Nathaniel Oliver
Nathaniel Oliver (b. 1996, Washington, DC) is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York City whose work 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 growing up in Washington, D.C: “Growing up in D.C. was so crucial for my development, I learned a lot vicariously through the nation’s capital,” he writes. “One truth that was instilled in me during my adolescence was the importance of knowing where you come from.” 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.
Oliver holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island Institute of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island. His work was exhibited at the Independent Art Fair in 2022 and featured in a solo exhibition in 2020 at Housing Gallery in New York, New York.
Born 1996, Washington D.C.
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
2018
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
HOUSING Gallery, New York, Armory Show
Simone Subal Gallery, New York, Visions and Nightmares
HOUSING Gallery, New York, Steve Cannon Tribute Exhibition
2020
HOUSING Gallery, New York, Limbo
HOUSING Gallery, New York, T.A.G.
2013
Harvest Emerging Art, Washington, DC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Karma, New York, Independent Art Fair
2020
HOUSING Gallery, NADA (Digital) Art Fair, Dune:Doom
2018
Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, Senior Invitational Exhibition
Portfolio Café, Providence
Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, Senior Show
Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence, Six White Guys
Gelman Gallery, Providence, We Thought of You
2017
The Mansion at Strathmore, Bethesda, MPSGS Annual Exhibition
2016
Framing the Future, Washington D.C.
The Mansion at Strathmore, Bethesda, MPSGS Annual Exhibition
2015
Framing the Future, Washington D.C.
The Mansion at Strathmore, Bethesda, MPSGS Annual Exhibition
2014
The Mansion at Strathmore, Bethesda, MPSGS Annual Exhibition
DESA Gallery, Washington D.C., Senior Exhibit,
2013
Framing the Future, Washington, DC
AWARDS
2018
Becky Westcott ’98 Memorial Painting Award
2017
Gamblin Paint Award
PUBLIC COLLECTION
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence
