artist/activist

A Sixth generation Oregonian, who lived in many different cities across the globe, Natalie Sept is an artist and activist currently living in Portland, Oregon.

Previous projects include: The Dishwasher Project, portraying workers in the back of the house of Portland's illustrious food scene; Waste Not, a collaborative project highlighting the transfer station staff of Recology; illustrating a comic about Genny Nelson, founder of Sisters of the Road Cafe, as a Comics for Change grantee. She also founded What Now? an action fair in response to the 2016 election, putting energy into action for good. In 2018, a cohort of high school students across Portland took over the event to create relevant workshops to education and activate Portland youth with help from The Center.

Having recently spent five years on a biodynamic farm in Northern New Mexico, she returned to Portland to split her time between art and politics. She is currently working on a series of rabbits and other objects of nature in clay; and community, narrative artworks in large-scale linoleum block prints.

Follow her art process on Instagram @natalieseptart