Nathaniel Donnett

Nathaniel Donnett is an interdisciplinary artist 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 a recipient of the 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Award, a 2020-2021 Helen Frankenthaler Scholarship, 2020 Dean's Critical Practice Research Grant, and a 2020 Art and Social Justice Initiative Grant. 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.

Donnett is the founder and publisher of the "What's the New News" Project/Newspaper. His work has been exhibited at 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.