Biography

Natalie Bremers is an artist and biologist. Receiving her BFA in Studio Art and BS in Biology with a concentration in Conservation and Biodiversity from University of South Dakota. In addition, attended Grenfell Campus: Memorial University. Bremers is continually searching to demonstrate how the sciences and arts unify. Using her artwork as a way to advocate for environmental issues in order to inform and allow room for discussion; and to respond to what she is seeing, hearing, and feeling. She is deeply connected to northern environments, that bond being further strengthened after living a short time in Canada. Bremers stresses the importance and immediacy behind her work.

Artist Statement

Natalie Bremers’ works revolve around environmental concepts. Themes ranging from human involvement, like waste and pollution; to landscapes that seem to have little evidence of human. Her most recent concerns are geared around climate change, how it is impacting the land that she loves, and the somberness that comes with its absence and her inability to experience it. Bremers enjoys exploring different medium within painting, photography, and sculpture; in order to investigate the different presence each one has on the viewer. Utilizing forms, linear qualities, and textures found in environments, she is inspired by the land and places an emphasis on mark making. Her work often shares an abstracted view of data or landscapes, with drips of paint alluding to the passage of time, melting, and deterioration. Bremers’ works collectively have the simplicity and emotional presence of poetry, with the subdued and quiet voice of her own.

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