Nathan Mabry (born 1978) is an artist based in

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. Mabry was born in

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. His work is a mixture of primitive sculpture and

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-style art. He references the work of artists such as

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, John McCracken and

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and uses materials including

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and

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. Mabry took part in the prominent exhibition ''Thing: New Sculpture from Los Angeles'' at the Hammer Museum in 2005.Hammer Museum
/ref> Mabry received his BFA from

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in 2001 and his MFA from

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in 2004.

Selected exhibitions

*2000 - Filter Gallery, Kansas City *2004 - ''Supersonic'', Windtunnel/Artcenter, Pasadena *2005 - ''Thing: New Sculpture from Los Angeles'', Hammer Museum, Los Angeles *2006 **''Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection'', Rubell Family Collection, Miami **''Nathan Mabry: Old Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration and Parade'', Aspen Museum of Art **Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA *2007 **''Aspects, Forms and Figures'', Bellwether, New York **''Hammer Contemporary Collection Part II'', Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

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