Two new artworks from my Saddle Couturage series will be included in the group show “Add/Subtract”.

“Add/Subtract” is a group exhibition that explores the foundational yet transformational use of addition and subtraction. The show includes the work of Natale Adgnot, Sasha Hallock, Takuji Hamanaka, Beth Humphrey, Ruth Jeyaveeran, Erin Juliana, Joanna Poag, Allie Rex, Tegan Brozyna Roberts, Kate Rusek, Allyson Smith and Hanna Washburn.

Working across media, the artists of “Add/Subtract” find common ground in the dialogue that they cultivate between their materials and processes. For them, making is a dance of give and take as surfaces are assembled and physically built up. Equally important to this conversation is the need to edit; to remove elements in order to create harmony or at times discord. By accumulating and deconstructing disparate elements, the artists of “Add/Subtract” create something new that transcends the sum of its parts.

Gallery Hours:

The show is open to the public during Gowanus Open Studios, October 18 and 19 from 12-6 pm, and by appointment through October 25th.

As a part of NYTM this year, I’m pleased to take part in Fiber in Focus, a three-day open studio event at TI Art Studios @tiartstudios dedicated to textile and fiber art that gives a unique perspective into the process, material exploration and the sacred space of six textile artists:

Natale Adgnot @natale_adgnot is a sculptor who uses mixed media, including fabrics, horsehair, and thermoplastics, to create fiber and textile sculptures.

Nicholas Cueva’s @gneissyoungman work is a multifaceted exploration of fabrics in the context of visual information and compression, expanding on the texture and pattern of different weaves.

Sandra Giunta, @sangiunta inspired by the natural world, creates felted and stitched sculptural pieces with wool and other natural fibers to highlight interconnectedness and biiophilia.

Kathie Halfin @eclectic_body weaves sustainable materials such as sisal, flax, and hand-spun paper to create tactile sculptures rooted in weaving and basket-making traditions.

Elise Putnam @putnamelise draws on fabric using crayon, dye, collage, appliqué, and embroidery to create exaggerated self-portraits that reflect familiar characterizations of women, such as fairy tale characters and art historical figures.

Melissa Zexter @melissazexter combines traditional embroidery skills with photography, sewing directly onto her unique photographs. Through her manipulation of the image’s surface, the photographs become unique, non-reproducible objects


📅 Dates & Hours

Friday, Sept 12, 2025: 6–8 PM
Saturday & Sunday, Sept 13–14, 2025: 12–5 PM
📍 TI Art Studios – Brooklyn (Red Hook/Gowanus)
No registration required

More info at this link.

I will participate in this year’s Zero Art Fair with three artworks.

July 8-12, 2025, at The FLAG Art Foundation, NYC 
545 W. 25th Street, 9th Floor,  New York, NY 10001

Exhibition Preview Days: Tuesday July 8th – Thursday July 10th, 11am – 5pm
Public reception: Thursday July 10th, 5 – 7pm
Fair Days: Friday July 11th and Saturday July 12th for registered ticked holders, 11am – 5pm

Visit

You must register for tickets to be eligible to collect on July 11th and 12th.
Registration is closed.  Update: Ticket notifications will go out on July 4th or as soon as possible. 

While it is not a sustainable model for artists to give away more than a small fraction of the artwork they create, the fair exists in part to remind the art world that the retail prices within the art market are a fiction for most working people, including artists themselves. This fair brings out into the open what is normally hidden behind smoke and mirrors: that fine art is abundant rather than scarce. When a lot of artists make a little of their work available, art is brought out of storage and into loving homes, enlarging the community of those who live with art and beginning a virtuous cycle of generosity.

 –Jennifer Dalton and William Powhida, 2024

I’m pleased to have a new fiber artwork included in the national group show “Far & Wide” in the main gallery at WAAM.

Far & Wide is an annual exhibition and the one time each year that WAAM calls for submissions from artists throughout the country rather than from the Woodstock region alone. This year’s presentation was juried by interdisciplinary artist and journalist, Melissa Stern, and looks at the relationship between art and storytelling.

Exhibition dates: June 27–August 10, 2025
Hours: Thurs-Sun 12-5pm

Several of my fiber wall sculptures are included in the summer show “Wonderland” at Maison 10. Participating artists include Charlotte Hailstone, Simi Mahtani, Aaron Muntner, Julia Rivera, Claudia Echeverría, Eva Petrič, Diane Love, Claire Hashman, Vanessa Pineda Fox, and me.

