Natasha Rose Wheat (born October 25, 1981) is an interdisciplinary artist who lives[citation needed] and works in the United States.[1]

Natasha Wheat
Born
Natasha Rose Wheat

(1981-10-25) October 25, 1981 (age 42)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Known forDrawing, painting, sculpture, and performance

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 edit

  1. ^ "Event Details: People and Places: A Symposium on Public Practices in Honor of Ann Chamberlain". Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  2. ^ "Three Young Artists Weigh in on Personal Style and the Spring 2014 Collections". November 8, 2013.
  3. ^ "Serving, Cooking, Giving It Away: Food, Art, and the Places in Between".
  4. ^ "The creativity beyond disability". November 5, 2009.
  5. ^ "Sharp Darts: Grin and Bear It". May 17, 2007.