Natalie Couch

Couch was born in 1976.^[2] She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1998 and began exhibiting in 2003.^[2] She trained as a printmaker and is a member of the Māori print collective Toi Whakataa.^[1][3] She completed further study graduating with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture in 2017.^[2]

Much of her artwork is in graphite on board,^[4] however in addition to drawing she also uses sculpture, painting, design and adornment in her practice.^[2] Couch's art explores how people respond to the tangible and intangible elements of their natural surroundings.^[1][2]

Couch is of Māori (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Te Rangiita and Te Arawa),^[2] Scottish, English and French descent.^[5]