Natalie Russell
Natalie Russell was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1972 where she still lives and works. After completing a Maters Degree (Illustration and Printmaking) at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in 1999, Natalie worked as the Education Co-ordinator at Contemporary Arts Print Studio until 2005, where she taught in all areas of contemporary print, produced prints with artists such as Martin Boyce, Rosalind Nashashibi and Richard Deacon on the Made at DCA programme and co-ordinated workshops for the DCA Education Programme; including ‘Fully Booked’ and ‘In the Garden’ onsite print studio at Edinburgh International Book Festival.
In 2003, Natalie published her first book Hamish the Highland Cow with Bloomsbury in 2003 and was shortlisted for ‘Best New Illustrator’ in the Booktrust Early Years Awards in 2004. Since then she has continued to write and illustrate books for Bloomsbury, Home Sweet Hamish and Donkey’s Busy Day, and recently published her first book Moon Rabbit with Macmillan Children’s books.
Whilst working within the field of Children’s publishing, Natalie continues to visit book festivals, libraries and schools promoting reading and literacy skills, exhibits prints within galleries throughout the UK, has taught illustration at Edinburgh College of Art (2003 – 2006) and teaches within the Illustration Department at The University of Dundee.