ABOUT Nathan
Nathan Ingram is a multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Ōtautahi Christchurch. His practice moves fluidly between studio-based painting, sculpture, and large-scale public works, drawing on the visual language of the urban environment to create layered, abstract compositions.
Ingram’s work spans geometric murals, gestural glass paintings, and refined sculptural forms, each exploring a tension between control and spontaneity. Surface, colour, and mark-making are central to his process, whether building complex works in reverse on glass or developing floating sculptural forms that shift in space.
With a career spanning over 2 decades in the creative sector, Ingram’s work has been commissioned by leading institutions, festivals, and private collectors across Aotearoa and internationally. Held in significant public and private collections, his evolving body of work reflects a commitment to refined execution, material inquiry, and the dynamic energy of contemporary abstraction.
In addition to his art practice, Ingram teaches into the Bachelor of Design at Ara Institute of Canterbury, where he mentors emerging designers and artists in the development of creative and technical skills. He is also a founding member and co-director of Fiksate Gallery, a leading urban contemporary art space that bridges the fields of fine art, design, and contemporary culture.
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2025 - Public Art Installation - ANZAC Underpass - Commissioned by Christchurch City Council.
2024 - Nowhere to Hide - Solo Exhibition - The Frame Gallery - Auckland
2023 – Sculpture North Canterbury – Pegusus Bay Winery
2023 – SHIFT – Urban Art Takeover – Canterbury Museum
2023 – Public art installation – Urban Halfcourt -Commissioned by Christchurch City Council
2023 – Critical review of Archetypes in Art New Zealand Magazine
2022 – Archetypes Collaborative Exhibition with Jessie Rawcliffe – Fiksate Gallery
2022 – Public art installation – Commissioned by Akaroa Area School
2021 – Graffiato Street Art Festival - Taupo
2022 – Shadows & Reflections Exhibition – Art Bureau Gallery – Auckland
2020 – Art Installation, The Nomadic Art Gallery
2020 – Artwork added to Wrightmann Collection
2019 – Urban Abstract - Fiksate Gallery
2018 – FORCES – Re:Activate, Public Art Installation- Scape Public Art
2018 – Ancient Shadows, Solo Exhibition – The Welder Gallery
2018 – Visitors, Group Exhibition - The Welder Gallery
2017 – Throwback, Group Exhibition - The Welder Gallery
2017 – Unframed, Group Exhibition - The Welder Gallery
2017 – Face Value, Group Exhibition - Fiksate Gallery
2015 - CAPD Group Exhibition- Fiksate Gallery
2015 – Spectrum, Street Art Exhibition/Festival
2014 – CAPD, Group Art Exhibition - Fiksate Gallery
2014 – Artwork added to Permanent Collection; Canterbury Museum
2014 – Rise, Street Art Exhibition/Festival
2013 – Further Works published; Christchurch the transitional city, Revised edition.
2012 - Works published; Christchurch the transitional city.
2011 – Works published; B17 Christchurch Art Gallery Publication.
