Solo & Duo Exhibitions
. Jan / Feb 2010. Distill Life, solo exhibition, Gallery AOP, Johannesburg, South Africa
. May - Oct 2007. Landscapes & Icons, duo with Paul LaRocque, Haydn Shaughnessy Gallery, Cork, Ireland
. Jan / Feb 2007. Call and Response, solo exhibition, Art on Paper Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
. July 2006. Unseen Video, solo exhibition, Parking Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
. May/June 2006. Time and Seeing, solo exhibition, Outlet gallery, Pretoria, South Africa
. Apr - May, 2005. experiment02, duo with Marcus Neustetter, Franchise gallery, JHB, South Africa
. Mar - Apr, 2005. enter:hektor, solo exhibition, Klein Karoo National Arts Festival, Oudtshoorn, S. Africa
. Oct 04 - Jan 05. the storytellers, solo exhibition, the Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
. May - Jun 04. The GetAway Experiment, duo with Marcus Neustetter, ArtSpace Gallery, JHB
. Apr - May, 2004. eat, solo video - poetry installation / exhibition, Outlet gallery, Pretoria, South Africa
. Oct 2003. Wits School Of Arts launch, solo installation in the substation gallery, JHB, South Africa
. Apr - May, 2002. New Media Room featured artist, solo installation, Johnson Museum of Art, New York
Select Group Exhibitions
. November 2008. Sprawl, Borg Ward Collective, Milwaukee Wisconsin
. September / October 2008. Jozi and the (M)other City, Michaelis Gallery, Cape Town South Africa
. January - March 2008. Crossing the Void 2, Ten Cubed Gallery by Haydn Shaughnessy, Second Life
. February 2008. Lightwave Festival 08, Science Gallery , Dublin Ireland
. February 2008. Project(OR), Media and Moving Art, Rotterdam Netherlands
. Oct 07 - Feb 08. New Prints, International Print Center New York & Anchor Graphics, Chicago
. Nov / Dec 2007. Contemporary Visions of Southern Africa, Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa
. November 2007. t-minus 2007, Monkey Town, Brooklyn, New York
. July - August 2007. Bytes & Pieces, the arts center, Florida, USA
. June 2007. The Art Happens Here, iCommons Summit, Art Workshop, Dubrovnik, Croatia
. Dec 06 / Jan 07. D.I.Y. OR DIE, IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City, Turbulence.org & Rhizome.org
. October 2006. t - minus 2006 video art festival, Monkey Town, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, USA.
. Early 2006. 35th International Film Festival, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
. October 2005. Aardklop, Outlet Exhibition, Potchefstroom, South Africa
. July 2005. Sounds Crazy, Studio for Interactive Sound, Grahamstown National Arts Festival, South Africa
. May - Jun 2005. Mooimarkshow - Vienna - Johannesburg, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
. Nov 2004. Artinthedark_, Video Art Festival, Johannesburg, South Africa
. Oct 2004. Brett Kebble Art Exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa (major award winner with step inside)
. Feb - August 2004. Remembering - Repressing - Forgetting festival, with international tour
. Oct 2003. Brett Kebble Art Exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa
. Jun - Sept, 2003. 24.7 artist residency, live art/studio, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
. Mar 2003. The Mooimark Show, presented by the Gallery Expo 3000 Berlin, Johannesburg, South Africa
. 2003. International Digital Art Awards, international tour
. Mar - Apr, 2003. Chiang Mai First New Media Art Festival, Chiang Mai University Museum, Thailand
. February 2003. YDEsire softserve event, Castle of Good Hope, Capetown, South Africa
. Jun 2002. d.ART 02, dLux media arts, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
. Apr 2002. Electronic Literature Organization, state of the arts symposium, UCLA
. Sept 2001. online|offline, Gencor gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
. Nov 00 - Jan 01. 12 artists, Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York
Select Performances
. Sept 2, 2006. VisitorsStudio. Game/Play at HTTP gallery, London, Q Arts, Derby, & Premises, JHB
