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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:
Le, Jason N. “VizArts Monthly: Myths and Meteorites.” Oregon Artswatch. March 2024. Web
Cool WIP episode 28: Coolin’ with Nathaniel C. Praska. Cool WIP podcast. October 2022
Janisch, Austin. “1989: The Postcollapse in Art and Culture.” Art and Cake. September 20, 2022
Katsanis, Vuslat D. “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
Gallivan, Joseph. “Ilknur Demirkoparan - 1989.” Art Focus. KBOO, Portland, OR, October 12, 2021
Chan, Maxx. “Mestizo Art Exhibit: Exploring Development’ and Destruction.” Salt Lake Magazine. Salt Lake UT, July 2017
Clawson, Michael. “When the Paint Speaks.” American Art Collector. March 2014
Scott, Aaron. “Exclusive Q&A: Behind the Calligram Foundation.” Portland Monthly Blog, January 2013
McLaren, Jim. Interview. 1190KEX. Portland, Oregon, January, 2013
Phillips, Patrick. “Nathaniel Praska.” Arts and Ideas Magazine. Martha’s Vineyard, August, 2012
Johnson, Barry. “New $150k Calligram Falcon Fellowship Names Its First Six Fellows.” Oregon ArtsWatch. December, 2011
Gangelhoff, Bonnie. “21 Under 31.” Southwest Art. September, 2010
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