Bio

The brain is a fascinating organ, which immense capabilities are still vastly unknown. The concept of neuroplasticity, defined in the Oxford dictionary as the ability of the brain to form new neuronal connections in response to learning, experience, or even trauma, is about 100 years old. The term, however, was not coined until the 1940s by a Polish neuroscientist who realized that neurons adjacent to those being fired triggered changes in the brain.

My professional life had been centered around health care and higher education. My creative activities helped me detach from the noise, the demand of my often-chaotic professional world, and focus back to myself as a meditative process.

My current creative endeavors are centered on drawing, painting and sculpting with copper wires and other natural found objects. I embrace the fluidity and grace of curved lines assembling to awaken what is dormant within the heart and soul, tapping into the plasticity, unused capabilities of the brain. I create for the process, the experience, the unconscious motivation, without envisioning in advance the final products. My journey is an ongoing positive transformation of my mind, my resilience, my attitude toward others, and even my health.

Paint, color pencils, markers, pastels, charcoal, copper wires and other recycled objects, along with canvas, paper and any paintable surface, become the extension of my thoughts allowing me to use apparently random lines to attain a final composition. Through my spontaneous practice I aim to invite the public to participate in the journey by tuning to the changes they feel internally, not just from what their eyes see.

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Selected Exhibitions

2024 UAC (United Art Collier) featured artist (3 person show)- Painting
The Norris Community Center, Naples, FL

2024 Exhibitor- Copper Trees and other copper wire pieces
The Bayshore Warehouse, Naples, FL

2023 2024 Selected artist for Natural Reflections exhibit,
Rockery Bay Environmental Learning Center, Naples, FL

2021-24 Permanent Collection
The Humble Hut Art Café, Naples, FL

1990 Print portfolio
Emmanuel College, Boston, MA

Public/Community Art

2023- now Painted common place floor- From Alice in Wonderland to the Wizard of Oz. Gulf Cate South Plaza (Bayshore), Naples, FL

2020: Community Art. Butterfly Art Walk. Jeepers Street (Bayshore), Naples, FL
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/life/2020/10/24/bayshores-request-republic-art-plan-prevails-two-years-later/3633582001/

2012 Public installation assistant Invasive Species, Cheng Long Environmental International Art, Taiwan

Teaching/Workshop Experience

2023-2024 Small Trees with Copper Wires (Monthly)
The Humble Hut, Naples, FL

2023-2024 Intro to Neurograhic Art (Monthly)
The Humble Hut, Naples, FL

2024 Neurographic art atelier-weekly (summer) and bimonthly (September to November) Youth Haven, Naples, FL

Publications

2009-2010 Photo coordination and design layout:
Garbani, N. (2010). Practical Vascular Technology. Wolters Kluwer Health, division of Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD

Bibliography

5/20/2024 How has Bayshore Drive changed? Naples Daily News
https://www.naplesnews.com/story/news/local/2024/05/20/bayshore-drive-naples-florida-food-dining-shopping-arts-district/73770646007/

5/16/2024 The Humble Hut Spotlight on Bayshore Business, Coastal Breeze News
https://www.coastalbreezenews.com/lifestyles/the-humble-hut/article_ff9502b4-12f6-11ef-b48b-e3dfc1e82b17.html

3/14/2024 Meet Nathalie & Natacha Garbani, CanvasRebel
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-nathalie-natacha-garbani/

Collections

Various private collections in Florida, Arizona, and Pennsylvania.

Membership

2024 UAC (United Arts Collier), Naples, FL

Education

1976-1983 Bi-weekly art classes (from 6th to 12th grade)
College Abel Didelet, Estrees St Denis, France
Lycee Pierre d’Ailly, Compiegne, France
1988 AS Life Sciences + courses in early childhood education (including literature and art/music for young children)
Mass Bay Community College, Wellesley, MA
1990 BS Biology, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA (+ class in printmaking)
2001 MS Clinical Laboratory Sciences. UMass, Lowell, MA
2011 EdD Higher/Health Care Education, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2023 Neurographica workshops with Margarita Amrita