Education:
B.A. Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, May 1999
MFA California College of the Arts, San Francisco, California, May 2006
Awards and Recognition:
Community Leadership Award - Bayview Rotary Club of SF, June 2017
Visiting Artist/lec. Rhode Island School of Design, October 2020
Visiting Artist/lec. Univ. of San Francisco, September 2020
Visiting Artist/lec. Augusta State University, February 2020
Visiting Artists, UC Fullerton, April 2015
Visiting Artist, Centre College, November 2003 & 2016
Guest Lecturer for Glass Dept. California College of Arts 2004 & 2005
Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Arts April 2004
Professional Experience:
Public Glass- San Francisco, Executive Director 2012-present
California College of the Arts- Glass Dept. Faculty Fall 2016-present
Co-founder of Related Tactics Collective w/ Michele Carlson and Weston Teruya, 2016 - present
Sierra College, Summer Session Instructor, 2012-2016
San Francisco State University, Instructor, August 2007- 2012
Southern Exposure Gallery, Curatorial Committee, Fall 2010 –2012
John Lewis Glass - Fabricator, 2006
Urban Glass, Brooklyn NY - Instructor, Jan. 2004-2005
Related Professional Activities:
Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Committee member, Pilchuck Glass School, 2020-present
Co-founder, Glass Impact, coalition of glass focused community arts organizations, 2020-present
Curator, 4900 Third Street project space, Bayview neighborhood storefront secured and established for artist projects, 2020-present
Curatorial committee member, Southern Exposure, 2010-2012
Writing/Media:
Related Tactics. “The Whiteness of Glass.” New Glass Review. Vol. 41. 2020. pg. 4-5.
Watson, Nate. “An Important Message.” Glass Art Society Newsletter. Spring 2020, Volume 32, Issue 2. pg. 3
Page, Andrew. “Interview: Nate Watson expands on his public statement on the glass-art field's lack of representation.” Glass Quarterly. June 28, 2020.
Waggoner, Shawn. “Nate Watson.” Talking Out Your Glass podcast. Season 5, Episode 24. August 6, 2020.
Watson, Nate. “Why Me?.” Glass Art Society Conference Journal. 2015. pg. 56-57.
Exhibitions/Presentations
2020
The Future Now, a site specific exhibition located along the 3rd Street Corridor in SF, organized by Astria Suparak with the University of San Francisco’s Museum Studies Curatorial Practicum class for the USF Thacher Gallery.
Never Again Is Now, Southern Exposure Gallery
2019
Task of Remembrance (Present Tense Biennial), Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco, CA [with Related Tactics]
Ready, Berkeley Art Center (w/related tactics)
Museum of Capitalism, Kellen Gallery, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY [with Related Tactics]
2018
Protest Work Ethics: Institutions After Capitalism Museum of Capitalism, Oakland CA (w/Related Tactics)
2017
Bling Blang, You Bring the Hammer, I’ll Bring a Nail: Artworkers in Southeast SF Madeleine Haas Russell Gallery, Community College of SF
No Matter the Intentions, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco [with Related Tactics]
2016
Issued ID: Minority As Brand, Black & White Projects, San Francisco [with Related Tactics]
Declarations For the New Year w/ Related Tactics for the Southern Exposure Gallery (w/Related Tactics)
Artist in Residence @ Real Time and Space
Added Value (collaboration with lead artist Stephanie Syjuco), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA [with Related Tactics]
2015
SPARKS California Glass Networks 1960’s - present Carmen Castellano Fine Arts Gallery
BECON Conference Presenter - Developing diverse arts programming for under-resourced populations , Bullseye Glass Co. Emeryville, CA
Why Me, Glass Art Society Performance, demonstration, and essay for the International Conference in San Jose, CA
2013
NOMA Gallery, SF Shades of Grey
curated Unique and Unexpected Google SF: showcasing processes and possibilities
2012
Refusalon Gallery, SF
Sierra College Summer Faculty Exhibition
Museum of Craft and Folk Art
Co-founded the Light a Spark program @ Public Glass- an arts program for under-served Bay Area youth
2006
California College of the Arts MFA Exhibition
2004
Providence Children’s Museum
Rhode Island Foundation Grant Exhibition Slater Mill, RI