nathan beard

Nathan Beard creates in St. Petersburg, FL. He grew up on a dairy farm in western New York. Prior to his university studies, Beard lived in Egypt for one year as an exchange student and, upon his return, worked as a cowboy in Wyoming for two years. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Colorado State University in 2001, he worked in galleries and as an Art Consultant in Denver, CO for seven years, as an art installer for public and private clients throughout Tampa Bay, and served as Assistant Curator at Dunedin Fine Art Center 2017-2024. Beard has exhibited extensively since 2013, including Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tampa Museum of Art, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (Japan), Gallery 221/Hillsborough Community College, Olivet Nazarene University, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Morean Arts Center, JADA Art Fair (Miami), and Brooker Creek Preserve. His work is in numerous private and corporate collections, including Framework Group, Silversaw Residences, Grand Bohemian Hotel, Parkview Medical Center, Great Bay Distributors, B2 Communications, MHK, Penny Hoarder, Osprey Properties, Sabal Trust and Tampa Bay Title. In January 2020, several of Beard’s large paintings were selected for the Arts in Embassies program at the U.S. Embassy in El Salvador.