Nat Hues (she/her) is a queer, neurodivergent illustrator and multi-disciplinary artist making thoughtful, playful work about nature, & our place within it. She has a love of folk-art, poetry, murals, tattoos and socially-engaged practices. Nat has been published internationally and in multiple language imprints from Taiwanese to Portugese. Publishing clients include Amnesty International, Usborne Publishing, Oxford University Press and Michael O’Mara Books. Her work making accessible illustrations for disability rights & humanitarian organisations such as Inclusion International & International Rescue Committee was shared at the United Nations.
Nat has collaborated with author and podcaster Jarod K.Anderson aka The Cryptonaturalist, and was mentored by international muralist CBloxx. As an emerging installation artist and muralist she has worked with Beam, Wakefield City Council, Fat Pigeon Bakery and Sunny Bank Mills (where she has her art studio)
Nat is based in Leeds, UK, and works as both a tattoo artist under the name of Nattenborough, and as the Ceramics and 3D coordinator at contemporary craft and design centre Craft Leeds.
Select clients
Usborne Publishing Lift-the-flap Bugs & Butterflies, 2019
The Woodland Book, 2018.
Michael O’Mara Books and Amnesty International UK
Freedom to express yourself – An inspiration notebook, 2018. (featuring Sir Quentin Blake and Malala Yousafzai)
Buster Books
Wildlife: A Map Colouring Book, 2016.
The Map Colouring Book, 2015. (featured in The Guardian’s Christmas Gift Guide 2015)
Oxford University Press UK
Up in the air, 2016. Explorers: Then and now, 2015.
A Life in the sky, 2014.
Oxford University Press Australia & NZ
Amazing Volcanoes, 2016.
Season Swap, 2014.
Hansol Education South Korea
The Falling Acorns, 2013.
Anorak Magazine
Edible food packaging piece, 2012.
Digital Artist Magazine
Creative 101 feature, 2011.
Ammo Magazine
Issue 7, 2011.
Press
Exhibitions
- Wildlife & Safari Show, Harrogate.
- Oxo Gallery, London.
- Conde Nast Travel Fair, London.
- Walcot Chapel Gallery, Bath.
- The Explorers Club, New York.
- Salmagundi Club, New York.
- Crypt Gallery, Norwich.
Group and solo shows:
- Brooklyn Art Library, 2012.
- Uplift, Toronto, 2012.
- Distancia, Buenos Aires, 2012.
- Colston Hall, Bristol, 2012.
- M Shed, Bristol, 2012.
- Tobacco Factory, Bristol, 2012.
- Foyles Bookstore, Bristol, 2012.