Alumnus Nathan “Nate Dee” Delinois ’03, MFA ’08 has taken his artwork to new heights since he began painting murals throughout the Miami area. Once far more comfortable with completing his masterpieces in a studio setting, he made the switch several years ago, almost against his will.
“During an exhibition, the curator asked if I would like to do a mural outside of the building,” Delinois recalls. “I initially resisted, but after some pressure, I agreed to do it.” The request would prove pivotal.
“What I found in painting the mural was that I fell in love with interacting with the community as I painted the artwork,” he says. “People would stop and talk to me, ask about the work and even give feedback as well. This is a total 180 degrees from the isolation of the studio.”
Delinois has since fielded other offers to create public art and accepted commissions from organizations such as the Miami Heat, the Miami Dolphins and Adidas. He even earned an invitation to travel in 2017 to Seoul, South Korea, to participate in the Street Arts Awards Festival. He was the only American artist asked to join in the event. The experience opened his eyes to where his talent might take him.
“I could never have imagined that art would one day bring me to the other side of the globe,” he says.
Closer to home, Delinois got a chance earlier this year to exhibit at the Ronald W. Reagan Presidential House, the residence of FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg.
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