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


SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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 Craftsman - 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 artist, Jeff Nabona has always found beauty and peace in nature. He is a sculptor who specializes in detailed naturalistic steel sculptures which are made from discarded, used, and repurposed elements. His easily recognized sculptures keep the pure natural color of the steel used, with only minor exceptions for emphasis. His works often have a kinetic aspect that allows the viewer to pose or impart movement in his artwork. Nabona credits two ideas to the inspiration of his art: transformation and hope. “Transformation”, he says, “is present in my art when I use discarded items to create ingredients by cleaning, reshaping, or modifying them to become a part of the whole sculpture, giving them a new life.” His hope comes from the idea of viewers finding something special in the sculpture that has nothing to do with the parts used. “I hope people find hints of memories and meaning in the collection of unwanted and decaying items, and that the art becomes greater than the individual items involved.”, he says. Nabona gives credit for his art to the impact of following Jesus Christ and support of his family. These were the catalysts for the transformation and hope in his own life, and the peace and understanding he now holds dear.

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