ART FEED: Rocky Grimes

by | Nov 3, 2010 | ART

Growing up on the southern tip of Florida, Rocky discovered a love for skateboarding at the age of 12, which became a common thread he shared with just a few people living in the Florida Keys. The music and art he was introduced to through the skateboarding culture made a profound impact on his life and to this day continue to influence him as a person and as an artist. Heavily influenced by the punk and hardcore scene in Miami, Rocky taught himself how to screen print in the mid to late 90’s so he could make his own shirts and patches. The natural progression was to start making his own artwork using the silkscreen methods he had learned. Since 2001 he has shown work all across the US including live silkscreen exhibitions in LA, NY, Las Vegas and Miami and has been featured in various publications such as Swindle and Juxtapose Magazine.

Check out what Rocky is up to here.

Growing up on the southern tip of Florida, Rocky discovered a love for skateboarding at the age of 12, which became a common thread he shared with just a few people living in the Florida Keys. The music and art he was introduced to through the skateboarding culture made a profound impact on his life and to this day continue to influence him as a person and as an artist. Heavily influenced by the punk and hardcore scene in Miami, Rocky taught himself how to screen print in the mid to late 90’s so he could make his own shirts and patches. The natural progression was to start making his own artwork using the silkscreen methods he had learned. Since 2001 he has shown work all across the US including live silkscreen exhibitions in LA, NY, Las Vegas and Miami and has been featured in various publications such as Swindle and Juxtapose Magazine.

Check out what Rocky is up to here.

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