Nathan Seay was born in Englewood, Colorado in 1989. After studying in an atelier setting with internationally recognized portrait painter Vilas Tonape for 4 years, he then proceeded to the University of South Florida where he graduated in 2014. Following graduation, Nathan continued his training abroad with a stint at the Repin Academy in St. Petersburg and a one year artist residency at Muamsa Temple in South Korea.

Nathan has participated in exhibitions across the United States and in South Korea, and his work has been published in The Artist Magazine. In 2018 Nathan was commissioned to complete the official portrait for the Dean of the University of Portland. Nathan is a recipient of the John F and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship, and a grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation.

Most recently he won an honorable mention in the lauded Almenara Art Prize in 2025.

He currently is a full time painter and resident instructor at Atelier Dojo, living in Austin, TX.