Natalija Walbridge
Fiber Artist

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Woman posing in front of colorful artwork at the Duluth Art Institute 2025 Annual Member Show.

Exhibitions:

  • Annual Members Show, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN, April - May 2026
  • Signs of Spring, Nordic Center, Duluth, MN, April 2026
  • Life at the Water’s Edge, Great Lakes Aquarium, Duluth, MN, November - December 2025
  • Annual Members Show, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN, May 2025
  • Whole Foods Co-op, Duluth, MN, May 2025
  • April Showers, May Flowers, Nordic Center, Duluth, MN, April 2025
  • 30th Arts North International, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN, January-February 2025
  • Grand Marais Art Colony, Studio 21 Gallery, Grand Marais, MN, August 2024
  • Sky Harbor Airport, Duluth, MN, July 2024
  • Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Two Harbors, MN, May 2024
  • Duluth Pottery & Tile Gallery, Duluth, MN, November 2023
  • American Craft Council, Contemporary Craft Show, St. Paul, MN, 2018 & 2019
  • Textile Center Holiday Gallery Shop, Minneapolis, MN, 2016 & 2017

Select Bibliography:

  • “Duluth Artist Pivots from Canvas Bags to Fabric Collage” - Duluth News Tribune, March 2025
  • "Artist recreates the Beauty of Park Point with Fiber Art”, The Lift WDIO, July 2024
  • “The Creator of Dock 5: Meet the Artist”, Lake Superior Magazine, May 2023
  • “Park Point Artist Makes, Donates Thousands of Masks During the Pandemic", The Local Exchange, KBJR, November 2021
  • “Fashion Meets Function at Dock 5”, Making It Up North, WDSE/PBS, February 2021
  • “Sewing to Save Lives”, Duluth Reader, March 2020
  • “Artist Spaces: Duluth Woman Turns Home into Screen Printing and Sewing Studio,” Duluth News Tribune, January 2016
  • “Dock 5 is my Bag”, Lake Time Magazine, December 11, 2015

Grants:

  • Creative Individuals Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, St Paul, MN, 2025
  • Individual Artist Project Grant, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Duluth, MN, 2024
  • Upstream Artist Fellow, Upstream Minnesota & Springboard for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 2024
  • NEA-ARP Working Artist Project Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC, 2023
  • Individual Artist Project Grant, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Duluth, MN, 2023 
  • Creative Support for Individuals, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN, 2021
  • Emergency Artist Relief Grant, Springboard for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN, 2020
  • Emergency Working Artist Grant, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Duluth, MN, 2020
  • Career Development Grant, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Duluth, MN, 2019

Awards:

  • People’s Choice Award - Green Heron fabric collage, Annual Member Show, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, 2026
  • Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities, 2025
  • People’s Choice Award - American Mink fabric collage, Annual Member Show, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, 2025
  • Juror’s Award Third Place - Textiles, 30th Arts North International, Hopkins, MN, 2025
  • Best of Fiber, Art in Bayfront Park, Duluth, MN, 2018
  • Best of Fiber, Park Point Art Fair, Duluth, MN, 2017

Community Engagement:

Arts Administration: 


Board Member, Lake Superior 20/20 Studio & Art Tour, 2020-2026


Juror, Arrowhead Regional Arts Council - Artist Equity Grant, October 2024


Guest Speaker: 

"Idea to Art: Fabric Collage”, Duluth Needle Arts Guild, MN, March 2025


"Threaded Stories: Narrative Fabric Collage Art", Duluth Women’s Club, MN, October 2024

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