Nathan Grimes is an interdisciplinary artist based in Raleigh, North Carolina. His creative practice explores visual art, poetry, music, engineering, and stuff from the dumpster. Nathan has exhibited both nationally and internationally. He received a BFA in Studio Art / Painting from the Florida State University, and an MFA in Studio Art / Painting from the University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign.

Recently, I have been engaging with themes of trauma and aesthetic beauty. I resurface fragmented architectural trash through various painting processes, both concealing and revealing found object qualities. Once altered, the fragments are held in specific postures by purpose-built wall-mounted armatures, often in relation to a book. These mounted collections function as self-portraits of difficult psychophysiological states of being. By representing complicated parts of myself, I am building a physical map of slippery affectual terrain. By exhibiting this work, I share my map in progress.