Bio

Nathaniel Donnett was born in Houston, Texas. Donnett received his B.A. in Fine Arts from Texas Southern University and his MFA from Yale University School of Art. Nathaniel is the recipient of the 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a Helen Frankenthaler scholarship from Yale (2021), a Dean's Critical Practice Research Grant from Yale and Art and Social Justice Initiative Grant, both from Yale (2020). Donnett is the founder and publisher of the "What's the New News," a newspaper and project that reframed the narratives of specific neighborhoods. Other awards include a 2017 Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant, a 2015 Idea Fund/Andy Warhol Foundation Grant, and a 2014 Harpo Foundation Grant. His work has been exhibited at The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK, the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA, the Mennello Museum, Orlando, FL, The Ulrich Museum, Wichita, KS,  Project Row Houses, Houston, TX, The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA, The American Museum, Washington D.C., The University Museum, Houston, TX, The Kemper Contemporary Arts Museum, Kansas City, MO, The Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT, The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX, and The New Museum, New York, NY.

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