Nathaniel​ ​C.​ ​Praska 
Born:​ ​1985,​ ​Portland,​ ​Oregon

Solo Exhibitions:

2024     Medicine, Toy Bin Art, Los Angeles, California
2024     By the Skin of Our Teeth, After / Time Collective, Portland, Oregon 
2024     Heavenly and Earthly Paradise, The Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon
2023     4x4, Forsberg Art Gallery, Rose Center for The Arts, Longview, Washington
2022     Like a Pile of Mud, Bunker in Silico, St. Louis, Missouri  
2017     Progress​ ​and​ ​Development,​ ​Mestizo​ ​Institute​ ​of​ ​Culture​ ​&​ ​Arts,​ ​Salt​ ​Lake​ ​City,​ ​Utah
2016     Nathaniel Praska: Recent Work, Red e Café Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2012     Cherry​ ​Trees,​ ​The​ ​Office​ ​of​ ​Mayor​ ​Sam​ ​Adams,​ ​Portland,​ ​Oregon
2009     Scenes​ ​From​ ​the​ ​Streets,​ ​Trim/Vojdani​ ​Gallery​ ​at P:EAR,​ ​Portland​, Oregon

Group Exhibitions: 
 

2024     Tryst Alternative Art Fair, Torrance Art Museum, Del Amo Cross, Torrance,

             California 

2024     The Politics of Aesthetics, After / Time Collective, Portland, Oregon 
2024     GLEAN Artist Residency Exhibition, Parallax Art Center, Portland, Oregon 
2023     Tryst Alternative Art Fair, Torrance Art Museum, Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, California
2022     1989: The Postcollapse in Art and Culture, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, California     
2021     1989, MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture, Portland, Oregon 
             (curated by Ilknur Demirkoparan & Vuslat Katsanis)
2021     Abandoned: Images of What Remains, ARTspace Gallery, Lake Oswego, Oregon
2021     What’s So Funny?, Well Well Projects, Portland, Oregon
2019     Everyone Together!: Benefit for RAICES, One Grand Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2018     Artifacts of a Journey, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, Oregon
2018     Art as Refuge, 510 Museum and ARTspace, Lake Oswego, Oregon
2017     Andrew Alba and Nathaniel Praska: Bugatti Veyron, Red e Café Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2014     The​ ​Life​ ​of​ ​The​ ​Paint,​ ​Mockingbird​ ​Gallery,​ ​Bend,​ ​Oregon 
2013     Calligram/Falcon​ ​Fellowship​ ​Exhibit,​ ​Portland,​ ​Oregon
2010     Plein​ ​Air​ ​Paint​ ​Out, ​Mockingbird​ ​Gallery,​ ​Bend,​ ​Oregon
2010     Enduring​ ​Forests, ​Arbor​ ​Art​ ​Show,​ ​Lake​ ​Oswego,​ ​Oregon
2010     Cross​ ​Culture, ​Mockingbird​ ​Gallery,​ ​Bend​, Oregon
2006     Rex Silvernail and Nathaniel Praska, Art on the Boulevard, Vancouver, Washington

Grants​ ​&​ ​Awards: 

2024     Arts3c grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, Oregon
2023     GLEAN Artist Residency, Portland, Oregon
2022     Career Opportunity grant, Oregon Arts Commission, Portland, Oregon 
2022     Make | Learn | Build grant, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, Oregon    
2021     Rockland Residency, Bremerton, Washington
2012     Calligram/Falcon​ ​Fellowship, Portland, Oregon
2010     Southwest​ ​Art,​ ​‘21​ ​under​ ​31’,​ ​September 

Press/Mentions:

 

Ep 19: Heavenly and Earthly Paradise – Nathaniel Praska. TAC MAKES: a podcast. March 2024
 
Jason N. Le. “VizArts Monthly: Myths and Meteorites.” Oregon Artswatch. March 2024. Web.

Cool WIP episode 28: Coolin’ with Nathaniel C. Praska. Cool WIP podcast. October 2022

Austin Janisch. “1989: The Postcollapse in Art and Culture.” Art and Cake. September 20, 2022

Vuslat D. Katsanis. “In Other Easts: MinEastry of Postcollapse Art and Culture and 1989.” Journal of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP/j). Special Issue on Postcollapse Art: Contemporary Art in ‘the East’ since 1989. Johns Hopkins University Press. November 2021. Web.

Joseph Gallivan. “Ilknur Demirkoparan - 1989.”  Art Focus. KBOO. Portland, OR. October 12, 2021
 
Maxx Chan. “Mestizo Art Exhibit: Exploring Development’ and Destruction.” Salt Lake Magazine. Salt Lake UT. July 2017
                                      
Scott Aaron. “Exclusive​ ​Q&A:​ ​Behind​ ​the​ ​Calligram​ ​Foundation.”​ ​Portland​ ​Monthly​ Blog.​ January​ ​2013 

​Jim McLaren​. Interview​.​ ​1190KEX.​ Portland, Oregon. ​January​ ​2013 

​Patrick Phillips. “Nathaniel​ ​Praska.” ​Arts​ ​and​ ​Ideas​ ​Magazine. ​Martha’s​ ​Vineyard.​ August​ ​2012 

​Barry Johnson​. “New​ ​$150k​ ​Calligram​ ​Falcon​ ​Fellowship​ ​Names​ ​Its​ ​First​ ​Six​ ​Fellows.” Oregon​ ArtsWatch. December ​2011 

​Bonnie Gangelhoff​. “21​ ​Under​ ​31.”​ ​Southwest​ ​Art. ​September ​2010