Nathan Fox was born in 1975 in Washington D.C.. Raised from the age of five on the suburban outskirts of Houston, an early addiction to Cartoons, Commercials and Video Games led to a lifelong exploration of Narrative Art and the over-stimulation associated with his generation. In the hopes of making such an addiction his full time job, Nathan left Texas for Missouri where he attended the Kansas City Art Institute.
What followed over the next four years can only be described as an eye opening experience compared to the somewhat quiet Southern upbringing. The discovery of Anime, Yoshitoshi's Yukiyo-e Prints, Sideshows and Comics would lead him down the happily twisted path he still follows today.
After graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1997, Nathan pursued Illustration from Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the next two years with little result. During this time however, the four man artist's group known as MACHISMO, which Fox helped found with Corey Goering, Mike Erickson and Stephen Hobson, flourished in the alternative gallery scene back in Kansas City. Frustrated with pursuing editorial illustration and working as an offset pressman, he and his wife moved to New York City in 2000 where Nathan attended The School of Visual Arts Illustration As Visual Essay Graduate Program. Those two years of graduate study would prove to be the most fruitful as Nathan has been freelancing in Illustration ever since. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Interview, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Wired, ESPN Magazine, Print, Mother Jones, Spin, Mad Magazine, DC Comics and many other publications. His likes include Tin Toys and Leather Kittens�, His daughters laughter & his wife in a skirt and heels. "Neither here nor there", as they say,... Nathan looks forward to making images and telling stories till he can't tell no more.
Becoming a father in 2004 and the need for home ownership led Nathan and his family back to Milwaukee in 2005 where he currently resides with his wife Jennifer and their daughter Maille Rose.
Future projects include continued collaboration with Instant Winner Skateboards, pursuing Comics, Graphic Novels and gallery work, and the hope that he will one day be able to renovate his basement. For further information and samples of Nathan's illustration work, Comics, Murals, Skate Decks and more, STAY-TUNED to www.foxnathan.com on the World Wide Web.
