Alex Nathanson is a designer, multimedia artist, technologist, and educator. His work is primarily focused on exploring both the experimental and practical applications of sustainable energy technologies, particularly photovoltaic solar power.
His artistic collaborators have included Dylan Neely, Kid Millions, Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, Will Owen, Kendall Williams, Lindsay Packer, Benedetta Piantella, and Tega Brain. His work has been featured at Issue Project Room (NYC), the Climate Museum (NYC), the Museum of the Moving Image (NYC), Anthology Film Archives (NYC), Film Society of Lincoln Center (NYC), Dome of Visions (Copenhagen, Denmark), and the Art Prospect Festival (St. Petersburg, Russia), among other venues. He was one of the long-term artists in residence at Flux Factory, in Queens, NY from 2012 to 2016, and in collaboration with his multimedia performance group Fan Letters was awarded residencies at The Watermill Center in 2017 and 2019. In 2020, Solar Protocol was awarded a fellowship from Eyebeam.
As an educator, he works with students as young as 7 to graduate students and working professionals, teaching engineering skills through creative projects. He is a certified NABCEP Photovoltaic Associate and received a M.S. in Integrated Digital Media from NYU Tandon School of Engineering in 2019. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor in the IDM program at NYU Tandon. His book, A History of Solar Power Art and Design was recently published by Routledge.
A full list of past achievements can be viewed here.
If you are interested in my professional CV, you can see it at my Linkedin page.
If you are looking for my professional portfolios, you can find most of my solar design work here and you can view my software engineering portfolio here.
Notable Performances and Exhibitions
Notable Fan Letters performances have occurred at Issue Project Room (NYC), The Film Society Lincoln Center (NYC), Museum of the Moving Image (NYC), La MaMa (NYC), Culture Hub (NYC), Flux Factory (NYC), Silent Barn (NYC), Outpost Artist Resources (NYC), Institute of American Art (Portland), Dome of Visions (Copenhagen, Denmark), Oberdeck (Hannover, Germany), Petrohradksa 13 (Prague, Czech Republic), and Kulter (Amsterdam, Netherlands) among other venues.
Awards and Residencies
Selected Press