Natasha Wheat
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Natasha Wheat | |
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| Born | Natasha Rose Wheat October 25, 1981 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | School of the Art Institute of Chicago, |
| Known for | drawing, painting, sculpture, and performance |
Natasha Wheat 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
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20110720043000/http://activeweb.sfai.edu/newsEvents/eventDetails.aspx?Channel=/Channels/Campus%20Wide&WorkflowItemID=c13e74ea-d194-456f-a5eb-ce953a0dbb23. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ http://www.vogue.com/867046/three-young-artists-weigh-in-on-personal-style-and-the-spring-2014-collections
- ^ http://www.artpractical.com/feature/serving_cooking_giving_it_away/
- ^ http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/the_creativity_beyond_disabili.html
- ^ http://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/grin-and-bear-it/Content?oid=924991
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