Nathan Goddard

Nathan was born in Grand Rapids, MI and has lived all around the country and traveled widely throughout the USA, Europe, Japan, and India. He received his BFA in Studio Art and Land Art from the University of New Mexico. It was in the American Southwest that he began to see the greater potential of earth and materials in his paintings and installations. His investigation of alternative materials and ceramics has continued beyond his MFA work at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. In 2007, the State of Michigan commissioned him to design and develop the Governor’s Award for Arts and Culture. He was the first prize award winner in painting at the 2009 Festival for the Arts in Grand Rapids, MI.


Nathan is currently ROHDE Kilns, Brand Ambassador. Traveling to studios and Universities, connecting artists with the possibilities ROHDE Kilns can offer their work. He is past Programs Coordinator at Red Lodge Clay Center. He has taught numerous ceramic courses and workshops to adults, college students, and youth, and was Adjunct Professor of Studio Art Ceramics at Wofford College , and Lander University in South Carolina. He worked in Skælskør, Denmark at Guldagergaard as the Kiln Yard Technician in 2015-16. Nathan has made Red Lodge, MT his new home, where he enjoys mountain skiing, hiking, and land exploring. You can find him conducting workshops, along with exhibiting his work nationally and internationally.