Nate Ethington is a self-taught artist working from his studio in Portland, Oregon. His professional background in the construction industry informs his choices in materials and techniques. Using layers upon layers of very thin paint to build his compositions, his work touches on themes of loss, hope, language, relationships, and conversations.
Nate is currently working on a new series and open for gallery representation. Contact here.
Artist Nate Ethington’s process is inspired by texture, emotion, and color with the medium he uses, often a combination of house paint, acrylic, spray paint, and oil stick on canvas or wood.
Select Exhibitions
Solo
2020 Hellespont: Hero and Leander, Red e Café Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 Nine Views of a Life Built on Sinking Sand, Cascadia Pilates, Portland, OR
2018 Collection of Large Works, Groundwork Coffee, Portland, OR
2017 Nine Views of a Life Built on Sinking Sand, Albina Press, Portland, OR
2016 Ryou-Un Maru, Cafe Fiore, Seattle,WA
2016 Ryou-Un Maru, Beam & Anchor, Portland, OR
2016 Ghostly Steel and Iron Ore Ships Going Home, Locale Portland, OR
2015 Our Box of Letters on Your Wedding Day, N.W.I.P.A Portland, OR
2013 Astoria, Valley Rowe, Portland, OR
2012 Selected works for a six month installation, Anthropologie, Portland, OR and Anthropologie, Tigard, OR
2011 Rhododendron, Anthropologie, Portland,OR
Group
2019 Recycled Rain Project - Juried Show, Ford Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 Recycled Rain Project - Juried Show, Ford Gallery Featured Artist, Portland, OR
2017 Recycled Rain Project - Juried Show, Ford Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 Leland Ironworks Residents Exhibition, PNCA Portland, OR
2016 Recycled Rain Project - Juried Show (May 2016), Olympic Mills Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Recycled Rain Project - Juried Show, Portland, OR
2014 Kowloon Walled City, Galerie Jardin, Paris, France
2011 Climbers Group Show, Migration, Portland, OR
2010 First Thursday, Crave Dog Records, Portland, OR
Residency
2016 Awarded a month-long paid residency at Leland Ironworks, home of the sculptor Lee Kelly Collections
Original works held in private collections in the United States, Canada, France, Spain, and New Zealand.