Education

2023  MFA, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
    Painting/Printmaking

2021  BFA, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Drawing and Painting, Minor in Social Sciences

Solo Exhibitions

2026     Just Short of Contact, Wilding Cran, Los Angeles, CA

2025     What the Edge Knows, CIBC Square, Toronto, ON, Canada
Soft Tissue, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal QC, Canada

2024     Manqué Melancholia, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, ON, Canada

2023     Nineteen Eighty-Five, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026  

PAINT YOUR LIFE!, curated by Ryan Steadman, Leo Koenig Inc., Andes, NY
Love Letter, curated by Hannah Traore, Hannah Traore Gallery, New York, NY
Queer Asynchronies, curated by Adrian Hall, United Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
Spring and All, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, ON, Canada
‍Skin of Sight, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal, QC, Canada

2025  

The Intuitionist, with Xavier Daniels, curated by Charles Moore, 21c Museum Hotel Durham, Durham, NC

2024  

Uninterrupted Resilience, Diane von Furstenberg Flagship and Gallery, New York, NY
Pulperfect: An Action of Continued Relevance, 81 Leonard Gallery, New York, NY
Ten Years: Anniversary Show, Wilding Cran, Los Angeles, CA

2023  

a signal urgent but breaking:, Perrotin, New York, NY
Ahorita, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
This Too Shall Pass, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
Thesis Group Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2022  

Circularity of (Un)knowing, Mayten’s Gallery
a prologue to somewhere: 2nd-Year MFA Fall Exhibition, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
As Black as the Rainbow, Phillips, New York, NY
The Will to Change: Gathering as Praxis, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
Brought It Home: A Continuum, Afro-American Cultural Center, New Haven, CT
Black Futures, George Brown Waterfront Campus, Toronto, ON, Canada

2021  

Action Required, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
GradEx 106, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Art Fairs

2026  

Plural Contemporary Art Fair, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal, QC, Canada
Felix Art Fair, Yossi Milo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2025  

Art Toronto, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, ON, Canada
UNTITLED Art, Yossi Milo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
UNTITLED Art, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Miami Beach, FL
The Armory Show, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY

2024  

EXPO Chicago, solo presentation, Wilding Cran, Chicago, IL
Art Toronto, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, ON, Canada
The Armory Show, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair, Yossi Milo Gallery, Dallas, TX
Felix Art Fair, Wilding Cran, Los Angeles, CA

2023  

ADAA: The Art Show, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Art Toronto, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto, ON, Canada

The Armory Show, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY

2022  

Art Toronto, The Next Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
UNTITLED Art, Yossi Milo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
The Armory Show, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Collections

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
RBC Art Collection, Toronto, ON, Canada
The Wedge Collection, Toronto, ON, Canada
GreyChurch Collection, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Awards and Grants

2025  Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create Grant

2024  Northern Trust Purchase Prize, EXPO Chicago

2021  David W. Bain Award

2020  OCAD University Diversity and Equity Excellence Award
    Christopher Pratt & Mary West Pratt Bursary

Residencies

2024  Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL

2022  The Royal Drawing School, Dumfries, Scotland

Selected Press

2026  

David Ebony, “PAINT YOUR LIFE!,” Upstate Diary, June 2026
“Natia Lemay’s Darkened Interiors Debut in Los Angeles,” ArtDaily, February 2026

2025  

Adam Lauder, “Natia Lemay: What the Edge Knows,” Esse
Byron Armstrong, “Natia Lemay and Xavier Daniels’ ‘The Intuitionist’ at 21c Museum Hotel Durham,” Whitehot Magazine, July 2025

2024  

Charles Moore, “Natia Lemay: The Art of Being Seen,” Juxtapoz
Victor Sandoval, “Natia Lemay,” Portray Magazine

2023  

Blake Gopnik, “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries,” The New York Times
Byron Armstrong, “Nineteen Eighty-Five: Natia Lemay Goes Beneath the Surface in Her First NYC Solo Show,” Whitehot