Born in Paris, France, Natou Fall is a Senegalese-American multidisciplinary visual artist working across sculpture, film, and make-up artistry. Fall’s storytelling explores themes of nostalgia, trans-nationalism, the black femme experience, sensuality, spirituality, and the supernatural. Their practice embraces notions of multiplicity, glamour, and the self, to embolden radical self acceptance, and challenge classical notions beauty rooted in whiteness and heteronormativity.
Trained as an architect, Fall’s developed techniques of casting, assemblage, and collage. Their material palette includes plaster, silicone, cosmetic products, molded and printed plastics, fabric, high density foam, and various papers and paints.
After receiving a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture and Design from the Corcoran School of Art & Design at the George Washington University, they went on to study at SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture). In September of 2019 they received the Frank and Bertha Gehry Prize for their graduate thesis installation Shaping Face.
Fall’s work has been exhibited at venues such as Gallery 90220, Band of Vices Gallery, and SoHo House. They have also been commissioned by brands like Sonos and Ami Colé. Currently they are design studio faculty at SCI-Arc, and working on projects of varied scale in Los Angeles, CA.