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    Nathan Beard

    Born Perth WA, 1987
    Lives and works in Perth I Boorloo


    Nathan Beard draws upon his Australian-Thai heritage to create works across a wide range of mediums, including photography, sculpture, installation and video. Using his family history and archives, his practice explores the universal themes of culture, memory, mortality and identity. His work offers a unique and personal articulation of the complexities surrounding diasporic identity.

    Nathan’s recent series of sensitively created photographs featuring his family members have been embellished with crystals and rhinestones in a manner that references both death masks and haute couture. In an inimitable way, Nathan brings kitsch, humour and gravity to these works, allowing them both a lightness and an impact that speaks to the slipperiness of memory and history.

    For over a decade, Nathan has exhibited widely, including at the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Institute of Modern Art (IMA), Brisbane and Firstdraft, Sydney. He has been awarded several international residencies and will undertake the Australia Council Residency at ACME Studios, London in 2022. He has been a finalist in the John Stringer Prize, Fremantle Art Centre Print Award, Churchie National Emerging Art Prize and most recently the Ramsay Art Prize. His work is held in notable public art collections including Artbank, Murdoch University Art Collection, AGWA and the Curtin University Art Collection.
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    healthy-looking touch of colour 2022

    Nathan Beard

    healthy-looking touch of colour 2022

    $400
    healthy-looking touch of radiance 2022

    Nathan Beard

    healthy-looking touch of radiance 2022

    $400
    Figure 7. Siamese Smile, Thailand 1970-75  2018

    Nathan Beard

    Figure 7. Siamese Smile, Thailand 1970-75 2018

    $1,800
    Siamese Smize (with Thai Silk Pattern) 2018

    Nathan Beard

    Siamese Smize (with Thai Silk Pattern) 2018

    $3,500
    Figure 2. Siamese Smile, Thailand 1970-75  2018

    Nathan Beard

    Figure 2. Siamese Smile, Thailand 1970-75 2018

    $1,800
    Siamese Smize (with Lotus) 2018

    Nathan Beard

    Siamese Smize (with Lotus) 2018

    $2,500
    Siamese Smize (with Thai Ceramic Pattern) 2018

    Nathan Beard

    Siamese Smize (with Thai Ceramic Pattern) 2018

    $3,500
    Figure 8. Siamese Smile, Thailand 1970-75  2018

    Nathan Beard

    Figure 8. Siamese Smile, Thailand 1970-75 2018

    $1,800
    Figure 10. Siamese Smile, Thailand 1970-75  2018

    Nathan Beard

    Figure 10. Siamese Smile, Thailand 1970-75 2018

    $1,800
    Siamese Smize (with Thai Floral Vector) 2018

    Nathan Beard

    Siamese Smize (with Thai Floral Vector) 2018

    $2,500
    Haltribe Sawatdee Thailand 2018

    Nathan Beard

    Haltribe Sawatdee Thailand 2018

    $2,500
    Siam Shimmer 2018

    Nathan Beard

    Siam Shimmer 2018

    $3,500

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