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Born in 1962 in Houston, Texas, USA.
Resides and works in Austin, Texas, USA.


SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026, Nature & Fibers, Frisco Discovery Center, Frisco, Texas, USA
2025, Reflections, Walker’s Gallery, San Marcos, Texas, USA
2025, Monochrome, RTown Gallery, Grapevine, Texas, USA
2024, Summer Show 2024, Walker’s Gallery, San Marcos, Texas, USA.
2024, Decorative Arts Contest, State Fair of Texas , Dallas, Texas, USA.
2022-2024, The People’s Gallery 2022-24, Austin City Hall, Austin, Texas, USA.


SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Jeff Nabona is collected by various private collections in the USA.


AWARDS
2024, First Place and Best of Show, Designer Craftsmen - Teachers & Professionals Division, Decorative Arts Contest, The State Fair of Texas, Dallas, Texas, USA.


SELECTED PRESS
State Fair of Texas “2024 Competition Results: State Fair of Texas”, Results (2024)


PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
2003-2020, Stage Set / Stage Lighting / FOH & Stage Sound - Designer, Life Church, Leander, Texas, USA

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BIO


Born in Houston, Texas, in 1962, American sculptor, Jeff Nabona, seeks to portray the very detailed naturalistic beauty and peace found in nature through his art. The medium of his tabletop sized works are a wide variety of discarded, used, and repurposed steel objects. He uses these materials that are welded, cleaned, and formed into natural subjects to intentionally probe situations humans face daily, often using anthropomorphism to give new insight from a non-cartoon perspective. His easily recognized sculptures mostly keep the raw, natural, silver-grey color and metallic sheen of the steel used, with only minor exceptions for emphasis.

Nabona credits two concepts to the message of his art: transformation and hope. Transformation is represented by the unwanted steel objects in his art, when these objects “find” a new purpose for their existence through change and a more meaningful life in their new role. Hope is explored in the idea of the viewer finding a greater meaning in the representation of something beautiful in artwork comprised of these previously useless or unwanted items. He intends for his art to become a physical inspiration for us to become a better version of ourselves by not settling for what we are, but looking beyond our current situation, to something greater. He asks, “If these inanimate objects can find a more meaningful existence, then can’t we, as sentient beings, have an even more profound experience?”

Nabona says the impact of following Jesus Christ and support from his family are responsible for the transformation and hope in his own life, and the peace and understanding he now holds dear.

In 2024, Nabona was awarded a First Place ribbon and Best Of Show ribbon for his entry “My Parlor” in the Texas State Fair in Dallas, Texas.

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