RICHARD ISAAC GRIGGS
Hello! I am an artist, musician, and barista based in Nashville, Tennessee.
I started making art in 2016 as an exercise in coping with anxiety and depression. I found that when I’m fully present to what I’m making, following the lines of the human form or experimenting with colors and shapes, I don’t have to spiral into the worry and self criticism that often comes so naturally to me. I love the fast-paced process of using ink and watercolors to transpose my observations. I am always chasing a sense of “flow” in my work, whether that be in the playful exploration of creating or in the wake of a finished piece, as part of the solidarity art provides is in revisiting it over time.
Exhibited at “Murmurations: a Flight through the Configuration of Blackness” with Cë Gallery, Nashville 2024
Multiple solo gallery exhibitions at Three Brothers Coffee in 2020, 2021, and 2022
Participated in east Nashville’s annual Tomato Arts Festival in 2021 and 2023
Emerging Maker and participant in Nashville’s monthly 100 Taylor Arts Market since April 2022
Designed album artwork for Jon Santana
Illustrated dozens of portrait commissions (Contact me if you’re interested in one!)
