Area of Research / Interest:  Ancestral and Spiritual Technologies, Public and Interactive Art, Collaborative Monumentality, Free Software, Permacomputing

Undergraduate Education Institution:  Reed College

Undergraduate Major: Cultural Anthropology

Biography: Natan (all pronouns) is a Brazilian and American collaborative artist and designer. Trained as a cultural anthropologist, public interest designer, and architect, their public, iterative and interactive projects collaboratively imbue basic forms, patterns and rhythms with shared meaning: crafting spaces and projects that act as community architectures and living archives.

Natan’s public commissions include an upcoming large-scale permanent installation for the city of Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill neighborhood redevelopment, as well as temporary installations for the city of Troy,NY and Governor’s Island in New York City. Visiting artist, Artist-in-residence and fellowship positions include Parsons School of Design, Montgomery College, Indiana University, and Ball State University, as well as residencies at Aomori Contemporary Art Center and Joan Mitchell Foundation.

They have been the subject of two solo museum shows, at Aomori Contemporary Art Centre and Indiana University’s Wiley House Museum, with additional exhibitions at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Delft Architectural Biennial, and Buenos Aires Biennale of Architecture. In addition, their design work has been named one of the “World’s Greatest Places” by TIME Magazine. Email:  diacon@rpi.edu