Selected Exhibitions
Metamorphosis, Robert Else Gallery, CSUS, Sacramento, CA (2024)
Solo Show, Shaft Salon - Sacramento CA (2023)
Side by Side, ARTHOUSE gallery - Sacramento, CA (2022)
Featured Artists: Randy Brennan and Natalie Sakurai, Sparrow Gallery - Sacramento, CA (2022)
Art Auction Exhibition (juried), The Crocker Art Museum - Sacramento, CA (2021, 2019)
Journey (invitational), Sparrow Gallery - Sacramento, CA (2020)
cre.a.tor (invitational), Robert Matsui Gallery - City Hall, Sacramento, CA (2018)
States of Matter (with Kate Farrall), Sparrow Gallery - Sac, CA (2017)
Boundaries (juried, award), Sebastopol Center for the Arts - Sebastopol, CA (2016)
THE art auction (juried), Verge Center for the Arts - Sacramento, CA (2016 - 2021)
Autism + Social Media: Eye Contact (solo), Sacramento Poetry Center - Sac, CA (2015)
MICROCOSMOS (national juried), Gallery 621 - Benicia, CA (2015)
Haiku Art (invitational), Sacramento Poetry Center - Sacramento, CA (2015)
Big Names Small Art, Crocker Art Museum - Sacramento, CA (2015)
Figuratively Speaking (invitational), Sparrow Gallery - Sacramento, CA (2015)
Small Showcase (juried), Delta Workshop - Sacramento, CA (2015)
Valentine Redux, The Nelson Gallery, UC Davis - Davis, CA (2015)
Dab Arts Exhibition (international juried, award), The HUD Gallery - Ventura, CA (2014)
Incite Insight (national juried), Lincoln Center - Fort Collins, CO (2014)
Despair to Hope (juried), Midtown Arts Collective - Sacramento, CA (2014)
Synesthesia (juried), The Nelson Gallery, UC Davis - Davis, CA (2014)
Awards
Boundaries, Sebastopol Center for the Arts: Curator’s Choice, 2016
Dab Arts International Exhibition, The HUD Gallery: Honorable Mention, 2014
Curator
Heat: A Modern Look at an Ancient Medium, Sparrow Gallery - Sacramento, CA (2016)
Heat - Second Annual Encaustic Show, Sparrow Gallery - Sacramento, CA (2017)
Publications
Tule Review. Blue in Green, p.44, On the Bias, p.45. Sacramento Poetry Center press. 2019
Tule Review. Lost at Sea (cover), Just Looking (p.62), Pilgrimage (p.63). Sacramento Poetry Center Press. 2018.
Arts Business Institute. Artist Profile: Natalie Sakurai. June 17, 2016.
Artsy Shark. Art & Meaning. June 30, 2016. (link here)
East Sacramento News. Lost at Sea (pp.10-11). September 19, 2013.
The Sacramento Bee. Crowd Series #3 (Ticket, p.3). September 7, 2012.
Education
BA Art Studio, California State University, Sacramento (1998)
BA Interior Design, California State University, Sacramento (1988)
Teaching Credential - Single Subject: Art, CSU Sacramento (2004)
Continuing education with various glass artists including Carrie Iverson, Catherine Newell, Mark Abildgaard, Martha Pfanschmidt, and Tim Carey, 2013 - 2021