Natalie Wiersema
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EDUCATION
2022-2026
B.S. in Kinetic Imaging at Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS​
2026
Home Jury-Accepted Submission Annual Student Exhibition, Richmond Center Albertine Monroe-Brown Gallery, Curated by Sarah Strong Glupker, Kalamazoo MI
Final Phase, Resonant Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI (upcoming)
Final Phase Kinetic Imaging Senior Class Exhibition, Richmond Center Kerr Gallery, Kalamazoo MI (upcoming)
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2025
Ecologies of Sculpture and Light, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Jury-Accepted Submission Annual Student Exhibition, Richmond Center Albertine Monroe-Brown Gallery, Curated by Micah Alhadeff, Kalamazoo, MI
Unearthed, Richmond Center Kerr Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
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​2024
Remains, Richmond Center for the Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Kalamazoo Art Hop, Featured Artist, Public Media Network, Kalamazoo, MI
TOPIA Art and Technology Festival, Michigan Theater, Jackson, MI
ARTPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
Evan Larson Exhibition, Dunbar Hall, Kalamazoo, MI
Jury-Accepted Submission Frostic School of Art Annual Student Exhibition, Richmond Center Gallery, Curated by Kim Shaw, Kalamazoo, MI
Entropy Flicker, Richmond Center Kerr Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
Serotiny: Jack Pine's Dance with Fire, South Kohrmann Hall, Kalamazoo, MI
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2023
Virtualities , South Kohrman Hall, Kalamazoo, MI
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2022
Northern Illinois High School Art Exhibition, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago IL
AP Art Student Exhibition, Mundelein High School, IL
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2021
Illinois Art Education Association Statewide K-12 Student Art Show, Remote
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SELECTED SCREENINGS
2025
Pulp Culture, Prairie Ronde Artist Residency Projection Mapping Screening, Vicksburg MI
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2024
People and Prairie, Pixel Nebulae, Kalamazoo Valley Museum Planetarium, Kalamazoo, MI
TOOLS ARE HARDCORE, KI Openscreening, KI Club, Kalamazoo, MI
Short Short Fest, Capri Drive Inn, Coldwater, MI
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INTERNSHIPS
2025
Animation Marketing Intern, UCC Environmental, Waukegan, IL
Resonant Gallery Intern, WMU, Grand Rapids, MI
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​COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2025
Pulp Culture, Prairie Ronde Artist Residency, Vicksburg, MI with Sofia Huffman, Avery Noel, and Mackenzie Taylor
Fussy Felines, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI with Sofia Huffman and Avery Noel
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CURATING
2024
Remains, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Rewilding Film Festival, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Kalamazoo, MI​
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AWARDS/GRANTS
2026
Presidential Scholar for Art 25-26, Western Michigan University
Dean's List, Western Michigan University
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2025
DeVries Professional Art Scholarship, Western Michigan University
Global Ambassador Scholarship, Western Michigan University
Dean's List, Western Michigan University
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2024
Student Sustainability Grant, Western Michigan University
Dean's List, Western Michigan University
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2023
Gwen Frostic Scholarship, Western Michigan University
Rose and James Kerr Award, Western Michigan University
Dean's List, Western Michigan University
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2022
Gwen Frostic Scholarship, Western Michigan University
Lydia Siedschlag Scholarship, Western Michigan University
Dean's List, Western Michigan University
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2021
Blick Award, Blick at Northern Illinois High School Art Exhibition. Chicago, IL
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RADIO & TELEVISION
2025
Public Media Network
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025
Death & Data Artist Biographies, Resonant Gallery, Grand Rapids MI
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2024
Interview in Visual Alchemy, S9 Ep8 , Kalamazoo Lively Arts
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