C.V.

b. 1980, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Lives and works in Landers, California 

Education

MFA, Digital Arts + New Media - University of California, Santa Cruz, 2015

BFA, Time-based Media Studies - Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus Ohio, 2003

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Bell Tower,  Lazy Eye Gallery, Yucca Valley, California, 2026 

Automatadrone,  the Firehouse, Joshua Tree, California, 2023

Patterns of Convergence,  Center for New Music, San Fransisco, California, 2022

Aeolus Way--24 Hour Live Stream, Broadcast on Other Desert Radio, Joshua Tree, California, Jan 1, 2022 

Samadhi Winter Solstice, The Lab,  Monterey, California, 2019

Recent Sound Works, CAB Gallery UNCW, Wilmington, North Carolina, 2019

Orbits + Samadhi Cycles, Weatherhead Gallery, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2018

The Life of Trees and Fungi, The Lab,  Monterey, California, 2018

Orbits, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, California, 2018

Orbits + Handmade Instruments, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Santa Cruz, California, 2017

61.562781, 23.092104 - A Time Capsule,  Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland, 2017

Escucha, Colombo Americano, Medellín, Colombia, 2017

The Observer or the Observed?, The Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, Texas, 2016

Samādhi, a Heart of Vibrant Silence, It Looks Like its Open Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2016

Works in Progress, IMRC Center at The University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 2015

Astro Lounge, Digital Arts Research Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, California, 2015

Orbits, Digital Arts Research Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, California, 2015

Transflux, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, 2015

28 Windows, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2008

Untitled Paintings in an Untitled Space, Columbus, Ohio, 2008

28 Days of Nathan, Carabar, Columbus, Ohio, 2006

America: As Seen on TV,  Madlab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2004

Video Wall #5, BLD Studios, Columbus, Ohio, 2003

Selected Group Exhibitions 

Populutionworks, Contemporary Channels, the Firehouse, Joshua Tree, California, 2026

Bells, High Desert Art Fair, Pioneertown, California, 2026

Orbits, Orchestrated Systems, Relay Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2026

Redwood Lyre #1 and #2, Nightlife, The Grange, Big Sur, California, 2025

Orrery Harp, High Desert Art Fair,Pioneertown, California, 2025

Future Voyager Part 2, All Summers Eve Desert Rendezvous, Wonder Valley, California, 2022

Future Voyager, Pink Moon Ruins, Donovan Ranch, Joshua Tree, California, 2022

Aeolian Harps, This Earth - Notes and Observations by Montello Foundation Artists, Southern Utah Museum of Art, Cedar City, Utah, 2021

Aeolian Harps, {Re-Happening}, Black Mountain College, Asheville, North Carolina, 2019

Waveforms, Open Studios Finale, Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland, 2017

American Arts Incubator, ISEA2017 (International Symposium on Electronic Art), Manizales, Colombia, 2017 Paseo Public Prototyping Festival, San Jose, California, 2017

Transfluence/HERD, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, 2014

Transfluence/GLOW, The Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, California, 2014

Samadhi, L.A.S.T. Festival, Zero1 Garage, San Jose, California, 2014

8 Points on the Moon, Digital Arts Research Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, California, 2014

Samādhi, Digital Arts Research Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, California, 2014

Transfluence 2 & 3, Lighthouse Point, Santa Cruz California, 2014

Transfluence, The Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, California, 2013

Hermit Crab, 1000 Days for the Planet, Montreal Biodome, Montreal, Canada, 2013

Apollo Et Hyacinthus KV38 una opera de W.A. Mozart, Teatro Nacional, Panama City, Panama, 2010

Projections, Art in the Mountains, The Big Sandy Mush Community, Asheville, North Carolina, 2009

The Brainbow Room, Chop Chop Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2008

P2 Bicycle Generated Video Performance, Art Outside, The Enchanted Forest, Austin, Texas, 2008

Photo Walls 3 & 4, Chop Chop Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2007

The Control Room, C33 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2006

The Control Room, Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2006

The Control Room, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2006

1000 arms, Southgate House, Newport, Kentucky, 2005

 Prefect, Rodan, Chicago, Illinois, 2005

Cat or Axe?, Gallery 1049, Chicago, Illinois, 2005

Video Pyramid, Canzani Center CCAD, Columbus, Ohio, 2003  

Video Wall 1, The Past is Preface, BLD Studios, Columbus, Ohio, 2002

Distances, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, 2002

Chaos Through Conformity, Neo-V Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2001

Curatorial Projects

Artist Talks at the Firehouse--an ongoing series of artist lectures in Joshua Tree, California, 2025 - ongoing

American Arts Incubator, Group Show at Colombo Americano, Medellín, Colombia, 2017

Time machine 2050, Gallery 534, Santa Cruz, California, 2015

Imagine, Raffles Institute of Higher Education, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2012

Agni Salaru, Raffles Institute of Higher Education, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2011

Still Thinking, Raffles Institute of Higher Education, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2011

It's been 358 Days since I got Weird, The Shelf, Columbus, Ohio, 2007

It's been too long since I got Weird, The Shelf, Columbus, Ohio, 2006

Collaborative Projects (Theatre and Film)

