Nathaniel Lieb
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