Natalie Pivoney is a contemporary oil painter and educator serving as a Project Coordinator for Purple Window Gallery in Chicago, IL. Pivoney earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2019 from Northern Illinois University, a Master of Arts in Studio Art in 2016 from Eastern Illinois University, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in Art Education in 2013 from Southern Illinois University where she earned her Illinois Professional Educator License. Solo exhibitions include Chasing Dopamine at Purple Window Gallery in Chicago in 2023 and Games for May at Northern Illinois University in 2019 as well as numerous group exhibitions throughout the United States. She has worked as an arts educator at the college and elementary levels, has juried multiple shows, and served as president for the Graduate Arts Association while at NIU. Pivoney has completed artist residencies in Galesburg, Illinois and Paonia, Colorado; has won 1st place in the 2017 Imprints of the Mind exhibition at Dittmar Gallery and Juror’s Choice Award in the 2018 Ars Nova exhibition at the Jack Olson Gallery and has been featured in multiple magazines including Studio Visit Magazine, PIKCHUR Magazine, and Art+Type Magazine.