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Meeting the Mayor
Nathan had the honour of meeting Sally Capp, The Lord Mayor of Melbourne and showing her through his new studio.

Guest Speaker for the NRL x Swinburne University X Pasifika Youth initiative
Nathan was recently invited by Swinburne University, the NRL, Le Mana Pasifika and Centre for Multicultural Youth to speak and oversee a 3 day intensive design workshop

Opening of Nathan's first solo exhibition, 'Smile'
Nathan opens his first solo exhibition, ‘Smile’, at Jacky Winter’s gallery, Lamington Drive in Melbourne, Australia.

Nathan's first large free standing sculpture
Two metres tall. Three weeks in the making. Nathan created an abstracted ‘S’ sculpture and his biggest piece to date for Swinburne University.

Swinburne University makes Nathan the face of its nation-wide campaign
Nathan was selected to feature in the university’s 2017 multi-platform nationwide campaign.

Nathan invited to speak at the Australian Open for Nike
After being commissioned by Nike to design t-shirts for their Australian Open popup store, Nathan was invited to speak at press day at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
Nathan and the Lighthouse Foundation join forces to #StickItToHomelessness
Nathan teamed up with national youth homelessness organisation the Lighthouse Foundation for its national homelessness week campaign. In collaboration with 19 year old, Lighthouse youth, Jesh, Nathan designed stickers to help start a conversation and raise awareness for young people from backgrounds of long-term neglect and abuse. 44,000 stickers (the number of youth homeless in Australia) were distributed through popular retailers across Australia.

Nathan selected as a ‘trailblazer’ and features in the Swinburne 25 book
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Swinburne put together a book featuring 25 of the institution’s most significant community members. Nathan was chosen to feature - alongside other visionaries in their fields. Released in December 2017, the book featured an in-depth interview with Nathan about developing his distinctive style.