Natalie Ryde

Natalie Ryde (b.1981) is an East London based artist specialising in drawing, screen printing and participatory education projects. Her abstract, line drawings appear as floating woven forms, an aesthetic she attributes to her family lineage in both textiles and technical drawing. Ryde’s practice deals with ideas surrounding the human tendency to follow patterns, inherent and learnt behaviour, conscious and automatic decision making. Her source material is drawn from mathematical diagrams, observation of disrupted surfaces or patterns and emergent organic forms. The intricate mesh drawings in monochrome and colour have a feeling of movement and vitality in their undulating surfaces. Working predominantly on paper, Ryde uses ink, pen, pencil in her drawings as well as producing short-run and variable silkscreen print editions.

Studio
301, Bridget Riley Studios, 43 - 45 Dace Road, Hackney Wick, E3 2NG.

Since graduating from Edinburgh College of Art in 2005 Natalie has undertaken a series of residencies and commissions in Scotland and London including her 2011 Artist in Residence post at Kensington Palace and 2012 commission at Kew Palace.

Edinburgh College of Art BA(Hons) 1st PG(Dip)
2000 - 2005

Residencies
Artist in Residence at Kensington Palace, Kensington Gardens, London. 2011
Artist in Residence at Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn, London. 2008 – 2012
Craft Artist in Residence, Hazlehead Associated Schools Group, Aberdeen. 2006

Commissions
Painting Connections, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UCL. July 2016
Network drawing projection in Things warehouse based on topographical data from Hackney Wick
Mitheridge Capital Partners, Kensington, London. July 2014
Two large scale drawings for company headquarters.
Sutton House, National Trust, Hackney, London. April 2014
Georgian Tea Party immersive play installation and accompanying workshops for children.
Cabinet of Curiosities Handling Collection for Kensington Palace, London. 2012 - 2017
Roof canopy commission at Kew Palace and Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey 2012
Printed textile installation for the internal roof canopy for the Temple of the Imagination.

Selected Exhibitions and Commission work on display
New York Affordable Art Fair, USA, March 2017
Excited State, Atom Gallery, Stoke Newington, London, Dec 2016 – Jan 2017
Paper and Bronze, Gallery Different, Fitzrovia, London, Dec 2016 – Jan 2017
The Other Other Way, Solo Show,...