Nathaniel Lieb

www.nathaniellieb.com

Education

2009    MFA in Sculpture

Department of Art, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

Thesus Ehibition “Vicious Delicious”

Faculty Mentors, Vito Acconci and Archie Rand

Graduated summa cum laude

1984    BFA in Sculpture

College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Thesus Exhibition “Cogitations”

Faculty Mentor Roger Mack and Lawson Smith

Graduated cum laude

1983    Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

Skowhegan, ME

Faculty Mentor Barbara Zucker

1979    DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

Lincoln, MA

classes in Drawing and Figure Studies

Professional Appointments

1996–Present Adjunct Lecturer, City University of New York, Queens College, Queens, NY

Teacher of Introductory and Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture, Foundational Drawing and Design, and Graduate Seminar on Ephemeral Sculpture,

Mentored individual students in Special Projects Sculpture and Fine Arts, Sculpture Techniques, and Co-taught Foundry Techniques.

January 2015- July 2015 Artist in Rescidence, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

Solo Exhibition and Taught a Special Selection Course, The Artist is Absent, making art without ego

2000-2006 Adjunct Lecturer, State University of New York, Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY

Taught courses in Introductory Sculpture

2013    Guest Artist/Teacher, State University of New York, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

Taught a workshop course on inflatable sculpture with integrated video projection culminating in an outdoor public exhibition.

2011    Visiting Artist Speaker – Castleton College, Castleton, VT

2007    Guest Teacher, State University of New York, Purchase College, Purchase, NY

Taught a workshop course on body casting

2002-2003 Special Teacher for Artist in the Classroom, Anneburg Foundation NEA Grant through Henry Street Settlement, Leon M. Goldstein High School, Sheepshead Bay, Queens NY

Integrated Teaching of Social Studies, History and English Literature by using sculpture as a direct means of exploring and understanding content with

challenged students, please ask for more details

1996-1997 Instructor, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY

Taught mold making courses specifically for Glass and Wax Casting

1993-1994 Instructor, Local 66 Pointers, Cleaners and Caulkers Union, Melville Long Island, NY

Teacher of Mold Making for Architectural Restoration

Additional Experience

2014-Present Lead Fabricator, Estimator, Draftsman for Turnbull and Son Studios Inc., An Art, Architecture and Design Fabrication Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Work with Designers, Artists, Architects, and Developers, to produce their visions. Services include Custom Mold Making and Casting, Cabinetry, Metal

Fabrication including CNC plasma cutting, Milling and more.

Select Client list includes Google (Pier 57, Future Market Hall, Food Hall and James Beard Foundation Restaurant and School), Jamestown Properties (notably at

Industry City), James Rosenquist Estate and Larry Silverstein, New Museum, Gavin Brown Enterprise, Larry gagosian Gallery, Green Neftali Gallery, Kasmin

Gallery, Lehman Maupin Gallery, and others

 1987-Present Art Fabricator and Facilitator, Lieb Sculpture, Brooklyn, NY

Hired by leading artists to create and manage production of their artwork employing digital fabrication, mold making and casting, electronics, metals fabrication,

project management and production oversite. Specialties include gypsums, cements, plastics, rubbers wood metal paper and food products.

Artists include but not are not limited to Vito Acconci, Janine Antoni, Ashley Bickerton, Natali Djurberg and Hans Berg, Michael Joo, Allan McCollum, Virginia

Overton, Tom Otterness, Tony Ourslor, Marc Quinn, Jennifer Rubell, Kiki Smith, Susan Silas, Ruby Sky Stiler, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Sue Williams

Out of House Designer and Prototyper for West Elm, Brooklyn, NY

Designer of Sculptural objets d’art for the 2019 season and developing prototype models for production samples. The work involved complete ideation of

sculptures (Monkey Table and Monkey Lamp) to supplying, for instance, textural prototypes to aid in communicating abstract concepts across cultural and

linguistic divides, (for example “It needs to look more Giacometti but wetter, but not too melty” for glass lamp panels)

1985-1988 Moldmaker and Caster for MJM Studios Inc

Worked as an on-site moldmaker taking impressions off landmark buildings around New York City. Buildings included Woolworth Tower, San Remo, GE Building,

Doral etc

Head of concrete casting creating replacement architectural stones for the above properties among others.

