Resume

NATHAN SKILES
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Born: Anderson, Indiana USA 1980
nskiles@ringling.edu nskiles@gmail.com

2006 MFA – Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2003 BFA – Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
2002 New York Studio Program, New York, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Center for Arts and Culture, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

2013
Shoot with your Hand, Kill with your Heart, Greene Contemporary online, New York, NY

2012
The Clockmaker’s Apprentice, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ

2011
Nathan Skiles, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, FL

2010
Black Forrest / White Lightning, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY

2008
Welcome to Tartarus, Welcome to Valhalla, Greene Contemporary, New York, NY

2007
Second Largest Paris in the World, Mack B Projects, Sarasota, Fl

2005
A New Collaboration by Stephen Shingler and Nathan Skiles, MSU MFA Gallery, Montclair, NJ
New Work by Nathan Skiles, MSU MFA Gallery, Montclair, NJ


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Rulers, COCO HUNDAY, Tampa, FL
Infinitely in Mass, The Heavy, Winter Park, FL
Shopliftable, Gaze modern, Sarasota, FL
SPECTRUM IV, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL (curator)

2018
SPECTRUM III, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL (curator)

2017
Skyway, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Construct, Centre Gallery USF, Tampa FL
Construct, Gallery AIA, Tampa, FL
West to East, Highlands Museum of the Arts, Sebring, Florida
SPECTRUM II, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL (curator)
In Process, #40, Sarasota, FL

2016
Show #35: Julie spoke softly under her long skinny nose, Field Projects, New York, NY
Introduction, Pilot + Project, Philadelphia, PA
SPECTRUM, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
Even Stranger Things, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida

2015
4 Arts / 4 Walls, Basch Gallery, Sarasota, FL
MASHterpieces, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL

2012
Awakened, AFA Gallery, New York, NY
s/ART/q: Miami Basel, Select Art Fair, Miami, FL

2011
s/ART/q: Process Exhibition, GWIZ Museum, Sarasota, FL

2010
Amuse Bouche, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
s/ART/q: Process Exhibition, GWIZ Museum, Sarasota, FL

2009
SCOPE: New York, Green Contemporary, New York, NY
s/ART/q: Inaugural Exhibition, Sarasota, FL

2008
Aqua Wynwood, Green Contemporary, Miami, FL
Blood Brothers (With Shawn Pettersen and Matt Lopez), Mack B Gallery, Sarasota, FL

2007
Not What But Where, HP Garcia Gallery, New York, NY
Inadmissible, HP Garcia Gallery, New York, NY
Evolve; Adapt Subsequent Ingenuity or Lack There of, Front Room Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Labor’s Love, White Dog Design + Mack B Projects, Sarasota, FL

2006
Reality Unchecked, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
First Look 2007, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ Learning How to Make New Friends, Mack B Projects, Sarasota, FL
Selected Works, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Triskaidekamaniacal, Axis Gallery, New York, NY

2005
The MSU Show, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL
MSU Second Year MFA Show, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Amos Eno Biennale, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
Clay Street, Publico, Cincinnati, OH
Second Year MFA Show, MSU MFA Gallery, Montclair, NJ

2004
Extended Family, Publico, Cincinnati, OH
First Year MFA Show, MSU MFA Gallery, Montclair, NJ

2003
New Work By, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Valentines Day Show, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL

2002
One Night Only, New York Studio Program, New York, NY

AWARDS
2006
Ann Chapman Award, for excellence in sculpture
Honorable Mention, 2006 International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award

2005-2006
Graduate Assistantship, Photography and Printmaking, Montclair State University

PUBLICATIONS
2016
Marty Fugate, “Art Review: Spectrum”, http://ticket.heraldtribune.com/2016/01/28/art-review-spectrum/

2012
Ralph Bellantoni, “Nathan Skiles created art that resonates with museum’s historical structure”, http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20120220/NJENT08/302180008/Nathan-Skiles-created-art-resonates-museum-s-historical-structure
Dan Bischoff, Foam rubber clocks don’t keep time, but this artist is cuckoo about them”, http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2012/01/nathan_skiles_clockmakers_appr.html
Pamela MacKenzie, “Hunterdon Art Museum celebrates 60th year in Clinton”, http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20120127/NJNEWS/301270043/Hunterdon-Art-Museum-celebrates-60th-year-Clinton

2010
Nathan Spoor, “HF Exclusive: Nathan Skiles: "Black Forest/White Lightning", http://www.hifructose.com/the-blog/473-hf-exclusive-nathan-skiles-qblack-forestwhite-lightningq.html

2009
Robert Ayers, “Scope Finds Its Comic Side”, http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/30685/scope-finds-its-comic-side/ March 4, 2009

2008
Hannah Cole, “A BAD YEAR FOR SALES, BUT SILVER IS IN THE LINING “, http://www.bigredandshiny.com/cgi-bin/mobile.cgi?section=out-of-town&issue=96&article=A_BAD_YEAR_1493121

2007
Mark Ormond, “Bohatyritz, Martin, Skiles, Winters show new work at mack b gallery”, Pelican Press, June 18, 2007
Douglas Max Utter, “Evolve; Adapt Slaps Reality Around at Front Room Gallery”, Free Times, March 14, 2007

2006
Ken Johnson, Art in Review; Reality Unchecked, New York Times, June 28, 2006,
Ralph Bellantoni, “Visual Arts Center in New…”, http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061214/ENTERTAIN01/612140360/1035

2005
Julie Bernzott, “To Do List”, CityBeat, June, 2005

2003
Pamela Sumner, “New Work By: Nathan Skiles, Yoshiko Ikesue, Stephen Shingler, Adam Traum, Thomas Martin, Rian Busse”, Untitled,

VISITING ARTIST
2014
Department of Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking, University of South Florida

2012
MFA Studio Art - MFA Program, Montclair State University

2010
New York Studio and Residency Program