Natalie Ascencios is a painter and illustrator.

Background

She received her BA and BFA at the

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and

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. Ascencios has taught drawing and painting at the

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at the graduate and undergraduate schools and has given talks on painting at

, Maryland School of Art and various other institutions throughout the country. Ascencios has lived in

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for fourteen years and currently keeps a studio in

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Artistic works

Her work has appeared in ''

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'', and many others. Ascencios' paintings can also be seen in the various competitive annuals of the

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, American Illustration, ''

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'' and '' Print'' annuals.Natalie Ascencios
/ref> Collectors of her work include

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, director

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Studios, and the Jewish Repertory Theatre. Ascencios is noted as the creator of two paintings depicting the literati of the 1920s. One, depicting members of the

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is on permanent display at the

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/ref> and the other hangs above the fireplace in the Library at the Martha Washington Inn, in Abingdon, VA.

Awards

The

has awarded her one gold medal and two silver medals. She also received first place in puppetry in the Henson design competition.

Interviews

Magazine interviews with Ascencios appear in: *''Pro-Illustration'', Vol. II *'' Print'', January/February 1999 *''

'', January 1999

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ascencios, Natalie The New School alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Painters from New York (state) 21st-century American women painters 21st-century American painters Algonquin Round Table The New Yorker people