EVAN, OF MIXED RACE
NATHAN MADRID
LAURA, SAUDI MUSLIM WOMAN
NATHAN MADRID
JULIO, GAY, UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT
NATHAN MADRID
TARA, TRANSGENDER
NATHAN MADRID
KRISTEN, FEMALE, AFRICAN-AMERICAN
NATHAN MADRID
CURATORIAL STATEMENT
From the Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College in Louisiana
In this series, artist Nathan Madrid investigates our culture’s perception of “the other" and "otherness,” ingroups and outgroups, to expose how prescribed labels determine society’s behavior toward a social group because of race, gender, sex, class, and religion. Through his paintings, viewers are actively challenged to situate themselves in relation to those depicted, to embrace the diversity of others or marginalize them.
NATHAN MADRID lives and works in Fort Worth, TX and is a full-time Lecturer at Texas A&M University. He primarily studied at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco completing his BFA and earning an MFA at TWU.