nancheta887@gmail.com
Filipino / American (b. 1987)
Nathaniel Ancheta is a multidisciplinary creative based in Juniper Hills, California. With over a decade of experience in the creative field, his work spans disciplines and reflects a practice grounded in both conceptual thinking and visual execution.
He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Dominican University of California in 2009 and later received his Master of Fine Arts from ArtCenter College of Design in 2016. His academic experience also includes a six-month exchange program in Paris, where he further developed his perspective through international study.
Nathaniel Ancheta is the President and co-founder of Art In Residence, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to exploring the potential of site-responsive art in the Antelope Valley region of California. Through active practice, outreach, and education, the organization fosters both artistic development and community engagement.
My research-based art practice includes studio works, installations, public art, teaching, writing, curating and community engagement. Deeply rooted in themes of self, representation, and connection to land. My work is a re-framing of the current practice between human and nature as a journey of self-discovery mirrored through my relationship with the environment. I am drawn to the space between structure and environment, where human marks meet the land and begin to mirror it.
2024 Echoes of Nature, Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, CA
2023 8 Artists x 8 Visions, Avenue 50 Studios, Highland Park, CA
2022 8 Entanglement, Art In Residence, Antelope Acres, CA
2020 Worldview: The Anthropology of Eco-Vision, Primo Piano Gallery, Venice, Italy
2019 Solar Field, Art In Residence, Antelope Acres, CA
2019 THEN | NOW | A DREAM, Art In Residence, Antelope Acres, CA
Co-Founder / President
Art In Residence
Antelope Aces, CA
Co-Founder / Contributer
Art Memo Magazine
Antelope Valley, CA
Vice Chair
City of Palmdale Arts Commission
Palmdale, CA