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Rocky Grimes is a self-taught artist.He got his start by teaching himself how to screen print in his parents garage during the 90's.Since then he has continued to push boundaries visually and conceptually.Although, Grimes's main focus is seriagraphy, he continues to explore and utilize different mediums.His recent shows have included installations of found and built objects as well as stop motion video.

Grimes also produces hand printed garments and accessories in a variety of settings. He resists contemporary paradigms of production. He has held live printing sesions at an array of locations. Locations that are on a spectrum from miniscule unannounced sessions to live printing sessions that are much larger and more public in comparison. Grimes printing sessions traverse the nation including locations in Miami, LA, Las Vegas, and New York. He even pushed a modified, found, hospital food cart through the streets of Wynwood during Art Basel holding live impromptu printing sessions as a live interactive installation known as RAW.


Rocky Grimes work is honest yet anomalous in nature. In contrast to artists who borrow from public images in order to derive content for their work, Grimes creates the images used in his art from original photographs. Thus, Grimes work does not rely on popular references to give voice to his work. Rocky Grimes has  the unique ability to speak and connect with viewers in an honest yet unappologetic way, trancending societal confines.
2012
TBA

2011
March
SCOPE, NY   (Group Show) C. Emerson Fine Arts Gallery
June
Parallels, (two man show and unveiling of mural) The Workshop, Miami, FL
Identity Magazine, Feature on SCOPE New York through C. Emerson Fine
                                  Arts
Heroes and Villains, featured in book photographed by Tatiana Wills and
                                    Roman Cho published by zero plus publishing
August
Vignette, (Group Show C. Emerson Fine Arts Gallery, St. Petersburgh, FL)
Young at Heart, (Group Show @ Walls, Amsterdam)

OCTOBER
Into the Void, (Group Show presented by Neon Forest Gallery in Miami, FL)

DECEMBER
SCOPE Miami, (Group Show presented by C. Emerson Fine Arts Gallery)

2010
January
MIA, Live Print Session During Ian O'connor's Exhibition/ Publication release,
AE District, Miami Design District, FL

February
Small Wonders (group show), Lat Zero, Orlando FL

March
Deft (group show), C. Emerson Fine Arts Gallery, St. Petersburgh, FL

April
Believe the Hype (Printing Live) Miami ,FL

ROOMS (groupshow)Curated by Roger Gastman @ Scion Space, Los Angeles, CA

May
Normal Absurdity, Solo Show @ Kid Robot, Miami, FL

August
My Uzi Weighs A Ton, group show @ Neon Forest Orlando, FL

October
Anxious Filth, Solo Show @ Neon Forest  Orlando, FL

December
Back to the Beach, A Group Show @ Aqua, Miami FL courtesey of C. Emerson Fine Arts Gallery

2009
March
Under the Influence 2, (group show), St. Petersburgh, Fl,
C. Emerson Fine Arts Gallery

April
Blender (group show)Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Full Circle Gallery

September
Believe the Hype (group show), Orlando, FL
Bold Hype Gallery

December
Aqua Art Miami (group show) Miami, FL
C.Emerson Fine Arts Gallery

Scope Market Fair, SCOPE Art Fair, Miami FL
(5 day Live Screen Printing Session)


2008
RAW, An Interactive Installation of Live Screen Printing in the Streets of Miami during Art Basel


2007
Life Size,Scion Installation, Culver City, CA
Its A Beautiful World, Scion Installation Tour #4, Traveling Exhibtion
Knuckle Sandwhich,Curataed by Swindle Magazine, Atrium, Miami Beach, FL (Art Basel)

2006
Live Painting Performance, Thinkspace, Los Angeles, CA
Collections (group show), Scion Installation, Culver City, CA
We'll Make A Lover Of You, Art Center South Florida, Miami Beach, FL (Art Basel)
Live Printing Performance, MOCA, N. Miami, FL


2005
Vans On the Wall, Local 35, Portland, OR
For Everyone and No One, (juried exhibition of mail art and spotlight of Faction T-shirts and Accessories in the MOCA shop), Museum of Contemorary Art, N.Miami, FL
Culture Shock, Pop Art Studios, Miami, FL
Printdamaged, Live printing event @ Baracuda, Los Angeles, CA
Class Action Suite,Live Printing, Miami Beach, FL

2004
Overworked and Underpaid, (group show) Objex Artspace, Miami, FL
Parallel Universe, Pop Art Studios, Miami, FL
Freeze Frame, Live Printing, Miami, FL


2003
Faking It Through The Day, (group show)1300 Gallery, Cleveland
Inclusion Of The Shape,(group show) Objex Artspace, Miami, FL
Repeat Offenders, (group show) Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL

2002
No Show: (Benefit Show) Fredrick Snitzer Gallery Miami, FL


                      










INTERVIEWS
PRESS
The third book in an ongoing series from the
seminal West Coast art and culture magazine,
Juxtapoz Poster Art focuses on the art of
screen print posters. In the past 10 years screen
printing has ballooned in popularity and a new
class of artists has emerged. These artists stepped
away from the psychedelic posters of the '60s and
developed their own aesthetic-incorporating
everything from hand-drawn type to found objects.
Their posters have become sought-after collectors
items for art and music fans alike. Featured artists
include: Jason Munn, Michael Motorcycle,
Little Friends of Printmaking, Jesse LeDoux,
ThinkMule, Paul Insect, Seripop, Brandy Flower,
Aesthetic Apparatus, Decoder Ring, Nick Butcher,
Rocky Grimes, Tyler Stout, Tim Gough and more.


FRESH ART by Coleen Dougher June 2009
BACK TALK By JUXTAPOZ April 2010
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY Elise Hennigan for JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE, July 2009
5 QUESTIONS WITH ROCKY GRIMES by BlackBooks Stencils on JUXTAPOZ, July 2009
100 CREATIVES by John Colagrande for MIAMI NEW TIMES, December 2010
FOLLOW ROCKY GRIMES
IDENTITY MAGAZINE June 2011
Feature on SCOPE NEW YORK
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HEROES & VILLAINS is a collection of portraits by photographers Tatiana Wills and Roman Cho which surveys some of the most intriguing personalities in today's art, street and pop culture movements. Wills and Cho began their prescient documentation of these underground innovators six years ago, and many of their subjects are now attracting unprecedented attention in the art world. Their photographs unveil the persona, unique vision and inner character of more than 100 of the most iconic figures in the contemporary creative world, such as Robert Williams, Mark Ryden, Gabrielle Bell, David Choe, and Saber One. With a vibrant sense of play and an intuitive ability to expose internal truths, Wills and Cho have captured quiet revelations of essence and character, as well as startling moments of spontaneous expression. To further illuminate the motivations and impact of this diverse group of artists at this vital moment in history, the volume includes an essay and fourteen in-depth interviews by Amanda Erlanson. As the first collection of its kind, this stunning monograph will be a sourcebook for our generation and those to come.