Artist Bio | Nate Nardi
Atlanta native, Nate Nardi always found himself drawn to creative expression through making. He discovered his passion for glass blowing in 2001 while at Jacksonville University, where he received the Deans Award for Excellence in Art. He graduated in 2004 with a BFA in glass art, later going on to recieve his MFA from Kent State University in Ohio.
Over the past 14 years, Nate has completed many workshops at different craft schools around the country, including the Pilchuck School of Glass and Penland School of Crafts. He is proud to have made commissioned glass objets d’art for several prominent artists, such as Kiki Smith. Nate also assisted with numerous large scale public installation works, specifically Jon Christie’s and Caroline Madden’s Lyrical Light, which was held at the Times Union Center in Jacksonville Florida.
Nate’s experience with glass, metal and sculpture includes his time as a studio manager for Jason Klein of Historic Glassworks in Pennysilvania and as a glass assistant and head metal fabricator for renowned glass artist, Richard Jolley, in Knoxville, TN.
In 2011, Nate Nardi moved back to his home town to pursue his dream of making unique hand-blown glass art. He is currently the owner and operator of Decatur Glassblowing on the East side of Atlanta. At his shop, Nate creates glass objects, many of which are custom ordered, as well as offers glass blowing classes to the public. His primary artistic expression is the abstraction of natural form, which can be seen in all of his work, whether sculptural, decorative, or functional.
