Natalie Abadzis is an artist and designer who lives in London. She creates
makes and illustrations for a living, and works as an Art and Crafts Editor
at a London publisher.

Natalie has had two solo exhibitions in London UK where she has
sold to many private buyers. Natalie also has two regular art websites
called byebyeballoon.com and lastsliceofcake.com

Natalie has managed three after school clubs over the years, and set up art
workshops in 2001 for children, called Art Lab.

Education

February –March 2004: mentoring course for children in schools
1990-1993: The Kent institute of Art and Design, Maidstone College of Art
BA(Hons) Communication Media–Illustration pathway
1988-1990: Hounslow Borough College, BTEC National Diploma General Art and
Design

Published illustration

The Guardian-illustrations for The Comic section
Paperlink Cards 'Cha Cha' collection of everyday greetings cards
Sew Magazine-fashion illustrations for CMC fashion patterns
The Magical world of Ballet-spot illustrations for Issue 1-60
The Essential Guide to Beauty as featured illustrator
Easy English Encyclopeadia-spot illustrations
BBC Smart Magazine-spot illustration
The Leaping Snail Press: three ranges of greetings cards–stockists included
Selfridges, The General Trading Company, John Lewis and Libertys

Selected exhibitions

November 2009 Acquire Arts Battersea 'Akemi's Place'
October 2008 Nolias Gallery 'Night Train' solo show
May 2007 The Coningsby Gallery 'The Leafsweeper' solo show
June 2006 The Walk Gallery Summer Show, King Edward Walk London SE1
January 2005: A website justamoment.co.uk set up to sell art to raise
money for Macmillan Cancer Relief
July 2005: The Workplace Art gallery, Shoreditch permanent display in
gallery of Justamoment cards (Ongoing)
July 2005: The Workplace Art Gallery group show

Published makes

2008-present EdenCo Crafts Editor for Hannah Montana partwork
2009 Development craft & cook projects for Dorling Kindersley children's books
2009 The Guardian newspaper 'Comic' section, craft projects
2009 Aceville Publications 'Sew' magazine fashion illustrations for fashion patterns
2008-2009 GE Fabbri Foreign Editions Editor for Pony Craft
2008-2009 John Brown publishing, crafts for 'Zoey 101'
Eaglemoss Publications: The Magical World of Roald Dahl, Make it Groovy,
Jackie Chan’s Adventures, The Magic of Ballet
Bostik: Designed accessories for their new products in 2003 and again in
2005; also re-designed makes for their ‘Oodles’ range and their new coloured
Blu Tak products
News International: The Funday Times
BBC Books: Walking with Dinosaurs 2001, Great Smart makes 2001, Toybox 2000,
Teletubbies annual (2000, 2003, 2004), CBBC annual 2000, CBBC Girl Talk
annual 2003, CBBC Tweenies annual 2003, 2004, CBBC Bill and Ben annual 2003, CBBC
Ace Lightning 2003
BBC Magazines: Disney’s Big Time, Blue Peter, Learning is Fun!, Robot Wars,
Magic Key, Numbertime, Girl Talk, Tweenies, Starhill Ponies, Pingu,
Teletubbies, Roar, Smart
Nexus Publishing: Popular Crafts, Xmas crafts for Children
Egmont Fleetway: Go Girl

Film, Television and theatre work

CBBC Blue Peter programme 2001-2002: devised made and wrote ‘Here’s one I
made earlier’ items
CBBC Smart programme series 6-9: devised and made makes items for presenter
Kirsten O’ Brien
CBBC Smart on the Road programme: devised and made makes items
Flaunt TV Channel, Sky TV 2003: designed girls accessories and customized
clothes for teenage strand
Sky news promo ‘Queens Jubilee 2002’, made, sourced and styled props
Art Effects, Shepperton Studios: 1998 graphics specialist for a variety of
adverts including Royal Mail, Lilt, American Express, Asda and Sky Sports
Art Effects 1998: Art department work for Mansfield Park feature film
Piccolo Puppet company 1996-1997: Assistant shadow puppet maker. Worked on a
show called ‘Cloud Cookoo land’ which toured theatres and schools
Millennium Dinosaurs, Hampton 1995: modelmaker and fibreglassing