Natalie Toth’s work focuses on abstract assemblage. The material pool she works with consists of found materials and non-recyclable waste that the artist generates and/or source continuously. Working thusly, her practice functions as a feedback loop: the waste that she creates/finds informs/dictates the kind of objects she makes; the limitations are finite, forcing resolution via compromise rather than alternative-seeking. Since the type of supplies she works with is, more or less, determined independently from the artist, her process relies on the manipulation and transformation of the materials that she has amassed. The workable limit of the materials speaks for itself, resulting in unconventional irregularities and inconsistencies. Each object is thoroughly integrated by virtue of creation: the components are born of the artist’s environment, relating to one another by varying degrees.

Natalie is fascinated and enraptured by modern wealth; the societal willingness to amass meaningless things we do not need, use, or care about. She allows this obsession to guide and influence her production. Her overarching intention is to invoke a reconsideration of one’s relationship with value; she seeks to reinterpret what we think of as useless or ephemeral. Within the workable limits established by the narrow material scope, her individual works often mimic the once-intended use of the components that form them, allowing the viewer to relate and reflect on what constitutes an art object.

Natalie graduated from Tulane University with a dual Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Fine Art in May 2019. She has presented work in New York, Louisiana, Paris, and Florida. Natalie currently resides in New Orleans.