Birth of Stars, Experimental Theater, Theater Arts Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, California, 2014

Snake Dance, Columbus Performing Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, 2010

Mutations, Things To Come Sci-Fi Film Festival, Brooklyn, New York, 2007

Silver Lake Film Festival, Los Angeles, California, 2007

Homeslice, San Francisco Film and Video Festival, San Francisco, California, 2007

Journal of Short Film, Summer 2008 Volume 12, 2007

Ohio Short Film & Video Showcase, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, 2007

Animation and Documentary Exhibition, Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio, 2007

Untitled Video #57, 20/20, The Gallery Upstairs, Columbus, Ohio, 2006

Prefect, Heir Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, 2005

Awards, Fellowships, Residencies

MRH Fund for Artists Grant, 2026 

Artist in Residence, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California, 2025-2026

Artist in Residence, Yucca Valley Material Lab, Yucca Valley, California, 2024

Arts Innovator Micro Grant, Arts Connection, the Arts Council of San Bernardino County, California, 2023

Artist in Residence, Montello Foundation,  Montello, Nevada, 2019

Visiting Artist and Scholar, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, 2019

Artist in Residence, Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur, California, 2018

American Arts Incubator, ZERO1 and the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Medellín, Colombia, 2017

Henry Miller Memorial Library, Big Sur, California, 2016

Arteles Creative Center, Hämeenkyrö, Finland, 2016

IMRC Researcher in Residence, The University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 2015

NASA Research Grant (UCSC NSF REU- Lamat Summer Research Program) 

Awarded for developing creative research projects in astrophysics, and headed the development of the Art + Astrophysics Lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, California, 2015

Digital Arts Exchange Program, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, 2015

Awarded a travel grant to deliver presentations and share in a mutual exchange of digital art and new media practices, 2015

Florence French Research Grant, 2015

Awarded in support for the development of a solar based, field-research vehicle, 2015

UCSC DANM GSR Fellowship, 2014

Awarded a Graduate Student Researcher fellowship to pay for tuition as a graduate student, 2014

UCIRA Residency UC Merced, Yosemite Field Station, Wawona, California, 2014

Lamat Fellowship (UCSC NSF REU- Lamat Summer Research Program), 2014 

Awarded for developing creative research projects in astrophysics, and headed the development of the Art + Astrophysics Lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, 2014

Florence French Research Grant, 2014

Battelle scholarship, 1999

Publications

Estée Ochoa, “Soundscapes of Nathaniel Ober”, https://www.openairfoto.com/artsculture/soundscapes-of-nathaniel-ober , 2023

Heli Soini, “Aikakapseli vie terveiset tulevaisuuteen”, UutisOiva, October, 10 2017

Erich Richter, “The LAST Festival”, Leonardo Journal,  Vol 48, Issue 2, 2015

Michal Gavish, “Transflux Review”, SF Art News, March 22, 2015 https://sfartnews.wordpress.com/2015/03/22/transflux-at-the-yerba-buena-center-for-the-arts-review-by-michal-gavish/

Nada Miljkovic, Interview, KZSC Radio, Santa Cruz, CA, April 15, 2015

“Endless Realms of Media Design”, ChoKoLAATe, February 24, 2011

Andy McCullough, “Films to run for passers-by”, The Columbus Dispatch, May 31, 2008

Melissa Starker, “Window Treatments”, Columbus Alive!, May 29, 2008

Sherri Williams, “Texas gathering draws performers from Columbus”, The Columbus Dispatch, March 2, 2008

Bryan Bullock, “Film Roll”, Columbus Alive!, September 14, 2007

Nicki Davis, “Take a Bike”, Columbus Alive! May 13, 2007

Visiting Artist Lectures

Artist Talk, Relay, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2026

Artist Talk / Visiting Lecture, Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah, 2023

Artist Talk, Center for New Music, San Fransisco California, 2022

Artist Talk, ISEA2017 (International Symposium on Electronic Art) , Manizales, Colombia, 2017

Speaker, “Sonidos por la inclusión y la paz", Ciencia en Bicicleta, Parque Explora, Medellín, Colombia, 2017

Panelist, American Arts Incubator Global Sustainability Projects and Their Relationship to Civic Innovation, Paseo Prototyping Festival, San Jose, CA - April 2017

Speaker, Artist Presentation, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA - April 2015

Speaker, Artist Presentation, University of Maine, Orono, MA - Nov 2015

Speaker, Artist Presentation, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK - Mar 2015

Presenter, Launch Event, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA - Apr 2014

Speaker, Artist Presentation, “The Future of Design in Sri Lanka”, Overseas School of Colombo, Sri Lanka - Feb 2011

Artist Presentation, “Role of the Designer” - GHS, Garret, Indiana - Aug 2010

Artist Presentation, “Goodbye Columbus – Artist Talk and Video screening” - It Looks Like it’s Open Gallery  Columbus, Ohio - Jun 2009

Guest Lecture, “Flash Interactive” - Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Mar 2008

Guest Lecture, “Stop Motion capabilities” - Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio - Feb 2007