. June 11, 2006. Memento. Collaborative, improvisation sound sculpture, Gallery Momo, JHB
. July 2005. Petra. Grahamstown National Arts Festival, South Africa
. Mar 2005 / Aug 2005. Still Here. FNB & Arts Alive commission, The Dance Factory, South Africa
. July 03 - July 04. There’s no Room in This Bed. Dance Factory & Grahamstown Arts Festival, South Africa
. Sept 01 - Apr 03. en/traced, Gencor Gallery, Turbine Hall & The Bassline, Johannesburg
. Mar 2003. phenomenomadic, FNB Vita Awards, Johannesburg
. Dec 01 - Dec 02. the double room, SA tour with FNB Vita Awards & Grahamstown National Arts Festival
. Aug 2002. [US] National Poetry Slam 2002, with Team Ithaca in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Select Reviews and Features
. 2010. ‘Nathaniel Stern,’ chapter in Printmaking Beyond the Edge by Richard Noyce, A&C Black Publishing
. 2008. ‘Jozi and the (M)other City,’ The Guide, Mail & Guardian
. Sept 2008. Like the city, a work in progress, ArtThrob.co.za
. Apr 2008. Brave new era, Printmaking Today magazine
. Jan 2008. Catch of the day: Second Life’s new gallery, Guardian Unlimited: Art & Architecture blog
. June 2007. Art Fag City featured artist, 2 - week artwork banner and biography
. June 2007. Tom Moody features and reviews The Wireframe Series
. June 2007. Art Fag City interview for iCommons
. May 2007. Irish Times featurette on Landscapes and Icons
. Mar 2007. Nathaniel Stern at Art on Paper Gallery, ArtThrob feature and review
. Feb 2007. Indrukke van Werklikheid (trans, Impressions of Reality), Die Beeld
. Jan 2007. turbulence, remixes + bonus beats, by Eduardo Navas, commissioned by the NEA
. Aug - Dec 2006. Review in Brief, Time and Seeing solo show, Outlet gallery, Art South Africa
. September / October 2006. between Text and Flesh, full bio / feature in NY Arts Magazine
. September 2006. Networked_Performance (interview), 104 - 107 SAfm, South Africa
. June 2006. Stern manipuleer oog om alledaagse nuut te sien (Stern manipulates the eye…), Die Beeld
. June 2006. From Impressionism to Compressionism, Pretoria News, South Africa
. June 2006. undertoe featurette in Cimaise Art & Architecture (France)
. May 2006. Compressionism, full back - page feature in Mac Format magazine
. April 2006. SAartsEmerging featured as Artthrob Website of the Month
. March 2006. Met die vinger op die kunspols (With a finger on the art pulse), Die Beeld, South Africa.
. Feb 2006. Artbio feature on nathaniel stern, Artthrob.co.za
. Jan - May 2006. four DVblog features, compressionism, at interval, the odys series, and passage to ill
. Dec 2005 / Jan 2006. the future makers, RealTime Magazine #70
. Dec 2005. exibart, progetti, random magazine all feature odys for your iPod
. Fall 2005. The getAway Experiment, nathaniel stern and Marcus Neustetter, Leonardo Vol 38, No 3
. May 2005. Eclectic Electric Art. Drum Magazine, South Africa
. July 2005. G’town in Jozi, Mail & Guardian, Johannesburg South Africa
. May 2005. Exsperiment wat kyker se kyk na kuns belig (with translation), Die Beeld
. May 2005. Making light work of Digital Art, Sunday Times, South Africa
. Apr 2005. experiment02 (artist interview, with marcus neustetter), 104 - 107 SAfm, South Africa
. Mar 2005. Nathaniel Stern: the storytellers solo exhibition review, Art South Africa
. Feb 2005. revised/re - signed - getawayexperiment.net as project of the month, ArtThrob, South Africa
. Jan 2005. Stories that are spiced with a multi - media twist, SA Jewish Report
. Dec 2004. Looking, Being Seen and Locating South African video art feature, Art South Africa
. Nov 2004. the storytellers feature review, Business Day, South Africa
. Oct 2004. Top Billing, SABC TV show features step inside, with short artist interview, at the Kebbles
. Apr 2004. stuttering featured in Extensions, the online journal of Embodied Technology
. Mar 2004. Resensie, Spel met visuele verbruik (Play with visual consumerism), Die Beeld, South Africa
