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Natasha Bacca is an artist and instructor based in Oregon. Her work explores light, combining contemporary and archaic processes to push the bounds of conventional photography. Her artwork has been exhibited internationally and is featured in private, public, and corporate collections. Collectors of her artwork include NASA, Hilton Hotels, Kaiser Permanente, Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, Lane Community College, Central Oregon Community College, Deschutes Brewery, and many more. Her artwork has been featured on billboards across the United States, ABC's television shows Last Man Standing and Scandal, CBS's television show Two Broke Girls, OPB's television show Oregon Art Beat, and the soon to be released Untitled Chris Rock Film. In 2010, she was selected as the Jubelale artist for Deschutes Brewery. In November 2010, Oregon Public Broadcasting featured her process and artworks on the Emmy award winning television series Oregon Art Beat. In January 2011, Natasha was granted a US patent for the process by which she creates her art. 

Natasha states: 
"During the time I was pursuing my photography based art degree I witnessed meteoric changes within the photographic world. The once commanding darkroom was being replaced by the newest computer lab, while prosperous photography businesses were closing their doors forever. I both embraced and questioned the digital world photography was being assimilated into. I delved further into the basic concepts of photography; where it came from, what it meant, and where it was going. Pondering the root words photo meaning light and graph meaning to write, I began exploring the concept of literally writing with light. Following extensive research, I developed various methods of painting with light on photosensitive paper and designed different tools for this purpose.  I self-authored a patent for the tool and process by which I create my art which was granted in 2011.

By looking critically and freshly at a well-known medium, I inaugurate new photographic practices that defy digital trends and open up new modes of praxis for art. Exploring and capturing light through formal and conceptual studies, I challenge traditional understanding of what a photograph is and how one is made. I emphasize process in art making, constructing conceptual reference to the medium itself. Combing cutting edge technology with the most archaic of processes, I push the bounds of conventional photography to invoke fresh alternatives to creating and appreciating art."


Resume
Exhibitions (*Solo Exhibitions)

2014
  • Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • Memento Mori, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • Cheers, Naked Winery, Hood River, OR.
  • Open Theme, F-Stop Magazine.
  • Cheers, Arroyo Art Gallery and Wine Bar, Telluride, CO.
  • Memento Mori, Amazon, Seattle, WA.
  • Cheers, The Oxford Hotel, Bend, OR.
  • Cheers, Naked Winery, Bend, OR.
  • Healing through Art, Redmond Regional Medical Center, Redmond, OR.
  • Healing through Art, St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, OR.
  • Passing Landscapes, Franklin Crossing, Bend, OR.
  • Light Paintings, The Pines, Hood River, OR.
  • Posh Designs, 4023 NE Hancock Street, Portland, OR.
  • Light Paintings, Art Pic, North Hollywood, CA.
  • Photograms, Cascade Center of Photography, Bend, OR.
  • Light Paintings, Ozone Fine Art Gallery, Newport, OR.

2013

  • Lenzless, Plates to Pixels, Portland, OR.
  • Photosynthesis, La Fototeca, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
  • COCC Faculty Exhibition, Franklin Crossing, Bend, OR.
  • Photograms, Posh Designs, Portland, OR.
  • Heal, St. Charles, Bend, OR.
  • Portfolio Walk, Photolucida, Portland, OR.
  • EPICURIOUS: America's Relationship with Food, Denizen Gallery, Portland, OR *Curated by Natasha Bacca.
  • The BIG Picture, Denver, CO and sister cities around the globe.
  • e•mer•gence, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR.
  • Healing Bouquets, St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, OR.
  • Passing Landscapes, Franklin Crossing, Bend, OR.
  • Light Paintings, The Pines, Hood River, OR.
  • Light Paintings, Art Pic, North Hollywood, CA.
  • Photograms, Cascade Center of Photography, Bend, OR.
  • Light Paintings, Ozone Fine Art Gallery, Newport, OR.
  • Photograms, Don Terra Artworks, Sisters, OR. 

