Baker Artist Portfolios

Nat Raum is a queer multimedia artist working primarily with photography, creative writing, and bookmaking. They graduated from the BFA Photography program at Maryland Institute College of Art in 2018 with a studio concentration in book arts. They are currently based in Baltimore, MD. 

Nat’s artwork primarily explores their relationship with their body and the world around them following their past sexual trauma. They are also interested in the intersection between sexuality, anxiety, and trauma and how it manifests itself, both personally and broadly, in the digital age. Their practice centers around creating books and zines as a means to communicate overwhelming emotions, troubled states of mind, and deep dark secrets.

Nat's work has been exhibited at venues such as Davis Orton Gallery, the Midwest Center for Photography, ICA Baltimore, The Museum of Human Achievement, and the Griffin Museum of Photography. They currently serve as the head multimedia editor of Storm of Blue Press. Nat is also the founder of Darkside Collective, an online space for emerging artists in all disciplines to receive feedback on their work, and Fifth Wheel Press, a small photobook press that publishes lens-based artists of marginalized genders.