Visual Art – Des Moines

Nathaniel Kraft is an artist currently living in Davenport, IA pursuing a Master's degree in Museum Studies at Western Illinois University- Quad Cities. He has a BA in Art History and Studio Art from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN. He is a process driven artist who focuses on acrylic painting and charcoal drawing. The themes of Nathaniel Kraft's work deal with personal and public space around family dynamics and individual growth through the use of abstraction as a way of visualizing the sub-conscious. The work aims to illicit emotional responses in the viewer that provide a source of discovering meaning rather than giving a defined meaning to the piece.