2012
  • Toy Box,  Springbox Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • Color: The Revolution, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • Art Faculty Exhibition, Pinckney Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • Members’ Showcase, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR.
  • Dreamworks, Denizen Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • Sum of Parts, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Birmingham, MI.
  • Passing Landscapes, Franklin Crossing, Bend, OR.
  • Art Takes Times Square, Billboard in Times Square, New York, NY.
  • Open Walls, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • *Light Paintings, Therapeutic Associates, Bend, OR.
  • In Full Bloom, Betty Gray Gallery, Sunriver, OR.
  • Still Life: Objects of Wonder, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • Jubel in July, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR.
  • In Full Bloom, Franklin Crossing, Bend, OR.
  • The Billboard Art Project, Atlanta, GA; Salem, OR.
  • Light Paintings, The Pines, Hood River, OR.
  • Photograms, Art Works Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • Light Paintings, Art Pic, Hollywood, CA.
  • Photograms, Cascade Center for Photography, Bend, OR.
  • Photograms, Don Terra Artworks, Sisters, OR.
  • *Passing Landscapes, Tart Bistro, Bend, OR.
  • Light Paintings, Ozone Fine Art Gallery, Newport, OR.

2011
  • The Billboard Art Project, New Orleans, LA; Baton Rouge, LA; Nashville, TN; Savannah, GA.
  • Visual Art Exchange, Littman Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • Color Mysteries and Abstract Fantasies, Rotunda Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • Light-Struck: Abstract Photography Today, Photostop Gallery, White River Junction, VT. *Juried by Ellen Carey.
  • Light Paintings, The Pines, Hood River, OR.
  • Photograms, Art Works Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • Light Paintings, Art Pic, Hollywood, CA.
  • Art Faculty Exhibition, Pinckney Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • Photograms, Cascade Center for Photography, Bend, OR.
  • Divergent, The Art Gallery, Longview, WA.
  • *Light Paintings, The Fireplace Gallery, Gresham, OR.
  • Out of Focus, The Chartreuse Muse, Modesto, CA.
  • Light Paintings, The Loft of Bend, Bend, OR.
  • Photograms, Don Terra Artworks, Sisters, OR.
  • Light Patterns, Ruud Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • For the Love of Science and Technology, Ozone Fine Art Gallery, Newport, OR.
  • Photo Alchemy, Sandy 23 Gallery, Portland, OR. *Juried by Laura Moya.
  • Light Paintings, *Black Butte Ranch Gallery, Black Butte Ranch, OR.
  • Light Paintings, Elemental Arts, Portland, OR.
  • Consciousness, River Bend Fine Art Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • "Lo-fi"ography: Showcase of Alternative Photography Techniques, Gallery 360, Vancouver, WA. *Juried by Blue Mitchell.
  • Storm, Ozone Fine Art Gallery, Newport, OR.
  • Airmail 100, Modesto Art Museum, Modesto, CA.

2010
  • *Light Paintings by Natasha Bacca, Turlock Art Commission, Turlock, CA.
  • Light Patterns, River Bend Fine Art Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • Scorpio, Po Boy Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • Light Paintings, Elemental Arts, Portland, OR.
  • Light Patterns, Anka Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • Members Showcase, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR.
  • Art Faculty Exhibition, Pinckney Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • *Light Paintings, The Loft of Bend, Bend, OR.
  • Small Works, BICA Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • Photography, BICA Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • 6' 6", Splendorporium, Portland, OR.
  • Roll Call, San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA.
  • Members Show, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC.
  • A Rainy Day Wildfire, Portland City Art, Portland, OR.
  • Art-Through-The-Mail-Campaign, Lebanon Art Factory, Lebanon, PA.
  • Love, Olympic Mills, Portland, OR.
  • Salon Style, BICA Gallery, Bend, Oregon.