Natale Adgnot and Tegan Brozyna Roberts present new textile artworks in the two-person exhibition Mending Fences at Gallery 1923, on view November 8 – 17, 2024, with an opening reception on November 8th, 6-8 pm. Read the full press release here.

In Mending Fences, Adgnot and Brozyna Roberts use textile art to conceptually and materially explore how to pay better attention to one’s surroundings and look for ways to repair frayed relationships. The title of the exhibition references both artists’ use of thread, Brozyna Roberts’ explorations of overlooked details in everyday surroundings like worn layers of paint that accumulate on fences and other objects in the built environment, and Adgnot’s work that cautions against the human tendency to rush to judgment instead of looking for pathways to connect.

Exhibition dates: Nov. 8 – 17
Opening reception: Nov. 8th, 6-8pm
Prospect Series Concert: Nov. 15th at 8pm with gallery hours from 6-9pm
Open by appointment

Curated by Genevieve Lowe, this “intriguing group exhibition about ‘twin-works,’” as described recently in Hyperallergic, explores the creative impulse of duplication, twinship, reflection, and features four works by Adgnot from her ongoing Bird Brains series. Adgnot is exhibiting alongside artists Emily Davidson, James Parker Foley and Maria Stabio. 

Transmitter Gallery
1329 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, NY

For more information, please visit here. 

I will be exhibiting work at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists’ Coalition from Sept. 21st through October 13th.

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition presents its very own Salon des Refusés 2024.

In 1863, the Paris Salon held its annual exhibition of academic arts. Thousands of artists applied but were rejected and were unable to display their work in the official Salon exhibition. It was determined that their work did not fulfill academic standards of the time. Emperor Napoleon III, who wanted the public to make the decision, organized a simultaneous exhibition of all the rejects in the Palace of Industry. This exhibition included artists such as Manet, Cezanne, Pissarro and Whistler. The exhibition of “rejects” became famously known as the Salon des Refusés 1863.

It is with this in mind that the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition welcomes Brooklyn artists who have received the rejection notifications from the highly anticipated "Brooklyn Artists Exhibition" at BM, to exhibit in our gallery...as it was then...let the public decide.

481 Van Brunt St., Door 7A Brooklyn NY 11231

Exhibition Dates: Saturday, Sept 21 – Oct 13, 2024, weekends 1‐6 P.M.
Opening Reception: Saturday, Sept 21, 2024, from 1‐6 P.M.

More info

Fiber works from my Bird Brains series are part of this group exhibition taking place in Brooklyn during New York Textile Month’s 9th edition.

The exhibition "Tentacular Threads" delves into the intricate relationship between hybridity, the experience of everyday, and the process of making to explore how desperate elements converge to create new narratives and experiences. Featuring artists Natale Adgnot, Frid Branham, Rina AC Dweck, Kathie Halfin, Yudit Katz, Elizabeth Tolson, the show investigates the concept of tentacular thinking—a term coined by scholar Donna Haraway to describe a holistic approach to consciousness. Tentacularity acknowledges the multiplicity of converging and expanding threads of sentience that co-exist together, much like tentacles that allow organisms to sense, feel, and interact with their environment.

Exhibition Dates: September 5th to 19th
Opening: September 5th 5-8pm
Closing: September 19th 6-8 pm

75 19th Street, Brooklyn

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A solo exhibition of new textile and fiber sculptures from my Bird Brains series will be on view at Sweet Lorraine Gallery from September 4 – 29, 2024. The show includes 14 new textile and wall sculptures that are inspired by colloquial expressions in the English language that point to bias and faulty logic. More about this exhibition and my concurrent show, Tentacular Threads, can be found in the full press release.

