EDUCATION:
2007- MFA, University of California Los Angeles.
2002- BFA, Maryland Institute, College of Art.

RESIDENCIES:
2008- The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2008- Amsterdam Quaternities, Crisp London LosAngles, London, England.
2008- All Internal, Crisp London Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
2004- Interstate Mutilate, H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2000- Step Right Up! Phillip’s Emporium, Bloomsburg, PA.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008- Party Favors, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA.
2007- The Fucked Up Drawing Party Meets The Suitcase, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA.
2007- Horrorshow, Telic Arts Exchange, Los Angeles, CA.
2007- Queen's Nails Annex: Marfa, The Waypoint, Marfa, TX.
2007- Underworld, Salon Oblique, Venice, CA.
2007- If Something Has to Change, Shotgun Space, Los Angeles, CA.
2007- MFA Thesis Exhibition, New Wight Gallery University of California, Los Angeles.
2007- Meltdown, Salon Oblique, Venice, CA.
2006- Rose Bowl Flea Market Biennale, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Pasadena, CA.
2006- Greater Los Angeles MFA Exhibition 2, California State U. Los Angeles.
2006- Quiver, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2006- DEMONS to Diamonds, Locust Projects, Miami, FL.
2005- Incognito Invitational, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA.
2005- Greater Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, California State U. Los Angeles.
2005- L.A. Arts for Katrina, LA Design Center, CA.
2004- Refresh Galerie Francoise E.S.F., Baltimore, MD.
2004- Annual Salon Show, Mount Royal Tavern, Baltimore, MD.
2004- London Biennale (draw_drawing) Gallery 32, London, England.
2004- Art Connections at MICA, Maryland Institute, College of Art.
2002- Double Feature, Mount Royal Station Auditorium, Baltimore, MD.
2002- Front Porch for You Not for Me, Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, MD.
2001- Book Arts Show, Maryland Institute, College of Art.
2000- Stable Round Up, Galerie Françoise E.S.F., Baltimore, MD.
2000- MICA Jury Show, Maryland Institute, College of Art.
1999- MICA Juried Foundation Show, Maryland Institute, College of Art.

AWARDS:
2006- UCLA University Fellowship.
2004- UCLA University Fellowship.
2001- Francis B. Harvey Scholarship.
1998-2001- Maryland Institute Scholarship.
1998-2001- Presidential Scholarship.
2000- Seymour Mandelbaum Scholarship.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2008- Editor Alex Israel, "Jason Rhoades' Black Pussy Cocktail Coffee Table Book." Steidl David Zwirner, February.
2007- Tamara Devrient, "Pioneers and Entrepreneurs: French Immigration in the Making of Los Angeles." France Los Angeles eXchange, CA.
2007- Editor Monique Van Genderen, "Art 150", Lulu.com.
2006- Editor Mary Watkins, UCLA Graduate Quarterly, fall 2006, los angeles, ca.
2006- Bruce Hainley, "Artquake", New York Times Magazine, style, October 1, 2006.
2006- Art Director Amir Fallah, UCLA Department of Art Graduate Studies Catalog, Los Angeles, CA.
2006- Carlos Suarez De Jesus, “School's Out: Locust rings the bell with adolescent despair and lollipop dreams”,
Miami New Times, Miami, FL. April 6.
2005- Art Director Amir Fallah, UCLA Department of Art Graduate Studies Catalog, Los Angeles, CA.
2005- Editor Kim Carlin, Contact: MICA Quarterly Newsletter, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Winter.
2004- Jonathan Pitts, “Art’s Opposites Form a Theme in ‘refresh,” The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, MD., August 5.
2003- James Doorne, “Death Becomes Fur,” Bizarre 76, IFC Magazines. London, England, September.
2002- Crispin Sartwell, “A New Direction for Public Art,” The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, MD., June 7.
2000- Mike Giuliano “Fresh Horses,” City Paper, Baltimore, MD., August.

ESSAYS:
2008- "Art Basel Miami Beach." ArtUS 22 Spring, Published by the Foundation for International Art Criticism, edited by Paul Foss.
2007- "The Ambassadors: Satan, Male Bliss, and The Filth." ArtUS 21 Dec/Jan, Published by the Foundation for International Art Criticism, edited by Paul Foss.
2007- "The Occidental Death of Jason Rhoades," ArtUS 18-May/June, Published by the Foundation for International Art Criticism, edited by Paul Foss.

PERFORMANCES:
2006- Green/Red Confluence, warner studios, culver city, CA.
2006- Gnomiclature of the 4th Uni-Pyre, Moonlight Mesa, Joshua Tree, CA.
2006- The Black Pussy Soiree Cabaret Macramé, Los Angeles, CA.
2005- Killer Body, UCLA campus, Warner Building, Culver City, CA.
2005- Jet d’Eau-leans, California State University Long Beach, CA.
2005- Cliché Clean Up, UCLA campus, Warner Building, Culver City, CA.
2004- Turtle Pie, UCLA campus, Kinross South, Los Angeles, CA.
2004- Shot, Talking Head Club, Baltimore, MD.
2001- Harvest Moon, H&H Surplus Building, Baltimore, MD.
1999- Redman, Susquehanna Valley Mall, Selinsgrove, PA.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
Project PLASE: 1814 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, MD.
John Baldessari's Artists' Books Collection, Venice Beach, CA.

CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE:
2005- Southern Exposure (co-curator), UCLA Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2004- Refresh (co-curator), Galerie Francoise E.S.F., Baltimore, MD.

UCLA TEACHING ASSOCIATE EXPERIENCE:
Modernism (Art 31B) Instructor: M. Schreyach Winter Quarter 2007
Advanced New Genres (Art 137) Instructor: Jennifer Bolande Fall Quarter 2006
Art Encounters (Art&Arch 10) Instructor: Robert Israel Spring Quarter 2006
Beginning New Genres (Art 11D) Instructor: Jeffery Vallance Fall Quarter 2005
Art Encounters (Art&Arch 10) Instructor: Robert Israel Spring Quarter 2005
Beginning New Genres (Art 11D) Instructor: Jennifer Bolande Winter Quarter 2005
Modernism (Art 31A) Instructor: M.A. Greenstein Fall Quarter 2004

LECTURES:
"Jason Rhoades: Experience, Presentation, and Taboo." Otis College of Art and Design, AHCS 220 Contemporary Art History, Los Angeles CA. November 2007.
"Comic Books and Performance Art," Otis College of Art and Design, AHCS 120 Intro to Visual Culture, Los Angeles CA. October 2006.

BOOKSTORES:
Nathan’s books can be found at the following stores:
Printed Matter, New York, NY.
Atomic Books, Baltimore, MD.
City Lights Books, San Francisco, CA.
Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA.