Nathlie Provosty
Nathlie Provosty (b. 1981, Cincinnati, Ohio) is a New York City-based visual artist whose work is engaged with materiality and perception. Provosty uses subtle, highly tactile qualities of oil paint that oscillate visually and conceptually according to the painting’s multi-referential imagery, physical interaction with light & the environment, and continuous spacial shifts. Her first solo exhibition in New York opened in 2012 at 1:1, an experimental artist-run gallery in the East Village. She has since exhibited work nationally and internationally including the Risorgimento Museum in Turin, Italy (2018-19) and Nathalie Karg Gallery in New York (2018, 2016), among others. Group exhibitions include Peter Freeman in New York (2019); Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway (2018); Colby Museum of Art, ME, curated by Alex Katz (2017); and Washington University Museum, DC (2017). Provosty’s work is currently on display at the American Academy of Arts and Letters as part of the 2020 Art and Purchase Awards exhibition.
Nathlie Provosty / Selected Work
Nathlie Provosty, Near Infrared I, 2015, oil on linen, 19 x 15 in, (48.26 x 38.10 cm)
Nathlie Provosty, Mistress, 2019-2020, oil on linen, 114 x 96 in, (289.5 x 244 cm)
Nathlie Provosty, Scribe, 2018, oil on linen, 100 x 87 1/2 in, (254 x 222.25 cm)
Nathlie Provosty, Turn, 2018, oil on linen, 100 x 87 1/2 in, (254 x 222.25 cm)
Nathlie Provosty, Visions, 2017 oil on linen, 100 x 87 1/2 in, (254 x 222.25 cm)
Installation view, Nathlie Provosty, 2018, Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento, Turin, Italy
Installation view, Nathlie Provosty, My Pupil is an Anvil, Nathalie Karg Gallery
Installation view, Doing What Comes Naturally: Seven Painters in Their Prime, curated by Robert Storr, The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation
Frail Mighty, November - December 2018, Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway
Nathlie Provosty, Rish, 2018, oil on linen, 19 x 15 in, (48.26 x 38.10 cm)
Nathlie Provosty, Painting, 2017, oil on linen, 15 x 12 in, (38.10 x 30.48 cm)
Nathlie Provosty, Untitled (iv), 2018, oil on linen, 15 x 12 in, (38.10 x 30.48 cm)
Nathlie Provosty, Sightline (i), 2018, oil and linen on aluminum panel, 19 x 15 in, (48.26 x 38.10 cm)
Nathlie Provosty, Triptych, 2018, oil on linen, 19 x 30 3/8 in, (48.26 x 77.15 cm)
Nathlie Provosty, Closed Eye Vision (Right), 2018, oil on linen (diptych), 96 x 53 in, (243.84 x 134.62 cm)
Nathlie Provosty, Triptych (v), 2018, oil on linen, 19 x 30 in, (48.26 x 76.20 cm)
Nathlie Provosty Exhibitions
Won't You Be My Neighbor
October 28 - December 31
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Water Thief
June 25 - August 9, 2019
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My Pupil is an Anvil
February 28, 2018 - April 15, 2018
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The third ear
March 30 - May 15, 2016
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- ContemporaryArts, All Rainbows in a Brainstem, December 2020
- Artforum, Yuki Higashino, Transmissions, December 2019
- Abbonamento Musei, Nathlie Provosty, November 2018
- Christies Magazine, Claire Wrathall, Young Americans: Nathlie Provosty, July 2018
- Artnet, Sarah Cascone, Editor's Picks: 14 things to see in New York this week, April 2018
- The Brooklyn Rail, Will Fenstermaker, Nathlie Provosty: My Pupil is an Anvil, April 2018
- Delicious Line, William Corwin, Nathlie Provosty: My Pupil is an Anvil Nathalie Karg Gallery, March 2018
- Fruit of the Forest, Federica Tattoli, Artist Interview with Nathlie Provosty, June 2017
- The New York Times, Roberta Smith, The Lower East Side as Petri Dish, April 2016
- Hyperallergic, Laila Pedro, Paintings that Sensually Shift in Tone and Texture, April 2016
- Artcritical, David Cohen, Thank You For What Is Underneath, Nathlie Provosty, May 2016
- Observer, Ryan Steadman, 7 New York Gallery Shows You’ll Flip For This Spring, March 2016
- Artnet, Lauren Palmer, 20 Emerging Female Artists To Keep On Your Radar, December 2015
- Modern Painters, 24 Artists To Watch, January 2015
- Miami Rail, Alex Bacon, Nathlie Provosty's New Paintings, Fall 2013
- Artforum, Chloé Rossetti, Nathlie Provosty, November 2012
Publications
Nathlie ProvostyWater Thief
Water Thief, Nathlie Provosty’s third solo exhibition with the gallery, features ten years of the artist’s works on paper. These pieces, almost entirely in water media, feel familiar while being completely awash in more novel reflections of form, color, and marking. The show’s title, Water Thief, comes from the translation of the Greek word […]
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Nathlie Provosty has recently gained critical acclaim for subtle, highly sensual, abstract oil paintings that oscillate in appearance between word forms, possible body fragments, and moving images. The artist’s frequent use of dark colors stems from an interest in the peripheral territories of visual perception. Taking this source one step further, she describes the paintings […]
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Buy NowRead More Nathlie ProvostyMy Pupil is an Anvil
My Pupil is an Anvil, Nathlie Provosty’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, introduces the artist’s newest body of work: five large paintings and several smaller pieces. The title indicates a play on words and vision. A pupil is the dark circular opening in the iris of the eye that allows light in, but it […]
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