2009
  • Colored Lights, 6th Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA.
  • Light Sensitive Material, Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • Family, Launch Pad Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • *Martinis, Bendistillery Martini Bar, Bend, OR.
  • COCC Art Faculty, Pinckney Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • Members Showcase, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR.
  • *Light Paintings, LePetite Couture, Portland, OR.
  • Passing Landscapes, BICA Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • Mini Mini, Conspire Art Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Mini Mini, Cartel Art Gallery, Tempe, AZ.
  • 2-D Works, Village Ballroom, Portland, OR.
  • Photography, Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, WA.
  • Love, Olympic Mills, Portland, OR.
  • *Passing Landscapes, Blondie, Portland, OR.
  • Impressions & Expressions, Pinckney Gallery, Bend, OR.

2008
  • Off The Wall, Working Artist’s Gallery, Portland, OR.
  • Equilibrium: A Human Mash Up, Olympic Mills, Portland, OR.
  • Members Showcase, Mirror Pond Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • Natural Abstractions, Mirror Pond Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • *Lightscapes, Tangerine, Bend, OR.
  • From Inspiration to Creation, Pinckney Gallery, Bend, OR.
  • Oregon Inventors Showcase, Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, Portland, OR.
Collections
  • NASA facilities.
  • Conrad Hilton Hotel, Dubai, U.A.E.
  • Kaiser Permanente, Point West, Sacramento, CA.
  • Kaiser Permanente, Fairfield, CA.
  • Kaiser Permanente, San Ramon, CA
  • Kaiser Permanente, Fair Oaks, CA.
  • Kaiser Permanente, Pleasanton, CA.
  • University of Utah School of Dentistry, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  • Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
  • Sixthriver Architects, Austin, TX.
  • City of Roses Hypnosis, Portland, OR.
  • Lane Community College Health and Wellness Center, Eugene, OR.
  • Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR.
  • Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR.
  • Naked Winery, Hood River, OR.
  • Silvan Ridge Winery, Eugene, OR.
  • Cox Canyon Vineyards, Ellensburg, WA.
  • Metate Room Restaurant, Mesa Verde National Park, CO.
  • Awbrey Glen Golf Club Restaurant, Bend, OR.
  • The Arthur, Portland, OR.
  • Torchlight Inn, Park City, UT.
  • The Rocky Mountain Chalet, Fraser, CO.
  • A Cascade View Bed & Breakfast, Bellevue, WA.
  • Boise Hillside Suites, Boise, ID.
  • Elliott House, Sanford, FL.
  • Sawtooth Mountain Lodge Bed & Breakfast, Gunnison, CO.
  • Apas House Bed & Breakfast, Portland, OR.
  • PureCare Dental, Bend, OR.
  • Numerous private collections.

Featured on
  • Billboards across the United States. 
  • Television Commercials in the United States. 
  • Untitled Chris Rock Film, release date TBA.
  • ABC's television show Last Man Standing.
  • CBS's television show Two Broke Girls.
  • ABC's television show Scandal.
  • OPB's television show Oregon Art Beat.

Awards, Grants, and Honors
  • Blue Sky's Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Portland, Oregon, juried selection 2015.
  • Featured artist, Telluride Wine Festival, 2014.
  • Blue Sky's Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Portland, Oregon, juried selection 2014.
  • “Art in Hand” finalist, The National Deck, 2013.
  • Seattle Storefront Installation, Seattle, WA, 2013.
  • Seattle Storefronts Residency, Seattle, WA, 2012.
  • Professional Development Grant recipient, Regional Arts & Culture Council, 2012.
  • Patented art process, US Patent No.7871175, 2011.
  • “Accomplished Under 40” Award, Cascade Business News, 2011.
  • Grant recipient, The Haven Foundation, 2011.
  • “Favorite Central Oregon Artist” contest winner, High Desert Gallery, 2011.
  • Grant recipient, The Celebration Foundation, 2011.
  • Finalist, NASA Space Craft Contest, 2011.
  • Grant recipient, Change Inc., 2011.
  • Featured artist,  Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Emmy award winning television series Oregon Art Beat, 2010.
  • Jubelale artist, Deschutes Brewery, 2010.
  • Photo contest winner, Blue Sky Gallery, juried by Gerry Badger and Stella Johnson, 2010.
  •  “Art in Hand” finalist, The Portland Project, 2010.

