Baker Artist Portfolios

nat raum (they/them, b. 1996) is a queer disabled artist and writer based on unceded Piscataway and Susquehannock land in Baltimore, MD. They graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2018 with a BFA in Photography and Book Arts and also hold an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from The University of Baltimore, where they also served as managing editor of both the school’s literary journal, Welter, and student-run press, Plork Press. nat’s personal creative practice centers primarily upon their lived experience with loss and sexual trauma, as well as queerness, disability, and their C-PTSD and borderline personality disorder diagnoses. They are an avid maker of books and zines, including and especially hybrid publications. nat is the founder and editor-in-chief of fifth wheel press, a queer literature and art publishing space. nat's artwork has been exhibited at venues including the Museum of Human Achievement, ICA Baltimore, BlackRock Center for the Arts, and the Griffin Museum of Photography, as well as published by Another Chicago Magazine, Soft Lightning Studio, and The B’K. Their writing has appeared in Poet Lore, Poetry Online, beestung, Split Lip Magazine, Baltimore Beat and others. Their published books include this book will not save you (dogleech books, 2024), fruits of the valley (Querencia Press, 2026), you stupid slut (Bullshit Lit, 2026), and many chapbooks and photography publications. Find them online at natraum.com.