Hours: Sat/Sun 12–5pm or by appt. (Email info (at) nataleadgnot.com)
Opening reception: Thurs. 9/12, 6–8pm
Artist Talk: Sat. 9/21, 2-3pm
Closing reception: Sat. 9/28, 3–5pm

Artworks in the Exhibition

• Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch – birth

• The Early Bird Gets the Worm – early life

• Kingfisher Nests (Halcyon Days) – the glory days of youth

• Birds of a Feather Flock Together – finding one’s tribe

• Goose Flight – hopeful ambition

• Wild Goose Chase: Migration – striving and looking for meaning in adulthood

• Magpie's Plunder – amassing wealth

• Canary (Still) in the Coal Mine – warning signs of future demise

• Swan Song – final masterpiece before retirement

• Crazy as a (Red-Eyed) Loon – loss of faculties

• Rise From These – cause of death

• Eating Crow – death

• Like a Phoenix (study) – hope of rebirth

• Phoenix from the Ashes – rebirth

Work from my Bird Brains series is included in “Summer Reading,” a group exhibition at Shelter Gallery featuring works from members of the Women Sculptor Group artist collective.

Participating artists: Abby Cheney, Alexandra Hammond, Alina Tenser, Allison Kudlow, Courtney Puckett, Dena Paige Fischer, Elisa Lendvay, Esther Ruiz, Elisa Soliven, Heidi Norton, Kate Rusek, Kate Stone, Langdon Graves, Lauren Skelly Bailey, Leah Dixon, Lexa Walsh, MaryKate Maher, Natale Adgnot, Stina Puotinen, Tamsen Williams, and Trish Tillman

Exhibition dates: July 24 – August 18

An opening reception will take place on Wednesday, July 24th from 5–7 PM.

I’m pleased to participate in the inaugural edition of this art fair that will take place during all four days of Upstate Art Weekend 2024.

Zero Art Fair is an experimental way to match artworks with people who want to live with art but can’t necessarily afford it. Through Zero Art fair, people can take possession of artwork without buying it. Developed by artists Jennifer Dalton and William Powhida, the fair uses a ‘store-to-own’ contract to offer artworks free of charge, but with strings attached.

More about the fair can be found here.

I’m pleased to have work included in this collaboration between The Ely Center of Contemporary Art of New Haven CT and Artport in Kingston NY. ECOCA is participating in Upstate Art Weekend. The opening reception is on Friday July 19 from 5-7pm at ArtPort’s location at 80 Smith Ave in Kingston, NY. More about the event here.

The Gallery at Yellow Studio is proud to present "Natural Tendencies," a group exhibition featuring four artists: Tomoko Abe, Natale Adgnot, Allison Belolan, and Christy Sheppard Knell. The exhibition, selected as part of this year's Upstate Art Weekend, will be on view from July 13 through August 8, 2024, with an opening reception on Saturday, July 13, from 4 to 6 pm.

"Natural Tendencies" delves into the complex relationship between humanity, nature, and perception, exploring themes of transience, permanence, and the influence of bias on our understanding of the world. Tomoko Abe, Natale Adgnot, Allison Belolan, and Christy Sheppard Knell employ diverse materials and experimental approaches to investigate our connection to the environment, the fragility of existence, innate and acquired biases, faulty perception, the interplay between the ephemeral and the enduring, and the balance between what is designed and destined. Through their thought-provoking works, these artists encourage viewers to contemplate the intricacies of our subjective experiences and our relationship with the natural world.

July 13 to August 8
Upstate Art Weekend: Thursday July 18 to Sunday July 21
Artist Talk: August 8 from 6-7:30pm

More information about the exhibition can be found here.

A new fiber art piece from my Bird Brains series has been included in this digital exhibition organized by the Ely Center and curated by Michelle Szabo.

View the exhibition here.

The 19th Annual Small Works Show at 440 Gallery is juried by curator Grace Freedman this year.

Opening reception on Saturday Dec. 2 from 4-6pm
Exhibition dates: November 30 - January 5

Open Studios returns to Gowanus this October 21st and 22nd. As always, I will open my studio to the public along with hundreds of other local artists. There are dozens in my building alone. TI Art Studios are located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Cubesmart storage building.

183 Lorraine St, Brooklyn NY 11231
My studio (#5) is on the 3rd floor.

Open from noon to 6pm both days.

For more information about the entire GOS event, visit www.artsgowanus.org

A hanging sculpture from my Bird Brains series is included in the virtual show “Process Driven” at the Ely Center.

Material exploration can be a conceptual driver for art. These artists employ, manipulate, de/reconstruct, and re-contextualize found, raw, fabricated items into artwork to create meaning and cultural relevance.

I am pleased to be part of the upcoming exhibition “Summer Camp” at Lexington House Gallery in Lexington NY. I will be showing alongside many artists whom I admire.

