Nate Bard: Contemporary Art and Applied Design in Denver, Colorado

Electric tattoos by appointment at a private studio.

Pushing visual and applied design to generate sustainable culture, while addressing societal and environmental issues that fuel the need for such innovations. Often working under many aliases in just as many disciplines, Buck's practice is influenced by the importance of space and location in street art, as well as the performance and DIY design inherent to skateboarding and graffiti. With a BFA in Printmaking, and knowledge gained from an MFA program in Applied Craft+Design from Portland OR's PNCA, Buck uses his varied knowledge across a variety of disciplines in their practice today.

Met weekly with mentee(s) in the Madelife programs (ages 18 to 30) to coach and develop creative practices and skills in the visual arts, emphasizing a tattoo-oriented process. Created lesson plans that build on information over time to create an in-depth, start-to-finish understanding of complex processes in a effective and efficient manor. Created homework assignments to engage the mentee with the program even outside of sessions to compound on the lessons and begin to instill productive habits for young adult artists.

Rendered expressive illustrations for short stories and poems published by Dribbles Agency, an independent creative business collective based out of California. Compensated for each illustration according to the artist's agreement for fair compensation for time and skilled labor.

Assists in the handling, presentation, promotion, and limited production of the artwork of acting mentor Word To Mother (U.K.). Recently traveled to Chicago to assist in Word’s Solo Exhibit “Let Love Lead the Way” at the world-class Vertical Gallery in Chicago, Il.

Created the designed Cover Art for U.S. based music producer B L O O P R's 2018 Spotify album and cassette release of "Notes" & 2019 Soundcloud mixtape release of "7 Loops"

Rendered and finalized various artworks and graphics for clothing and culture company COMMON Apparel. Design was centered and focused on the snowboarding and skateboarding market, which aligned well with the artists own creative aesthetics at the time. All business and employment agreements and negotiations were conducted with Nate Blomquist, partial owner.

Designer and illustrator for Minnesota-based brand Common Apparel. Designing graphic-art and typefaces for clothing, hard-goods, snowboard graphics, and advertisements, from initial idea, to concept sketch, all the way to finalized PDF using a blend of hand-drawn & digital techniques.

Supervisor of the 3-to-4-man design team, managing production from start to finish during intense 1-night sessions for the bi-monthly, color publication. Designed templates for the new tabloid-layout of the publication in 2014. Attended weekly meetings to discuss content, managerial & budget decisions related to design and production that might typically be overlooked by the other Non-visual managers and editors. Acts as a working member of the Design Squad during production, in addition to final proofing and editing before packaging and exporting files to the printer.