We are so Familiar with our Life that we Become Blind to the Actual Experience
- Welcome. Enjoy the work and let me know what you think.
The world is full of interesting ideas; I cannot imagine a life without thinking.
Too Many people are complacent followers: some out of laziness, some out of wanting to please or just fit in, many because they simply do not think.
- Here are links to articles about art and life and other sites that are worth reading. Please contact me and submit any that I may need to add.
- critical theory's major flaws
- Essay on Andy Warhol and Marshall Mc Luhan
- Peter Plagens essay on the Contemporary art world
- Peter Plagens essay on John Coplans
- One of the most interesting sites on the web...one could spend hours and hours listening to the presentations on TED. I will not list the ones specifically on art since art is involved in all the ideas of life.
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Natacha Villamia Sochat was born in New York City. She grew up in La Habana, Cuba and in the south Bronx 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 (BA Biology with distinction, minor art history) and received her MD 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 of Fine Arts, Boston. Her knowledge of the sciences has greatly contributed to her art. From 1995 to 1997 she learned how to see the light as an artist from Paul Ingbretson at his atelier that embodied the Boston Painters heritage and lineage in Framingham Massachusetts and later in Manchester NH. This knowledge contributed to her ability to create diverse work when she coupled it with her graduate work in the arts at the Museum School.She has taught at numerous places including School fo the Museum of Fine Arts (painting), the New Hampshire Institute of Art (drawing and printmaking), and was Master Teacher in Studio Arts at the St. Paul's School Advanced Studies Program (Concord, NH). She is an interdisciplinary thinker, curator, and 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 was a member of the College Art Association and served on the Board of the Woman's Caucus for Art (NH), including President WCA NH, Vice- President, and webmaster.
In 2009 Natacha founded NKG (a Boston contemporary art gallery) along with Kathy Halamka. NKG (NK Gallery LLC) gave voice to the pluralism that continually enriches contemporary art and ideas. NKG supported artists by giving time and space to exhibit work. In 2012 NKGallery closed it's doors.
From early childhood Natacha has been passionate about art and science and to the present keeps these worlds connected. Her interests include philosophy, theoretical physics, ethics, critical thinking, biological and sociological systems, as well as virtual gaming. Natacha is bilingual from birth and is the oldest child of Puerto Rican and Cuban parents. Her father Mario was involved in the Cuban Revolution and this experience as a child has influenced not only her life and her view of culture but her work as well. Her mother's diverse roots contributed to her life perspective. In 2015 Natacha left her farm in NH and moved to Raleigh NC.
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