Participating artists: Natale Adgnot, Toni Brogan, Matt Bua, Melissa Dadourian, Robin Factor, Niki Lederer, Heather McLeod, Patrick Meager, Secret Project Robot, Jaqueline Surdell, Christina Tenaglia, Julia Warr, and Alexa Williams.

The show will run from July 21 through August 7. The gallery will be open on Friday July 21 from 12pm-6pm, with an opening reception to follow, 6-7pm.

Hours: Saturday July 22 - Monday July 24, gallery hours will be 10am - 6pm. The following weekends, July 29-30, and August 5-6, the gallery will be open on Saturday and Sunday, 12-5pm.

“The Other Side” is the inaugural group exhibition at N/A Project Space opening during Upstate Art Weekend 2023. The show, curated by Melinda Wang, includes sculpture, installation, and painting by five women artists from the US, France, the Philippines and Japan.

The exhibition will be on view at N/A Project Space in New Paltz, NY from July 21 through 24, 2023.

As a member of the Tokyo-based artist collective Art Byte Critique, I will be exhibiting work in the ABC 10th Anniversary Exhibition taking place this November at Launch Pad Gallery in Yokohama.

Art Byte Critique is celebrating 10 years as a community of artists connecting in the Tokyo Bay Area. Founded by Arthur Huang, we are printmakers, painters, sculptors, video artists, and more. Join us at Launch Pad Gallery for ‘10’ as we exhibit artworks from our membership of both local and international artists.

Please stop into @LaunchPadGallery and enjoy our work, Thank You 💙

🗓 November 18 - 28

⏰ 1PM - 7PM

Closed Tues, Wed, Thurs

440 Gallery celebrates small-scale creativity and innovation with The 18th Annual Small Works Show currently on display at the gallery. This national juried show, a collection of 87 works submitted by nearly 500 artists, is our annual way to acknowledge that size is irrelevant to awesomeness. Artwork qualified for selection as long as it measured no more than 12” in all dimensions, including framing and any digital media hardware required for display. Johnny Thornton, the 2022 juror, considered over 1,400 submissions ranging from traditional painting and sculpture, to photography and digital works of art.

More Info: https://440gallery.com

Opening reception: November 19, 2022, 4-6pm

Exhibition dates: November 17, 2022 - December 16, 2022

I’m always thrilled to invite the public into my Brooklyn studio during GOS. This mega-event encompasses dozens of addresses and hundreds of artists in the Gowanus area. My studio building is one of the biggest — over 100 artists work here. Come by and take a peek behind the scenes.

I am exhibiting artwork from my Bird Brains series in a group show curated by Francesca Pessarrelli that includes painting, sculpture, textile art and more.

Don’t Panic is an imperative. We must not panic. The world is on fire but don’t panic. Your rights are on the line but don’t panic. We’re entering a recession but don’t panic. Your lover left you but don’t panic. But how? For those who are coping, how? For those who aren’t, what do you do? Take solace in humor. Meditate. Medicate. Make art. Scroll and scroll and scroll ad nauseam. Listen to your therapist. Listen to your astrologer. Don’t listen to the news.

This exhibition brings together thirteen artists from Ti Art Studios whose works address the resilience of not panicking, the vulnerability it takes to give in to the panic, and what coping means in a time of overwhelming distress.

Opening reception: October 13th, 6-9pm
Exhibition dates: October 11 - 23, 2022

I am thrilled to have been included in an exhibition curated by Marly Hammer and Lisa Wirth of Work In Progress Advisory, set to take place for three months at The Nevelson Chapel. Two pieces from my Bird Brains series will be exhibited at the chapel which is located within Saint Peter’s Church on Lexington Ave.

As a woman sculptor, I am particularly honored to show my work in the context of a meditative space designed by the legendary Louise Nevelson. The chapel was intended to provide refuge to city dwellers and encourage reflection surrounded by her groundbreaking work.

ARTIST PANEL

This Wednesday 10/19/22 from 6:30 - 8pm, join us for an artist panel discussion. I am one of six of the participating artists who will talk about what was awakened in their practice (and within) when they ceded to what presented in the recent COVID-19 pandemic pause.

Opening reception: September 28
Artist Panel: October 19
Exhibition dates: September 28 2022 - January 4 2023
Open 10am-5pm (Mon-Friday & Sunday)