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'''Natasha Wheat''' is an internationally exhibiting interdisciplinary, socially engaged [[artist]] who lives and works in the [[United States]] <ref>http://activeweb.sfai.edu/newsEvents/eventDetails.aspx?Channel=/Channels/Campus%20Wide&WorkflowItemID=c13e74ea-d194-456f-a5eb-ce953a0dbb23</ref>.
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'''Natasha Rose Wheat''' (born
In July 2010 she had an exhibition at the [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago]], entitled ''Self Contained'' <ref>http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=251</ref>.
October 25, 1981) is an [[Interdisciplinary arts|interdisciplinary]] artist who lives{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} and works in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://activeweb.sfai.edu/newsEvents/eventDetails.aspx?Channel%3D%2FChannels%2FCampus%2520Wide%26WorkflowItemID%3Dc13e74ea-d194-456f-a5eb-ce953a0dbb23 |title=Event Details: People and Places: A Symposium on Public Practices in Honor of Ann Chamberlain |access-date=2021-11-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720043000/http://activeweb.sfai.edu/newsEvents/eventDetails.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FCampus%20Wide&WorkflowItemID=c13e74ea-d194-456f-a5eb-ce953a0dbb23 |archivedate=July 20, 2011 }}</ref>


Her works have been described as situational constructions,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.vogue.com/867046/three-young-artists-weigh-in-on-personal-style-and-the-spring-2014-collections |title = Three Young Artists Weigh in on Personal Style and the Spring 2014 Collections| date=November 8, 2013 }}</ref> often transforming her audience into co-participants in the work.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.artpractical.com/feature/serving_cooking_giving_it_away/ |title = Serving, Cooking, Giving It Away: Food, Art, and the Places in Between}}</ref>
She is a graduate of the [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]], and has been interviewed by The Examiner, Art Practical<ref>http://www.artpractical.com/feature/interview_with_natasha_wheat/</ref>, [[Bad at Sports]]<ref>http://www.badatsports.com/2010/episode-252-natasha-wheat/</ref>, [[The Oregonian]]<ref>http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/the_creativity_beyond_disabili.html</ref>, and a number of other online periodicals<ref>http://www.portlandtribune.com/sustainable/story.php?story_id=129143666592611800</ref>.


She is the founder of [[Portland, Oregon]] based arts and [[urban farm]]ing project, [[Project Grow]], an arts atelier for people with disabilities at the site of a factory.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/the_creativity_beyond_disabili.html |title = The creativity beyond disability|date = November 5, 2009}}</ref> It began in 2008 as an intervention into sweatshop type labor{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} at a factory{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} where the people with disabilities were working.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} Wheat's longtime boyfriend is artist [[Jim Fairchild]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/grin-and-bear-it/Content?oid=924991 |title = Sharp Darts: Grin and Bear It| date=May 17, 2007 }}</ref>
In her introduction at the [[San Francisco Art Institute]]'s symposium on [[public art]] practices, People and Places, her works were described as attempting to understand and interrupt the ways in which human beings exist together <ref>http://activeweb.sfai.edu/newsEvents/eventDetails.aspx?Channel=/Channels/Campus%20Wide&WorkflowItemID=c13e74ea-d194-456f-a5eb-ce953a0dbb23</ref>.

In 2008, she founded Portland Oregon based arts and urban farming project, [[Project Grow]] <ref>http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/the_creativity_beyond_disabili.html</ref>.


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==External links==

* [http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=251 Museum of Contemporary Art, Self Contained exhibition]
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* [http://www.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/exh_detail.php?id=255#_self Museum of Contemporary Art, Hide and Seek exhibition]
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* [http://www.growinginalldirections.org Project Grow]
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* [http://www.natashawheat.com Artist's Website]
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Latest revision as of 12:04, 13 April 2024

Natasha Wheat
Born
Natasha Rose Wheat

(1981-10-25) October 25, 1981 (age 43)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Known forDrawing, painting, sculpture, and performance

Natasha Rose Wheat (born October 25, 1981) is an interdisciplinary artist who lives[citation needed] and works in the United States.[1]

Her works have been described as situational constructions,[2] often transforming her audience into co-participants in the work.[3]

She is the founder of Portland, Oregon based arts and urban farming project, Project Grow, an arts atelier for people with disabilities at the site of a factory.[4] It began in 2008 as an intervention into sweatshop type labor[citation needed] at a factory[citation needed] where the people with disabilities were working.[citation needed] Wheat's longtime boyfriend is artist Jim Fairchild.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Event Details: People and Places: A Symposium on Public Practices in Honor of Ann Chamberlain". Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Three Young Artists Weigh in on Personal Style and the Spring 2014 Collections". November 8, 2013.
  3. ^ "Serving, Cooking, Giving It Away: Food, Art, and the Places in Between".
  4. ^ "The creativity beyond disability". November 5, 2009.
  5. ^ "Sharp Darts: Grin and Bear It". May 17, 2007.