1984-1985 Exhibits Technician Bronx Wildlife Conservancy, Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY

Responsible for creating artificial rocks, trees, fungi etc. for the Himalayan Mountain Exhibit / Snow Leopards, World of Darkness, and Reptile House among

others. Skills involved site moldmaking, rubber and plastic casting, welding and GFRC casting  

Grants and Awards

2015    Artist in Residence – Amherst College, Amherst, MA

2012    Second Prize Hurricane Laser Contest, Instructables.com

2009   Charles Shaw Award, Brooklyn College, CUNY, NY

GIP Research Grant, Brooklyn College, CUNY, NY

2008   Cerf Scholarship Award, Brooklyn College, CUNY, NY

2002   Visiting Artist Speaker – Queens College CUNY, Queens, NY

1988    Sarah Roosevelt Park Sculpture Award                                

1985    Cottet's Welding Supply Award                                

1984    Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Scholarship, Skowhegan, ME

Selected Exhibitions

2022    To Your Health, A COVID Pod Project Private Residence Sullivan County, NY 2021       Wad You Say, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY

2020    Art in Sixes, Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY

2019    Queens College Faculty Exhibition, Godwin Ternbach Museum, Queens College, Queens, NY 

2018    Sculptfest 2018, Vermont Carving Studio, West Rutland, VT

            La Collezione Urbana, Ospizio Giovani Artisti, Roma, Via Cernaia, 15, Roma

2017    The Sputtering Human Shaped Machine, Good Works Gallery, New York, NY

Objectified, Gallery Petite, Brooklyn, NY

Sally's First Annual Spring Invitational, Sally's Place, New York, NY

The Secret Laws of Art, Parts 1and 2, Sally's Place, New York, NY

The Sputtering Human Shaped Machine, Good Works Gallery, New York, NY

2016    4, Salon Zurcher, Care of Weathervane Gallery, New York, NY

2015    Mothers Vinalhaven Balloons, Sparrow Farm, Vinal Haven, ME

Chronicles in Wait, Buggy Factory, Brooklyn, NY

Driving to Amherst, Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, MA

MiniMax, Bullet Space Gallery, New York, NY

Tapestry in Yellow, Weathervane Gallery, New York, NY

2014    IN-SITE: The Intersection of Art and Architecture, South Orange, NJ

Legend of Drafts II, Centotto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Queens College Faculty Exhibition, Godwin Ternbach Museum, Queens College, Queens, NY

Momenta Gallery Benefit Auction, Brooklyn, NY

2013    Come Together Sandy, curated by Phong Bui Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, NY

Debris Field, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

Gimme Shelter, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY

Unsteady Ground, what is Drawing, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

Marginal Portraits, Centotto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2012   Tidal Voyage, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY

Crest Hardware Show, Crest Hardware, Brooklyn, NY

The Cools, Jamboree, Curated by Dustin Yellin, New York, NY

Art Auction for the One Percent, Brooklyn, NY

Momenta Benefit Show, Momenta Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2011    In Sylvam Lucis, For the Forest, United Nations Arts for Peace, Narrowsburg, NY

­­ Large Garden Tapestry, Arts for Change and El Museo del Bario, New York, NY

Vinalhaven Balloons, Sparrow Farm, Vinal Haven, ME

Morongo, AZ High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA

Crest Hardware Show, Crest Hardware, Brooklyn, NY

Arcadia Now, Christine Price Gallery, Castleton College, Castleton, VT

Commissions

2022     Liberty Head, Hand hammered copper wall relief 14’x10’x5”, Liberty Elevator Corp. Paterson, NJ

2019     Puff of wind, Kelley Residence, Hand hammered copper weathervane, Osterville, MA

2014     Tapestry, Kelley Residence, Continuous wire drawing, Wellesley, MA

Private Collections including but not limited to

Francis Cape, The Kelley Family, The Levine Family, The Sol Lewitt Family, Liza Phillips, Suzanne Mallouk, Allan McCollumn, Frosty Myers, Dustin Yellen

Bibliography

2021     Im Bett des Imaginariums, Gina Mattiello, Passagen Verlag Publishers, Germany

2020     Local Edition, Jesse Sposato, WJFF Radio

2016     Driving To Amherst, Thomas McGlynn, Artist Cataloge    

2012     A Building Portends the Future of Bushwick, Hyperallergic

2009     Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn Rail, July

2007     Law and Order, Charity Case, ABC Television

2005     Canal Concert for a Better Boulevard, The Villager

            Les Festivale du Lacaze, Le Monde et Lecaze

1997     Giving up the Gun, Photo credit New Yorker Magazine

1995     Bullet Project 1994, Zine 2

            32B, New Woman Magazine

            Big Bra Interview, Armed Forces Radio, Japan

1993     Giochi Nell’Acqua, Tito