Ally Grimm (b. 1991), known professionally as A.L. Grime, is a Venezuelan-American self-taught multimedia artist living in Denver, CO.
Her love for language and interpersonal relationships led her to study Strategic Communications at WVU, where Ally found herself captivated by the ways in which individuals process the relentless influx of information in our daily lives.
Ally’s signature monochromatic style developed through a practice of pen and ink before evolving onto canvas and later onto large-scale murals and fiber installations. Her contemporary work and murals can be found internationally in cities including LA, New York, Denver, Miami, Bristol (UK), Morelia (MX), Tarbes (FR) and more.
As her practice continues to grow, Ally is expanding her visual language into ceramic sculpture, textile-based installations, and community-driven projects, along with a broader approach to creative direction. These new explorations deepen the themes at the core of her work, patterns, interconnectedness, and the complexity of human systems, while pushing her strong, recognizable style into new material and experiential forms.
As her practice evolves, Ally is moving into creative direction, ceramic sculpture, and textile-driven installations, using material as extensions of her signature mark-making. She is also increasingly engaged in community-centered projects that emphasize connection, shared experience, and collective storytelling. Throughout these shifts, her work remains rooted in a commitment to exploring complexity visually, emotionally, and socially, while continually expanding the ways that exploration can take shape.
Artist Statement
This approach embraces the duality of present and future, meeting in the moment to confront the complexities of the human condition at the edge of chaos.
I perceive walls, cities, and landscapes as both physical and psychological, using bold patterns, flowing compositions, and powerful figures to respond to shifting environments and histories. I collect references from architecture, urban decay, and industrial landscapes, which I translate into murals, ceramic forms, and textile-based experiments. These fragments become a visual language that explores identity, environment, and resilience often reflecting the tension between human presence and the systems that shape our daily lives.
I am drawn to spaces in transition, places that exist outside the polarity of black and white, in a liminal state of grey. I explore the dualities of the human condition through the use of black and white while addressing mental health, environmental issues, and our connection to place. By maintaining a minimal palette with bold contrast, I use light and dark to move in harmony, flowing across a surface- a representation of yin and yang, resilience and vulnerability, order and chaos- working not against one another but in a state of equilibrium.
After many years exploring themes of technology and futures, I have recently expanded into textiles and ceramics, a deliberate decision to slow down, work with materials directly, and reflect on how overproduction and consumption shape our world. As the world continues to move faster, I found it necessary to deepen my connection to traditional art practices to honor human resilience of the past while seeking creative solutions for our future.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Internationally exhibited augmented reality muralist, Denver, London, DC, LA, Miami, Philadelphia, and New York City
2022 Westword’s Denver’s Most Influential Artist
Leading South West NFT muralist
Pioneering Art + Tech
SELECTED MURALS AND INSTALLATIONS
2025 EnzHorgues Festival, Horgues, France
2025 Formula1 Arcade, Denver, CO
2025 “Consumption”, Fiber Installation, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO
2025 “Consumption”, Fiber Installation, “Fiber Art Now” Exhibition, Denver Arts and Venues
2025 “Buffet”, Fiber Installation and Performance, RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO
2025 SpraySeeMo, Kansas City, MO
2024 CREATING LEGENDS (with University of Pittsburgh), Braddock, PA
2024 UpFest, Bristol, United Kingdom
2024 Montrer University, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
2024 Outer Space Project, Atlanta, GA
2024 EDC Las Vegas, Art Installation with Mural and Neon
2024 Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA
2024 AOTA Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2024 Amazon HQ, Aurora, CO
2023 Denver Walls Mural Festival, POW! WOW! DENVER
2023 Erie Arts and Culture, Erie, PA
2023 CONSENSUS Conference, Austin, TX
2023 POW! WOW! Hawaii
2023 ETHDENVER, Canvas Murals
2023 Stanley Marketplace, Aurora, CO
2022 Amazon HQ, Denver, CO
2022 University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2022 StreetWise Mural Fest, Boulder, CO
2022 Denver Ad School, Denver, CO
2022, 23 EthereumDenver, HQ Install
2022 SprayKC, Kansas City, MO
2021 DCWalls, for the DC Metro Dept
2021 DCMurals, Commissioned by the DC Government for the Air and Space Museum
2021 Private Office, Human Design, Boulder, CO
2020 Colfax Canvas, Aurora, CO
2020 Streetwise Mural Project, Boulder, CO
2020 Colorcon Mural Festival, Denver, CO
2020 Crush Walls Mural Festival, Denver, CO
2020 Red Cinemas (Kotis Street Art), Greensboro, NC
Solo Exhibition
2025 COMPRESSION, Community Clay, Denver, CO
Group Exhibitions
2025 EnzHorgues Fest Group Show, Tarbes, France
2025 ”Again and Again”, Gallery Ergo, Seattle, WA
2025 ”Black and White” Show, Gallery Ergo, Seattle, WA
2024 “OuterSpace”, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2024 ”Wet Paint”, RedLine Contemporary, Denver, CO
2024 “Daze and Nights”, Another Gallery, Denver, CO
2024 ”BABE WALLS”, Ryan Joseph Gallery, Denver, CO
2024 “Nerdstalgia”, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 “ONE by ONE”, ABV Gallery
2024 ”Nostalgia-ish”, Chicago Truborn, Chicago, IL
2023 ”Vantage Point 10th Anniversary Show”, Ryan Joseph Gallery, Denver, CO
2023 “World Wide Walls Show”, ThinkSpace Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2023 “As Above, So Below”, ArchEnemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2023 ETHDENVER Gallery, Denver, CO
2023 ”One By One”, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2022 ”Creative Capitol”, IRL ART, Denver, CO
2022 ”Six by Six”, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2022 “NFTNYC”, 1st Dibs Auction House, New York, NY
2022 “Abstractions”, Ryan Joseph Gallery, Denver, CO
2022 "Identity Crisis”, A.HURD Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2022 “Legacy”, LEGACY GALLERY, Minneapolis, MN
2022 Art Basel, Mirus Gallery, Miami, FL
2022 Miami Art Week, Miami Art Society, Miami, FL
2021 ”A Better Tomorrow”, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2021 “As Above, So Below”, ArchEnemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2021 ”Liminal Reality”, ComplexLand, Online
2021 “Annual Invitational”, Archenemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2021 ”One By One”, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2021 “Paper Trails”, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2020 ”InnerSpace Project”, ABV Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2020 “Locals Only”, MIRUS Gallery, Denver, CO
RESIDENCIES
2025 Community Clay
2024-26 Red Line Contemporary Art Center
AFFILIATIONS
Animus Collective, Contemporary Digital Artists Collective, International
BRAND COLLABORATIONS
2025 Formula One
2025 Colorado Avalanche
2025 Redbull
2024-25 Champion Clothing
2024 Live Nation
2024 Denver Nuggets
2024 Amazon HQ, Aurora, CO
2023 Liquid Death Water
2022 Insomniac Productions
2020-2022 Monster Energy
2022 CloZee
2021 VIBRAM shoes
2021 COMPLEXLAND
AWARDS & GRANTS
2025 Insite Fund provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation
2025 Art in Society Finalist
2025 Sharon Prize Finalist
2024 Champion Creator’s Grant
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2022-present Director for Denver Walls Mural Festival
2021-present Augmented Reality Educator and Ambassador for Artivive App 2021-present
CURATION
2023 Denver Walls Mural Festival
2015-2022 The Gradient Perspective, Music Festival
