Natalia Fabia

Natalia Fabia is an American painter, based in Orange County, California.

Early life, family and education Natalia Fabia's parents immigrated from the Polish People's Republic.

Fabia is married to Jay Bentley, and they have two children. The family lives in Orange County, California. Fabia's career began in the early 2000s by showing in various group exhibitions around Los Angeles. She quickly established herself in the field of figurative painting, and her early works drew comparison to Toulouse-Lautrec in both style and content.

Her early works are "filled with people, lush environments, ornate fashion, light interiors, glamour, graffiti, landscapes, punk rock music and an unapologetic sexiness." Whilst her later works, predominantly from her show Rainbeau Samsara, focused on "life cycles and the stages and emotions within those time frames, from birth to transition."

In 2010, she was named one of "LA's 100" most fascinating people in LA Weekly's 2010 People Issue.

Her work is held in the collections of several prominent individuals, including Lena Dunham, Mark Parker, Long Gone John, and Ulrich Seibert (Seibert Collection).

She created the concert poster for the band Tool's 2022 performance in Utah, the album art for Fat Mike's You're Welcome, and NOFX's album Cokie the Clown. In 2025, she was named one of "Ten Essential Local Artists Inspired by the City of Angels" by Los Angeles Magazine.

Her art has been featured in Vogue Italia, Elle Magazine, LA Weekly, VICE, Her art has been described as "a testament to the modern woman."

She appeared in the documentary film, Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski (2018) as herself. She has also appeared on the American reality television series Miami Ink, and season 16 of The Bachelorette.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions 2006: Hooker Manor, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, California 2007: Hooker Safari, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, California 2008: Miss Hooker Beauty Pageant, Dragonfly, Los Angeles, California 2009: Hooker Dreamscapes, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, California 2012: Fashionable Aftertaste Without End, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, California 2012: Miss Hooker Beauty Pageant, Dragonfly, Los Angeles, California 2012: Punk Rock Rainbow Sparkle, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York City, New York 2016: Rainbeau Samsara, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, California

Group exhibitions 2009: True Self, Curated by Gary Baseman, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York City, New York 2010: ¡Sugipop!, Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, New Hampshire 2010: Art from the New World, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol, UK 2010: Sanrio, Small Gift, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, California 2011: The Emergence of the Pop Imagest, Venice, Italy; curated by Jonathan LeVine and Giovanni Bonelli 2012: Hello Kitty, Hello Art!, Openhouse Gallery, New York City, New York 2013: Risqué {Dirty Little Pictures}, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California 2015: Invisible College, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2015: Robert Williams' "Slang" & 20 Years Under the Influence of Juxtapose, Los Angeles, California 2016: LA Art Show, Red Truck Gallery, Los Angeles, California 2016: Scope Miami International Art Fair, Miami, Florida 2016: Instalarity, Curated by F. Scott Hess, Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, California 2017: Woman as Warrior, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois 2018: California Art Cub 107th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, California 2018: Painting the Figure NOW, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, Wisconsin 2018: Art Palm Beach, Sirona Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida 2020: Distilled Beauty: Select Artists from the 14th International Art Renewal Center Salon, American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, California 2020: Unjust Contenment, BeinArt Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2022: The Last Unicorn 40th Anniversary Group Show, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, California 2025: Toys as Art, Art Inspired by Toys: Mattel's 80th Anniversary Group Exhibition, in collaboration between Mattel Creations and Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, California