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Biography

Dr. Natacha Villamia Sochat was born in New York City. She grew up in La Habana, Cuba and in New York City where she attended the Bronx HS of Science. She worked as a professional photographer in Berlin, Germany including freelance work for "Berlin Today" magazine. She is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Boston University (B.A. Biology, minor art history) and received her M.D. degree from Boston University School of Medicine. Her post-baccalaureate studies at Brandeis University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston included painting, printmaking, photography, and video. She received her MFA in Studio Arts from Tufts University/School of the Museum Fine Arts, Boston.

She has taught at numerous places including School of the Museum Fine Arts, Boston (painting), the New Hampshire Institute of Art (drawing and printmaking), and most recently was Master Teacher in Studio Arts at the St. Paul's School Advanced Studies Program. She is an interdisciplinary artist including painting, printmaking, bookmaking, performance, video, drawing, and photography. Her work has won numerous awards and has been in exhibitions throughout the United States. She is a member of the College Art Association and has served on the Board of the Woman's Caucus for Art, NH.

From early childhood she has been passionate about art and science and to the present still keeps these worlds connected. Her interests include philosophy, theoretical physics, critical thinking, ethics, biological systems, and virtual gaming. She is bilingual from birth and is the oldest child of immigrants (Cuba and Puerto Rico). Her father was a revolutionary in the Cuban revolution and this experience as a child has influenced her life and work.