Emerging Artist Lecture Series - Nathan Vernau

Nathan Vernau’s colorful artwork touches on themes of instability, insecurity, confusion, and a misdirection of emotions. As self-portraits, these drawings offer bits and pieces of his character, along with alternate identities or personas. His work has been reviewed by ArtSlant.com, ArtLog.com, and The Chicago Tribune, as well as featured inThe Madison Review, New American Paintings, Studio Visit Magazine, and MISC Magazine. He has exhibited work at the Project Lodge, Overture Center for the Arts, Wisconsin Union Galleries, and the Common Wealth Gallery in Madison, Wisconsin. In Chicago he has shown at The Milk Factory, OhNo!Doom Gallery, Offwhite, Doppelganger, and Robert Bills Contemporary. He earned his BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in 2005 and his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2009. A native Wisconsinite, Nathan now lives and works in Chicago.