Natasha Wheat

Natasha Wheat
Born	Natasha Rose Wheat (1981-10-25) October 25, 1981 (age 43) Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Education	School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Known for	Drawing, painting, sculpture, and performance

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

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

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. Archived from the original on April 7, 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2011.