Nathan Dean Edwards
Contact - ndedwards13@gmail.com
EducationM.F.A. 2012 Printmaking Kansas State University
2011 Studied Mezzotint and Reduction Woodblock under Karen Kunc and Francisco Souto in June at Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence Italy, through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
B.F.A. 2008 Illustration Savannah College of Art and Design Magna Cum Laude
2004-2005 Des Moines Area Community College, Boone, Iowa
Awards
2023 IMPACT Faculty Award
"The college’s strategic plan for 2022-2030 emphasizes the need to be creative and inclusive, people-centered, and organized to create an environment for success. Your department chairs nominated each of you to receive our inaugural IMPACT Faculty Awards this year because of your demonstrated commitment to these priorities."2021 Polster Teaching Award, College of Design, Iowa State University
2017 First Place Award, Community of Artists Exhibition, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA, Juror Sarah McCoy of Drake University
Shows/Exhibitions2021 Octagonal: The All Media Show, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA, juried exhibition, Juror Jenie Gao
2019-2021 20 Artists/20 Parks: Works of Art inspired by Iowa State Parks, group exhibition in collaboration with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and arranged and coordinated by Veronica O’Hern, Grant Services & Artist Programs Manager of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and ISU-AVC Associate Prof. of Teaching, Nancy Thompson
2020 All Media Exhibit, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA, Juror Jordan Weber
2018 For the Common Good, ISU’s Dept. of AVC Faculty Exhibition of Work, Design on Main, Ames, IA
2018 Common Channels: Ledges State Park Art Show, Boone County Historical Center, Boone, IA, Group Exhibition, organized by ISU-AVC Associate Prof. of Teaching, Nancy Thompson
2017 Common Channels, Responses to Ledges State Park, Clear Lake Art Center, Clear Lake, IA, group exhibition organized by ISU-AVC Associate Prof. of Teaching, Nancy Thompson
2017 Community of Artists, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA, Juror Sarah McCoy of Drake University, Received First Place Award
2015 Studio Affinities, ISU’s Dept. of Art and Visual Culture Faculty Exhibition of Work, Gallery in the Round, Unitarian Universalists Fellowship of Ames, Ames, IA, Curated by Prof. Chris Martin
2014 Dance of Chaos and Order, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, IA, Exhibition of Intaglio Prints, Curated by Chawne Paige
2013 Work on Display in Wren Radio Gallery, First Fridays Art Walk, NATO District, Topeka, KS, invited to participate by Kansas artist, Devi Wilbur
2012 reBIRTH: MFA Printmaking Exhibition, Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, KS
2011 Intercommunication, Kemper Gallery, Kansas State University Union, Manhattan, KS
2011 Identifying Marks, Columbian Theatre, Museum and Art Center, Swogger Gallery, Wamego, KS
2011 From the Prairie to the Plains, Exchange Exhibition between Kansas State University and the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2011 Handmade Book Exhibition, Carmarthen School and Art, Carmarthen, Wales
2011 Equilibrium/Disequilibrium, SGC Membership Print Exchange, Southern Graphics Conference, St. Louis, MO
2011 GSOVA and Graduate Association of Painters and Printmakers Exchange, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2010 Mark/Remarque, SGC Membership Print Exchange, Southern Graphics Conference, Philadelphia, PN
2010 Soup to Nuts, Kansas Graduate Student Invitational, Shift Space Gallery, Wichita State University, Wichita KS
2010 Beyond the Visible Spectrum, Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2010 Between Order and Chaos, Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2009 19 Random Vernaculars, Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2008 Steppin’ Out, SCAD Illustration BFA Show, Dimensions Gallery, Savannah, GA
2008 Process13, Relief Printmaking Exhibition, Blank Space Gallery, Savannah, GA
2008 Things with Wings Exhibition, Poetter Hall Gallery, SCAD, Savannah, GA
2007 From the Deep Exhibition, Morris Hall Gallery, SCAD, Savannah, GA
2006 Foundation Studies Exhibition, Anderson Hall Gallery, SCAD, Savannah, GA
Conferences/Other2022, Attended Illustration Conference: ICON11 in Kansas City, Missouri
2017 National Conference for the Beginning Design Student, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah – Presented the paper Prof. Patience Lueth, “Projects from Module: Renegade Studios and Instructors in the Midst of the Traditional” co-written along with Prof. Patience Lueth and Prof. Tom Neppl
Work Experience2013 to Present, Dept. of Art and Visual Culture Associate Teaching Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
2021 to Present, Design Studies 102 Coordinator, Core Design Program, College of Design, Iowa State University
2012 Internship, Iowa 4-H Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
2009-2012 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Kansas State University
2009-2012 Instructor of Records, Graduate Teaching Assistantship
2009-2012 Graduate Printmaking Shop Technician and Researcher
2007-2010, 2012 Iowa 4-H Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Served five summers working as a counselor (2007), head counselor (2008), arts coordinator (2009), marketing and art coordinator (2010), and a counselor and day camp counselor (2012). The camp is now located near Luther, Iowa.
