ABOUT NATALYA KOCHAK

Natalya Kochak was born in New York and has since spent time in many different places, from Alabama to Chicago, Berlin to Beijing. She graduated with her BFA and MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and now resides in Miami.

Natalya is currently an adjunct professor at Miami International University in the visual arts department. She was an artist-in-residence in 2018-2019 with ProjectArt, teaching displaced teenagers and students from underserved school districts twice a week at the Model City branch of the Miami-Dade Public Library System. Recently, she finished doing a mural for the nonprofit Raw Project that places artists in underserved schools across the United States to brighten the walls and promote student engagement.

In 2010, Natalya received a residency with the Red Gate Gallery in Beijing and in 2011 traveled to Berlin for a three-month residency with Takt Kunstprojektraum. She also received a Kickstarter grant to teach art in Uganda for two months. While there she worked on her own projects and created a community mural with her students. 

In 2018, she completed a residency and served as a visiting professor at the Lido Art Center in Guangzhou, China. She also completed a residency at the Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap, Georgia. In 2021 Natalya attended Jentel Artist Residency in Wyoming, and in 2022 she was a resident for Oolite Art Centers Home and Away program at The Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida. She also participated in a group show at The Frank Contemporary in Miami. In 2023, she will be included in numerous group shows and has a solo show at the Sidney & Berne Art Center in Ft Meyers, FL.