Nathaniel Stern is an internationally exhibited installation artist, net.artist and performance poet. His interactive installations have won awards in New York, South Africa and Australia, and his net.art has been featured in festivals all over Europe, Asia and the US.
Nathaniel's collaborative physical theatre and multimedia performance work has won three FNB Vita Awards - including Best Presentation of a New Contemporary Work - and has been featured on the main stage at theGrahamstown Festival in South Africa. His poetry repertoire includes the US National Poetry Slam competition and the HIV/AIDS Arts, Media & Film Festival (South Africa).
He currently lives and works both in and from Johannesburg, as an adjunct faculty member of MCAD, external MA lecturer and supervisor at the Wits School of Arts (University of the Witwatersrand) and freelance lecturer at Newtown's Anti-Retroviral Theatre program and The South African School Of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance.
Nathaniel received his undergraduate degree in Textiles and Apparel Design from Cornell University, and his Masters Degree in Interactive Telecommunications from Tisch School of the Arts, NYU.
The inspiration for my work has kind of split into these two veins. On the one hand I've got, you know, this idea of education around what happens, you know, for example the piece about the discourse surrounding HIV in South Africa that I did with the dance company that I spoke of earlier and that ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Nathaniel Stern Discusses Background at Cornell and How He Differentiates Art and Design
Nathaniel Stern Shares His Thoughts on the Design Process and the Importance of Learning How to Think Creatively
Nathaniel Stern States Excitement in Work and Ideas - Including an Example of a Piece of Art As A Symbol of Truth
Nathaniel Stern Discusses Finding Grant Opportunities Including an Example of an Installation in Australia
Nathaniel Stern Discusses Challenge of Getting Funding While Still a Lesser-Known Artist and Importance of Smaller Shows
