Nathan Mabry
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Nathan Mabry is an artist based in Los Angeles
.
Mabry was born in Colorado
. His work is a mixture of primitive sculpture and Minimalist-style art. He references the work of artists such as Sol LeWitt
, John McCracken
and Carl Andre
and uses materials including wood
, plaster
and clay
.
Mabry took part in the prominent exhibition Thing: New Sculpture from Los Angeles at the Hammer Museum
in 2005.
Mabry received his BFA
from Kansas City Art Institute
in 2001 and his MFA
from UCLA in 2004.
Aspects, Forms and Figures, Bellwether, New York
Hammer Contemporary Collection Part II, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2006
Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami
Nathan Mabry: Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration and Parade, Aspen Museum of Art
Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Thing: New Sculpture from Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2004
Supersonic, Windtunnel/Artcenter, Pasadena
2000
Filter Gallery, Kansas City
Los Ángeles
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.
Mabry was born in Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. His work is a mixture of primitive sculpture and Minimalist-style art. He references the work of artists such as Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Solomon "Sol" LeWitt was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism....
, John McCracken
John McCracken
John Harvey McCracken was a contemporary artist who lived and worked in Santa Fe, New Mexico and New York.- Education/teaching :...
and Carl Andre
Carl Andre
Carl Andre is an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks to more intimate tile patterns arranged on the floor of an exhibition space Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) is an American...
and uses materials including wood
Wood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
, plaster
Plaster
Plaster is a building material used for coating walls and ceilings. Plaster starts as a dry powder similar to mortar or cement and like those materials it is mixed with water to form a paste which liberates heat and then hardens. Unlike mortar and cement, plaster remains quite soft after setting,...
and clay
Clay
Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...
.
Mabry took part in the prominent exhibition Thing: New Sculpture from Los Angeles at the Hammer Museum
Hammer Museum
The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Culture Center, or the Hammer Museum as it is more commonly known, is an art museum in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California...
in 2005.
Mabry received his BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
from Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City Art Institute
The Kansas City Art Institute is a private, independent, four-year college of fine arts and design founded in 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri....
in 2001 and his MFA
Master of Fine Arts
A Master of Fine Arts is a graduate degree typically requiring 2–3 years of postgraduate study beyond the bachelor's degree , although the term of study will vary by country or by university. The MFA is usually awarded in visual arts, creative writing, filmmaking, dance, or theatre/performing arts...
from UCLA in 2004.
Selected exhibitions
2007Aspects, Forms and Figures, Bellwether, New York
Hammer Contemporary Collection Part II, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2006
Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami
Nathan Mabry: Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration and Parade, Aspen Museum of Art
Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Thing: New Sculpture from Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
2004
Supersonic, Windtunnel/Artcenter, Pasadena
2000
Filter Gallery, Kansas City
External links
- Laura Richard Janku, Nathan Mabry’s Jackin’, Stackin’, Crackin’ Sculpture from ArtInfo.com
- Nathan Mabry on ArtFacts.net
- Images, texts and biography from the Saatchi Gallery
- Further information and collected press at Cherry and Martin