about Natalya Kochak

Natalya Kochak was born in New York and has lived across the US from North to South, before moving to Miami. She graduated with her BFA and MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Natalya was an adjunct professor at Miami International University in the visual arts department from 2019- 2023.  She was an artist-in-residence in 2018-2019 with ProjectArt, teaching displaced teenagers and students from the parks district in the Liberty City library.

She has participated in many artist residencies including Jentel in Sheridan, Wyoming, Lido Art Center in Guangzhou, China, Oolite Home and Away at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, Wild Acres in North Carolina, DNA Summer Residency in Provincetown, MA, Hambidge Art Center in GA, and many more.  She owns a decorative painting company in Miami, FL specializing in high end paint design and has a wallpaper line based off her artistic practice.