Select Bibliography
  • F-Stop Magazine, Issue #70, April-May 2015.
  • A World Defined by Light in Natasha Bacca’s Work, Cascade Arts & Entertainment, December 2014.
  • F-Stop Magazine, Issue #67, October 2014.
  • Naked Winery Displays Natasha Bacca Photos, Hood River News, October 2014.
  • Artist Bacca Creates Wine-Related Art, Telluride Daily Planet, June 2014.
  • F-Stop Magazine, Issue #65, June 2014.
  • Wine as Inspiration: Five Artists Who Use Wine & Wine Materials for Artistic Creation, Wine Pass Magazine, May 2014.
  • Natasha Bacca Presents Memento Mori, Cascade Arts & Entertainment, April 2014.
  • Bend Artist Paints Using Light, KBNZ-CBS, April 2014.
  • Pop the Cork Art, Wine Enthusiast Magazine, April 2014.
  • Sell Your Art into the Corporate Market, Artsy Shark, April 2014.
  • Natasha Bacca Orgasmic Artwork at Naked Winery, Cascade Arts & Entertainment, March 2014.
  • SLU has arrived — it has an art walk, The Seattle Times, March 2014.
  • Lenzless, Plates to Pixels, November 2013.
  • ToneLit Magazine, Issue Four, September 2013.
  • F-Stop Magazine, Issue #58, April 2013.
  • EPICURIOUS: America's Relationship With Food, March 2013. 
  • Epicurious Potato Heads, Alimentum, February 2013.
  • The Art of Cooking... Potato Heads?, The Huffington Post, November 2012.
  • You Say Potato, She Says Pot-ART-o, The Bend Bulletin, November 2012.
  • Innovative Art Graces the Rotunda Gallery, The Broadside, November 2011.
  • Accomplished Under 40, Cascade Business News, June 2011.
  • Artist Displays Work at BBR, The Nugget Newspaper, March 2011.
  • Bend Artist Receives Patent for Innovation in Photography, Cascade Business News, February 2011.
  • Natasha Bacca Sheds New Light on Photography World, The Daily Emerald, February 2011.
  • COCC Instructor Granted Patent for Photography Innovations, The Broadside, February 2011.
  • Natasha Bacca Exhibit in Gallery, The Ranch Report, January / February 2011.
  • UO Art Grad Patents Technique, KVAL News, January 2011.
  • Oregonian Pushes the Bounds of Conventional Photography, Zouch Magazine, January 2011.
  • Natasha Bacca, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon Art Beat, November 2010.
  • Brewery Taps Turlock Artist for Seasonal Label, Turlock Journal, November 2010.
  • Natasha Bacca - New Light Patterns. The Portland Metro Photographic News, October 2010.
  • Newspace Showcase, Portland's Eastside Gallery Guide, September 2010.
  • New art spices up Campus Center, The Broadside, September 2010.
  • Roll Call, San Francisco Camerawork, July 2010.
  • Jubelale, Imbibe Magazine, September / October 2010.
  • Jubelale, Beer Northwest Magazine, Fall 2010.
  • Citizen Alert, Bend Community Radio, April 2009.
  • Tripping the Light Fantastic, Bend Living, September / October 2008.
  • Brushstrokes of Light, GO! Magazine, June 2008.

Education
  • Master's Degree, Education; Art Credential. Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR, 2006.
  • Bachelor's Degree, Art. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 2005.
  • Associate's Degree, Photography. Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA, 2001.
  • Associate's Degree, Early Childhood Education.  Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA, 2001.
    • Certificate in Healing Environments.                  ALLEGRA Learning Solutions, 2014.
    • Certificate in Spirituality, Health, and Healing. ALLEGRA Learning Solutions, 2014.
    • Certificate in Meditation.                                    ALLEGRA Learning Solutions, 2014.
    • Certificate in Food, Nutrition, and Health.          ALLEGRA Learning Solutions, 2014.

Current Employment

  • Professor of Art, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR.
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