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Nathanial Holben
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@bronzeholbein
Nate Holben AKA Bronze Holbein is a metal manipulator from Martinez, CA.  
He has been summoning sculptures from the void since 2009, when he made his first steel sculpture at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. After discovering his love for sculpture and welding, he began pursuing both extensively and has been up-cycling scrap metal into art ever since.
In 2017, Nate returned to the Bay Area and began working with Artworks Foundry in Berkeley, where he assisted in the production of numerous bronze sculptures and monuments, learning valuable lessons about public art and honing his skills as a sculptor in the process. He left the foundry in 2021 and now works as a welder-fabricator in Richmond, where he uses leftover materials from welding jobs to produce his unique form of metal art. 
He is currently in the process of creating a new  artist collective, “SINC” where he plans to gather fellow aspiring artists who wish to share their work in the East Bay Area. The debut exhibition for Strength in Numbers Collective will be at Five Suns Brewing on 11/11/22. 
Bronze Holbein is available for commissions and his art can be found in several places around Martinez: Five Suns Brewing, Gilded Frond, and most recently.. Main Street Arts Gallery. He can be reached for metalwork inquiries at [email protected].
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The Free Drawing Prize in March 2025 was a metal sculpture by Nate aka Bronze Holbein. Congratulations to David, the winner.
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Tracy Jones, winner of the April 2024 free drawing, shown here with her prize, a metal sculpture by Nate.
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Congratulations to Malena, winner of this metal sculpture by Nate Holben aka Bronze Holbein. This is Malena's mom Shirley, pictured here with Nate. The May 2023 free raffle prize is "Bring the Love" a ​$275 value.
Main Street Arts, 613 Main Street, Martinez, CA 94553   925-269-8049
We are open Wednesday-Saturday from 11-4 and Sunday from 10-3.  
Also, on the first Friday of each month for Martinez First Fridays from 6-9pm. 
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    • Mason Roberts
    • Gwenn Spratt
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    • Connie MIllholland, Stories
    • Nancy Roberts, Carquinez Color
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    • Guest Artist Ebbie Navas
    • Guest Artist Dave Kwinter
    • Smaller Paintings by CWA
    • Black and White
    • Guest Artist Dean Evans
    • BIG August Sale!
    • Guest Artist Lana Fly
    • Fire and Smoke
    • Guest Artist Tamsen Armstrong
    • Guest Artist Irenka Kudlicki
    • Red
    • Born to be Wild
    • From Clay to Table
    • Bay Area Studio Artists
    • Guest Artist Tamsen Armstrong
    • Go Figure
    • Martinez Arts Creates
    • And Then...There Was Clay
    • Guest Artist Tamsen Armstrong Trust the Light
    • Tiny But Mighty
    • Guest Artist Jan Weiss
    • Guest Artist Tina Pressler