NATALIA MALONE HERNÁNDEZ
ABOUT
Natalia Malone Hernández is a multimedia visual artist, musician, and educator from New York City of Spanish and Irish-American heritage. Natalia's love for community goes back to growing up in NYC in the early ’90s, falling asleep in her mother’s keyboard case to the sounds of rehearsals at Pregones Theater in the Bronx and dancing under the weeping willow tree at the 9th Street Community Garden. Natalia draws from these experiences to inspire her visual work, expressing a hope for a world where justice, history, love, and community are honored through spaces of shared art, music, and care.
Natalia's love for building and creating comes from her father, a carpenter and boatbuilder, who shared a love for the smell of sawdust, an appreciation for trees, and a curiosity for building. Natalia completed her BA in Studio Art at Hunter College where under the mentorship of ceramic artist Sana Musasama she learned a variety of hand-building and glazing techniques, including egyptian paste. Natalia’s grandfather shared with her the knowledge of film photography and left her with a set of lenses and camera that she uses in her work today. Natalia values the physical labor of creation and feels a deep spiritual connection between her pieces and the mentors who passed down the knowledge and skills that shape her practice.
