Lives and works in Seattle, WA

Education

2003 BFA, painting (Cum Laude), Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

Solo Exhibitions

2017 The Space Between Two Points, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

2016 Artificial Worlds, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA

2015 The Structure of Things, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA
The Long Gray Goodbye, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
New Paintings, Revive, Tacoma, WA

2012 Body Snatchers, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA
Invasives, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

2011 New Northwest Coast: investigating Seabrook, Washington, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA

2009 Neo-Suburban Palouse, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA

2008 Apples, knitting, and rainbows, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA

2007 Harmony Acres, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006 The Noblest of Beasts, Corridor Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006 Beyond the Cave of Treasures, Sweatshop INC, Seattle, WA

2003 An American Miracle, Aura Gallery, Ellensburg, WA

2002 Recent Paintings, Oldcities Gallery and Studio, Ellensburg, WA

Group Exhibitions

2023 Celebrating Pacific Northwest Artists: 25 Years of the Neddy Award, Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA
City of the Future, The Teal Building, Seattle, WA

2022 Tiempos de Muralismo, Transitions and Transformations: The Constant Flux of Our Personal Structure, Personal Structures:
Reflections, European Cultural Center, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy

2020 XR Art Show, San Diego, CA

2019 Scapes, Vermillion Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Contemporary & Digital Art Fair, Mana Wynwood, Miami, FL
Bienal Concepción Arte & Ciencia, Concepción, Chile
Reticula: Ecology and Art Reimagined for the XXI Century, Cultura UCSC, Concepción, Chile

2018 Interpreting the Landscape, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA

2017 Primary Clear Light, Critical Northwest, Granite Falls, WA
Barnstorm, Punch Projects, Ellensburg, WA

2016 Neddy Artist Awards: 20 years, Pivot Art + Culture, Seattle, WA

2016 American Painting Today, V2, Seattle, WA

2015 Hardscapes, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA

2014 Looking Forward and Looking Back, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA
Northwest Experience Biennale, Clymer Museum, Ellensburg, WA

2013 Creating the New Northwest: Selections from the Herb and Lucy Pruzan Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA

2012 Yesterday's Tomorrow, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA

2011 Dealer's Choice, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA

2010 Orange Crush, Punch Gallery, Seattle, WA
A Spring Salon, Woodside/Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA
Country Cousins: An Exploration of Contemporary Frontier Myth, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

2009 Landscapes, Simon Gallery, Yakima, WA

2008 Aqua Wynwood Fair, Miami, FL
Ab Ovo (From the Egg) Ten Painters in Tempera, Clement Art Gallery, Troy, NY
Another View, Artists from beyond the Methow, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA

2007 Halpert Biennial, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
Beyond the 80's: Recent CWU Graduates, Gallery ONE, Ellensburg, WA
Convergence - 14 Northwest Artists, Burien Art Gallery, Burien, WA
Round Three, PUNCH Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006 Opposition, Washington Ensemble Theater, Seattle, WA
Defining Freedom, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
Emerging Artists 3 Person Show, Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, WA

2003 48th Annual Central Washington Artists Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
War Stories, A Shenere Velt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Allied Arts Juried Art Exhibit, Yakima, WA
Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show, Cambridge, MA
Texas National Art Exhibition, Nacogdoches, TX

2002 47th Annual Central Washington Artists Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
Allied Arts Juried Art Exhibit, Yakima, WA
Cultural Identity, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR

Awards and Residencies

2020 Bloedel Reserve Artist in Residence (March and September)
Bellevue Botanical Garden Artist in Residence (co-resident Genevieve Gaiser Tremblay)
2016 Neddy Artist Award (painting)
2015 Morris Graves Foundation Residency, Loleta, CA
2012 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2011 Art 4 Culture Special Project Grant
Artist Trust GAP Grant
2010 Art 4 Culture Special Project Grant
2006 Show Excellence Award Defining Freedom, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
2003 Best of Show 48th Annual Central Washington Artists Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
2002 3rd Place Award Texas National Art Exhibition, Nacogdoches, Texas
Allied Arts Award 47th Annual Central Washington Artists Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
Aboulhosn Award Allied Arts Juried Art Exhibit, Yakima, WA

Teaching/Mentoring

2018 Arts Faculty (Virtual Painting), ASKXXI Arts+Science Knowledge Building and Sharing in the XXI
2017-2018 Adjunct Instructor (Digital Painting), Cornish College of the Arts
2017 Seattle University Artist Assistantship Program
2014-2015 Fine Art Instructor, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA

Publications

UploadVR, Sketchfab favs “This Tilt Brush creation is one of the most realistic pieces we’ve seen created with the toolset” Jamie Feltham, August, 2017 <https://uploadvr.com/sketchfab-favs-overwatch-aquatic-life-maximum-awww/>

Art LTD, Natural Catastrophes” DiPietro’s quiet screams of de-peopled, highly regulated “repurposed nature exhibits” are painstakingly executed over weeks and months” Matthew Kangas, July/August, 2015

The Stranger, “fine, gemlike details, which give the scenes a sparkling sort of objectivity” Stranger Suggests, Jen Graves, July 15th, 2015

The Seattle Times, “the artificial creeps up on the natural” review of The Structure of Things, Michael Upchurch, July 10th, 2015

Preview Magazine, “DiPietro’s art is instantly accessible but has a slow-burning fuse before its quiet explosion”, review of The Structure of Things,
Matthew Kangas, June 12th, 2015 <http://www.preview-art.com/previews/06-2015/dipietro.html>

The Stranger SLOG, “combination of history, contemporary spectacle, and imagination”, review of Body Snatchers, Jen Graves, September 28th, 2012 <http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/09/28/epic-painting-show-closing-tomorrow-your-saturday-will-be-much-better-if-you-see-it>

The Stranger, “dusty-dry archive of estrangement” review of New Northwest Coast: investigating Seabrook, Washington, Jen Graves, June 15th - 21st, 2011, vol. 20 no. 41.

Art in America, “Suburbia has never looked so chilling“ review of Neo-Suburban Palouse, Matthew Kangas, January, 2010.

The Stranger, “slyly unnerving paintings” Stranger Suggests, Jen Graves, September 17th - 23rd, 2009, vol. 19 no. 2.

Another Bouncing Ball, “Nathan DiPietro salutes Grant Wood.”, review of Neo-Suburban Palouse, Regina Hackett, September 6th, 2009 <http://www.artsjournal.com/anotherbb/2009/09/nathan-dipietro-salutes-grant-1.html> .

Art Ltd, “flawless, luminously colored compositions“, review of Apples, Knitting, and Rainbows, Matthew Kangas, November - December, 2008.

Seattle Times, “idyllic little visions”, Gayle Clemans, January 12th, 2007.

The Daily Record , “’Punch’ Drunk Love”, Travis Hay, Ellensburg, WA. Jan. 4th, 2007, vol. 106 no. 3

Collections

Tacoma Art Museum
Microsoft Art Collection
Vulcan
University of Washington Medical Center
Swedish Hospital
Peninsula College