Summer, 2008 Production Assistant and Host, 2008 Farm Progress Show, Iowa State University, Boone, Iowa
Service and Curations2021-2023 Director of the Wearables Design Show, Design Studies 102 student exhibition of wearables, College of Design, Iowa State University
2019-2021 Serving as Codirector for the Wearables Design Show, Design Studies 102 student exhibition of wearables, College of Design, Iowa State University, Iowa State University, Codirecting alongside colleague, Prof. Patience Lueth
July 2023 Curated and Installed the Wearables Design Show student exhibition of selected recent projects on display at the Ames Public Library
2019 to 2021 Wearables Design Team student organization, Faculty Advisor
2021 Wearables Design Show student exhibition of selected wearable projects from DsnS102 Fall 2019-Spring 2021 on display in the ground floor foyer of the Student Innovation Center. From late March, this exhibition is ongoing through mid-summer in collaboration with Rachel Connell, Gallery Coordinator, Design Administration.
2019-2020 Dept. of Art and Visual Culture Department Chair Search Committee member
2019-2020 Developed curriculum for a new online course, ArtIS170X, within the Dept. of Art and Visual Culture at ISU titled “Exploring the Visual Arts” which focuses on art appreciation.
2019 Developed Project Concept, and Served as Codirector and organizer with Prof. Patience Lueth for the premier of the Wearables Design Show presented in the College of Design on April 10th celebrating wearable designs by DsnS102 students.
View the livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFwvCe664qY2019 Developed content for Youth Programming initiatives related to the College of Design over the summer
2018-2019 Developed and completed tasks related to visibility for the Dept. of Arts and Visual Culture, assigned by Professor and former chair, Ingrid Lilligren
2016 Invited juror for the Spring 2016 Storm Lake High School Art Show, Storm Lake, IA
2015 to Present Faculty Advisor to grads of the Integrated Visual Arts program assigned to teach the online courses of ArtIS170X: Exploring the Visual Arts and ArtIS201: Creative Visual Thinking
2014 to 2017 Faculty Advisor, Advising Interdisciplinary Design program students, number of advisees differ from semester to semester
2012 Arts and Crafts Coordinator and Leader, Fall Festival, Iowa 4-H Center
2010-Present Southern Graphics Conference International, Member
2011-2012 President of Graduates of the Visual Arts, Kansas State University
2009-2012 Treasurer of the Pussycat Press Printmaking Club, Kansas State University
2011 President of the Pussycat Press Printmaking Club, Kansas State University
2011 Co-organizer and Emcee for the 1st Annual Pussycat Press Printmaking Club Raffle, Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS
2011 Co-curator for the Prairie to the Plains, Chapman Gallery, Exchange Exhibition between Kansas State University and University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2007-08 Society of Illustrators, Morris Hall, SCAD, Savannah, GA
2007-08 Counter Form Book Making Club, Poetter Hall, SCAD, Savannah, GA
2006-07 SCAD Residence Life and House Oglethorpe Community Council, President and Vice-President, SCAD, Savannah, GA
Student Recognition2019 Anna Howe, Henry Larson, and Jenna Willett, Awarded Best of Light and Shadow for Luxe, DsnS102 Student Team wearables project, assigned by the panel of guest judges from the Wearables Design Show held in April 2019 – Judges include: Leslie Forehand - ISU Architecture, Audrey Kennis – former Multicultural Liaison Officer of the College of Design, Sam Stagg - Haila Design, and Alecia Wilkinson – HyVee Interior Design
2019 Shuaiqing Chen, Adriana Rivera, and Seth White, Honorable Mention for Forma Fluita, DsnS102 Student Team wearables project, assigned by the panel of guest judges from the Wearables Design Show held in April 2019 – Judges include: Leslie Forehand - ISU Architecture, Audrey Kennis – former Multicultural Liaison Officer of the College of Design, Sam Stagg - Haila Design, and Alecia Wilkinson – HyVee Interior Design
2018 Neil Hanson, student work accepted from my DES340 spring 2018 studio for the Spring 2018 Biorenewables Art Show
2017 Taylor Bryant, student work accepted from my DES240 spring 2017 studio for the Spring 2017 Biorenewables Art Show
2017 Joe Strock, student work accepted from my DES240 spring 2017 studio for the Spring 2017 Biorenewables Art Show
2016 Holly Hazelton, student work accepted from my DES240 spring 2016 studio for the Spring 2016 Biorenewables Art Show
2016 Krithika Mohan, student work accepted from my DES240 spring 2016 studio for the Spring 2016 Biorenewables Art Show