Credit: Nathan William Lambdin, Sirocco, 2026 fiberboard and house paint 24” x 24” x 6”

Nathan William Lamdbin | Inhabitations

Northwest / Nob Hill

When

Apr. 9–25, 2026

Days vary, Times vary

Free

Where

PDX CONTEMPORARY ART

1881 NW Vaughn St
Portland, OR 97209

The following description was submitted by the event organizer.

PDX CONTEMPORARY ART is pleased to invite Nathan William Lambdin for his first solo exhibition, Inhabitations.

Lambdin’s work is informed by the rich history and ongoing evolution of our built environment. Drawing from a wealth of influences including Light and Space art, minimalist painting, modernist craft traditions, and residential architecture, Lambdin creates dynamic, colorful sculptures from wood, fiberboard, and house paint.

Inhabitations features series of wall sculptures and free-standing sculptures constructed from layered slats of painted wood. The use of color is a central component, creating spatial and visual effects as you move around the work. From a single vantage point, the stacked layers read as a flat, graphic image but open to something else entirely as one shifts their position, revealing the physical depth and complexity beneath.

Nathan William Lambdin is an interdisciplinary artist whose work references a culture of building and making. His practice draws from a culmination of experiences that spans skateboarding culture of the late eighties, art school during the nineties, and professional experience in both graphic design and architecture.

Born in Virginia and now based in Portland, Oregon, Lambdin holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Washington, Seattle (2009) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University (1996). He was awarded the Valle Scholarship at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen for research into spatial influences on the perception of contemporary art.