia is known for predominantly using oil and employing alla prima painting techniques.[9]

Select Solo Exhibitions edit

  • 2016: Rainbeau Samsara, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
  • 2012: Punk Rock Rainbow Sparkle, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY.
  • 2012: Miss Hooker Beauty Pageant, Dragonfly, Los Angeles, CA.
  • 2012: Fashionable Aftertaste Without End, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

Select Group Exhibitions edit

  • 2020: Distilled Beauty: Select Artists from the 14th International Art Renewal Center Salon, American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, CA.
  • 2020: Unjust Contenment, BeinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
  • 2019: In Search of the Real III, LCAD Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
  • 2018: California Art Cub 107th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.
  • 2018: Painting the Figure NOW, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI.
  • 2018: Art Palm Beach, Sirona Gallery, Palm Beach, FL.
  • 2018: LA Art Show, Red Truck Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
  • 2017: Woman as Warrior, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL.
  • 2016: Instalarity, Curated by F. Scott Hess, Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA.
  • 2016: Scope Miami International Art Fair
  • 2016: POPAustin International Art Fair, Roger Gastman, Austin, TX.
  • 2015: Robert Williams' "Slang" & 20 Years Under the Influence of Juxtapose, Los Angeles, CA.
  • 2015: Invisible College, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, ID.
  • 2013: Risqué {Dirty Little Pictures}, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA.
  • 2012: The Contemporary Figure: Past and Presence, Lancaster Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA.
  • 2012: Hello Kitty, Hello Art!, Openhouse Gallery, New York, NY.
  • 2011: The Emergence of the Pop Imagest, Curated by Jonathan LeVine + Giovanni Bonelli, Venice, Italy.
  • 2010: Art from the New World, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, UK.
  • 2010: Sanrio, Small Gift, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA.
  • 2010: ¡Sugipop!, Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, NH.
  • 2009: True Self, Curated by Gary Baseman, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY.

Select Awards edit

  • 2018: International Portrait Competition hosted by the Portrait Society of America, Finalist. Work was on the cover and featured in the August 2019 issue of American Art Collectors.
  • 2018: 13th International ARC Salon Competition, Finalist.

In Popular Culture edit

Film Appearances edit

Television Appearances edit

Honors edit

  • 2010: Highlighted as one of "LA's 100" most fascinating people in LA Weekly's 2010 People Issue[10]

References edit

  1. ^ "Artist Natalia Fabia Goes Punk Rock Fabulous". HuffPost. 2012-01-11.
  2. ^ "Natalia Fabia | Widewalls". www.widewalls.ch.
  3. ^ a b "Natalia Fabia: Girl Painter". LA Weekly. May 20, 2010.
  4. ^ "Natalia Fabia | Abend Gallery". abendgallery.com.
  5. ^ "Natalia Fabia". Trekell Art Supplies.
  6. ^ "Natalia Fabia Art Creations to Light Up Corey Helford Gallery | Widewalls". www.widewalls.ch.
  7. ^ "Natalia Fabia". Urban Nation.
  8. ^ ""Rainbow Samsara": Artist Natalia Fabia's Colorful Homage to Bliss". HuffPost. 2016-11-04.
  9. ^ "The Hindu Belief of Samsara is Examined in Modern Paintings | City of the Seekers". Vice. 2016-11-10.
  10. ^ "Sanrio 50th Anniversary - Small Gift Los Angeles | Senses Lost". senseslost.com.

External Links edit

Official Website