It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”

Bilbo Baggins

Cam Kaleda

Hayden Camelot Kaleda is a very cool artist and graphic designer. They grew up in Rapid City, SD and graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design from Black Hills State University in May of 2023. They are a certified world traveler and have been to Japan, England, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, and most recently, Iceland.

Cam has an extensive resume for a fresh graduate. Beginning in high school, Cam learned how to create and edit videos using Premiere Pro through the Youth Institute after school program. They also have two State Superior medals for Costume Design from the South Dakota State One-Acts in 2018 and 2019. Cam worked as a Web Assistant and Graphic Designer at Black Hills State for all four years of their higher education journey and worked at a photo studio as a Photographer for a year, and at A&J Screening as a Production Artist. Currently, Cam is working as the Marketing and Communications Coordinator at Windom Area Health.

In regards to their personal art, they are currently on a journey to discover themself and who they want to be in this next stage of life. This has been shown within the themes of their artwork as of late. Cam works mostly with digital art, mixed media, and illustration. In the future, Cam hopes to become a full-time artist going around the world creating the most off the wall works without a care in the world, have an installation in the Museum of Modern Art…and also finally 100% The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.