Nathaniel Oliver
Nathaniel Oliver (b. 1996, Washington, DC) is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York City whose artistic expression spans painting, sculpture, and soundscapes. Throughout his work, Oliver focuses on the phenomenon of “truth,” exploring questions of veracity, fact-finding and citational practices in the media. Oliver’s interest in the social function of truth is informed by his childhood in Washington, D.C. where he observed two worlds in the nation’s capital – the neighborhoods he navigated in the Chocolate City juxtaposed to the daily operations of the capital city. One truth instilled in him during his adolescence was the importance of knowing from where he came. Oliver’s work challenges the facts and the fictions of the world in which we live, drawing from both his own personal upbringing and social norms writ large.
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence RI Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting June 2018
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Frieze London, Group Exhibition, Karma Gallery, London UK
2022 Armory Show, Solo Exhibition, HOUSING Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Group Exhibition: The Body Is Sacrament, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna Austria
2022 Independent Fair, Group Exhibition, Karma Gallery, New York, NY
2022 NADA Fair, Group Exhibition, HOUSING Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Group Exhibition: Light and Whispers, HOUSING Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Art Basel, HOUSING Gallery, Miami FL
2021 Untitled Fair, Solo Exhibtion, HOUSING Gallery, Miami, FL
2021 Armory Show, Group Exhibition, HOUSING Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Group Exhibition: Visions and Nightmares, Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Group Exhibition: Steve Cannon Tribute Exhibition, HOUSING Gallery, New. York, NY
2020 NADA Fair (Digital), Group Exhibition: Dune:Doom, HOUSING Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Solo Exhibition: Limbo, HOUSING Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Solo Exhibition (Digital): T.A.G., HOUSING Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Group Exhibition: Senior Invitational Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2018 Group Exhibition: Portfolio Café, Providence, RI
2018 Group Exhibition: Senior Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2018 Group Exhibition: Six White Guys, Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence, RI
2018 Group Exhibition: We Thought of You, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2017 MPSGS Annual Exhibition, Group Exhibiton, The Mansion at Strathmore, Bethesda, MD
2016 Framing the Future, Group Exhibition, Washington, DC
2016 MPSGS Annual Exhibition, Group Exhibition, The Mansion at Strathmore, Bethesda, MD
2015 Framing the Future, Group Exhibition, Washington, DC
2015 MPSGS Annual Exhibition, Group Exhibition, The Mansion at Strathmore, Bethesda, MD
2014 MPSGS Annual Exhibition, Group Exhibition, The Mansion at Strathmore, Bethesda, MD
2014 Group Exhibition, Senior Exhibit, DESA Gallery, Washington, DC
2013 Solo Exhibition, Harvest Emerging Art, Washington, DC
2013 Framing the Future, Group Exhibition, Washington, DC
ACHIEVEMENTS
Becky Westcott ’98 Memorial Painting Award (June 2018)
Gamblin Paint Award (August 2017)
RISD Scholarship Award (2014-2018)
E. Ann Berman Scholarship (2014-2018)
Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society (MPSGS) Scholarship (2014-2018)
Alfred De Credico Endowed Scholarship Fund (2017-2018)
Ripley F. W. Albright Memorial Scholarship (2016-2017)
Illustrated an award-nominated children’s book, A Little Girl in a Big Big World (October 2015)
RISD Honors Student (Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015)
Graphic Illustrator for the inside cover of the White House Holiday Tour Booklet 2012