Nathan Pratt // Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Born into a family of artists, Cheyenne Arapaho artist Nathan Pratt was shown the beauty of the creative process at an early age.  Around the age of 10, he started selling small ceramic sculptures.  Over the course of 30 years, he has created and sold hundreds of sculptures in a wide variety of mediums including bronze, wood, acrylic, ceramic, foam, plastic, tape, paper, concrete, water, glass, ice, steel and stone.  His love of diverse materials led him to learn more about invention, prototyping, fabrication and manufacturing processes.  One day he hopes to perfect his process for shaping water flow into three-dimensional shapes.  

After obtaining a marketing degree from the University of Oklahoma, he began to combine his interests in sculpture, marketing and product development.  In addition to starting a product development company, he has gained broad experience working for companies in corporate awards and prosthetic device manufacturing.  With three issued US utility patents and other patents pending, he has invented products in the fields of art, firearms, construction and physical therapy.  He is a three-time recipient of Journal Record Innovator of the Year Awards.  He also spent time as an agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.  

He is most passionate about community art projects.  Over the last decade he has worked as a teacher, mentor and administrator in various after school programs.  Collaborating with his students, he has produced numerous public art exhibits for the Myriad Botanical Gardens.