. Nov 2003. Nathaniel Stern - project of the month profile, ArtThrob, South Africa
. Sept 2003 Work in progress, 24.7, artthrob.co.za
. Sept 2003 24.7 Artist Residency Review, Spring 2003 Edition of Art South Africa
. Aug 2003. The shadowland of death, The Star, South Africa
. Apr 2002. New Media in South Africa, Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Vol 10 Issue 04 Apr 2002
. Dec 2001. Dance circles in the sand, The Star, South Africa
. Nov 2001. digital & contemporary art in South Africa (interview), 104 - 107 SAfm, South Africa
Select Awards, Residencies & Fellowships
. Oct 2006 - Oct 2009. Doctoral Research Scholarship, Trinity College, Dublin
. September 2007. Visual Arts: Travel & Training Award, The Arts Council, Ireland
. August 2007. Conover Program Excellence Fund Scholarship, Anderson Ranch
. July 2007. Artist in Residence, 1 - month Atelier program, Frans Masereel Centre, Belgium
. June 2007. Creative Commons Artist-in-residence, iCommons Summit 07, Dubrovnik, Croatia
. June 2006. Creative Commons Artist-in-residence, iCommons Summit 06, Rio de Janerio, Brazil
. April 2006. hektor.net archived by The Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media, Cornell University
. 2005. turbulence.org / Greenwall Foundation commission, getawayexperiment w/ marcus neustetter
. 2005 and 2006. ABSA L’Atelier finalist
. Oct 2004. Brett Kebble Art Awards, major award for step inside
. Oct 2004. American Consulate grant, equipment funds and educational budget for the storytellers
. Oct 2003. Brett Kebble Art Awards, merit award in New Media for stuttering
. Jun - Sept, 2003. 24.7 artist residency program, live art/studio, Johannesburg Art Gallery
. Feb 2003. machinista permian media art festival finalist
. Nov 2003. National Arts Council (South Africa) grant for phenomenomadic with Jeanette Ginslov
. Jun 2002. Special Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts grant
. Mar 2002. Vita Award, the double room, Most Outstanding Contemporary Work, RSA
. Spring 2002. Guest Suite Artist, 5 - month artist residency, Cornell University
. 1999 - 2001. Graduate Assistant Fellowship, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Education
. 2009. PhD Candidate, Trinity College, Dublin. Dissertation title, ‘The Implicit Body as Performance‘
. 2001. Master of Professional Studies, New York University, ITP, Tisch School of the Arts
. 1999. Bachelor of Science, Cornell University, Textiles and Apparel Design, School of Human Ecology
Relevant Experience
. 2008 - present. Assistant Professor of Digital Studio Practice, Visual Art, UW-Milwaukee
. 2007 - 2008. Adjunct Lecturing, Multimedia MSc, Trinity College, University of Dublin
. 2006 - 2007. iCommons Artist in Residence Coordinator, iCommons (South Africa / Brazil / Croatia)
. 2002 - 2006. Lecturer, Supervisor & Curriculum Designer, Digital Arts MA, University of the Witwatersrand
. 2003 - 2006. Adjunct Faculty / Lecturer, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Distance Learning
. 2006. Co - Founder, Writer, Editor and Co - Curator, SAartsEmerging.org
. 2003 - 2006. Founder, core Organizer and Writer for Art & Technology, Johannesburg
. 2001 - 2006. Adjunct Lectures & Workshops: University of the Witwatersrand, University of Cape Town, University of Johannesburg, Stellenbosch University, Rhodes University, The Bag Factory & AFDA
. 2003 - 2006. Arts Writer, Rhizome.org, Artthrob.co.za, Networked_Performance, Art South Africa
. 2005 - 2006. Co - founder and organizer, Upgrade! Johannesburg
Select Lectures, Papers & Panel Discussions
. June 2008. ‘Social-Anatomies: intercorporeality in interactive art’, UCD
. March 2008. ’scripting: exploring the body through interactive art’, University of Edinburgh
. March 2006. Immersive Aesthetic panel, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology
. February 2007. Artist Talk, Contemporary Irish Art Society, Dublin Ireland
. June 2007. ‘Implicit Bodies through Explicit action,’ Perspectives on the Body and Embodiment, UCD
. June 2007. ‘Production models and sustainability for Creative Commons artists,’ iCommons Summit 2007
. May 2007. ‘From the Explicit to the Implicit (and back again),’ Univ. of Wales
. April 2007. ‘Body in Quotes’, Borders, Boundaries & Liminal States, Ars Virtua, Second Life
. January 2007. Artist talk, National College of Art and Design, Dublin Ireland
. October 2006. Collecting Digits panel discussion, Univ. of the Witwatersrand
. Oct 2006. Social Networks panel discussion, SAartsEmerging exhibition and workshop, Bag Factory, RSA
. October 2006. The Body Electric, interactive demo, Bag Factory, SA
. August 2006. iCommons and collaborative fora, CCsalon, gordArt gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
. June 2006. Creating Commons, iCommons Summit 2006, Rio de Janerio, Brazil
. June 2006. Artist talk, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria South Africa
. Apr 2006. Artist talk, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch South Africa
. Nov 2005. Upgrade! Boston Artist talk, Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA
. Nov 2005. Artist talk, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
. Aug 2005. ‘The Implicit Body,’ with Nicole Ridgway, Cybercultures, Critical Issues, Prague, Czech Republic
. Jul 2005. Artist talk, Michaelis School For Fine Art at UCT
. May 2005. Blogging the Commons, Commons Sense, University of the Witwatersrand
. Dec 2004. ‘the storytellers’ artist walkabout, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
. Dec 2004. ‘art & technology in the RSA’ panel, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
. July 2004. Artist talk, Networks & Telecommunications Research Group (NTRG), Trinity College, Dublin
. July 2004. Artist talk, Dublin Art and Technology Association (DATA)
. July 2004. Artist talk, Interactive Telecommunications Program, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU
. June 2004. Learning Art Online colloquium, Literacy and Education Conference, Havana, Cuba
. April 2004. Artist talk, the Friday Digital Soirée, Wits School of the Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
. April 2002. Electronic Literature Organization Symposium, LinguaMOO online panel
. Nov 2000. Artist talk, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Select Publications / Writings
. Forthcoming. ‘The Implicit Body,’ with Nicole Ridgway. Chapter in ‘Cybercultures,’ Rodopi Press
. December 2008. ‘Implicit Bodies Through Explicit Action,’ Perspectives Journal of Philosophy
. October 2008. ‘Action, Reaction, and Phenomenon,’ Rhizome.org
. January 2008. ‘From the Explicit to the Implicit,’ Consciousness, Theatre, Literature and the Arts 2007
. June 2007. Art Intercom, An interview with Art Blogger Paddy Johnson, for iCommons.org
. February 2007. @Joburg, Leonardo Journal for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. Vol 40, No 1
. May 2006. Colleen Alborough catalogue essay for the Young Artist Project and SAarts
. Mar 2006. Doung Anwar Jahangeer, feature on SAartsEmerging.org
. Feb 2006. Bronwyn Lace, feature on SAartsEmerging.org
. Jan 2006. Donna Kukama, feature on SAartsEmerging.org
. Sept 2005. Interview with Michael Szpakowski, commissioned for Rhizome.org
. Dec 2005. Marina Abramovic at Performa05, ArtThrob, South Africa
. Fall 2005. Artist statement, Nathaniel Stern and Marcus Neustetter. Leonardo Vol 38, No 3
. Sept 2005. Report from Unyazi, commissioned for Rhizome.org
. Oct 2004. stutter as story, International Stuttering Awareness Day Online Conference, 2004
. Aug 2004. Dense and Urban - the Cybermohalla in Delhi, Rhizome.org
. Feb 2004. Near - Digital SA, Interventionist Influence (an e-interview with Carine Zaayman), Rhizome.org
. June 2003. 24.7 artist residency project, Johannesburg, Rhizome.org
. Feb 2003. Interview with Marcus Neustetter of The Trinity Session, South Africa, Rhizome.org
. Feb 2003. New Media in the New South Africa, Rhizome.org & ISEA Newsletter #91
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