Al Díaz’s career spans five decades. Born and raised Puerto Rican in New York City, by age 15 he was an influential first-generation subway graffiti artist known as “BOMB-ONE.” His friendship and artistic collaboration with high school schoolmate Jean-Michel Basquiat on SAMO©, (a late 70s Avant-garde graffiti tag project) has been noted often in contemporary art history. Díaz later contributed percussion to numerous musical recordings and performances, including Basquiat’s historic 1983 record, “Beat Bop,” (considered to be one of the earliest hip-hop albums). Díaz is sought-after as an expert of New York City counterculture art.

He appears often in publications, as a highlighted speaker for a variety of panel discussions at universities and museums (including Smithsonian Institution, the Brooklyn Museum, The New School and Christie’s Education), and has been featured in several films, including Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat, BBC’s American Masters — Basquiat: Rage to Riches and Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child.

Díaz’ current creative practice in Brooklyn includes gathering the standard “WET PAINT” signage used throughout the NYC MTA, and reconstructing them to create clever, poignant anagrams in various mixed media and public art formats. His work is shown and privately collected internationally. In 2018, Diaz authored SAMO©...SINCE 1978, an in-depth, color illustrated history of the street art legacy that he began with Basquiat in the late 70s. A notebook that Díaz made with Basquiat in his teens is currently held in the collection of the Yale University Beinecke Library.

Alice Mizrachi is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York and Miami. Alice’s activist ideology is weaved into her studio, public art, and education practices. She has shown with the Museum of the City of New York, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and The Albright-Knox Museum; taught at The Studio Museum in Harlem, Brown University, The Laundromat Project, and BRIC Arts while also being featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, and Architectural Digest. Currently, Alice has a public sculpture on view at Edward Hopper House Museum in Nyack entitled “Renaissance Women”.

Alice is committed to working within communities to create public art that is relevant to the site it is placed. She enjoys creating an impact with her art by working collaboratively with youth and residents to develop art in neighborhoods. Alice is a graduate of Parsons School of Design.

Annabelle Popa is a freelance Illustrator, Storyteller, and Muralist. Growing up in Queens and having a lack of the natural world instilled an incessant longing for magic, nature, and tall tales. Creating is her outlet to weave personal mythologies together and reach undiscovered worlds. Gaze long into the images but take care - they gaze back.

Description goes here A child of the 70’s into the 80s, ChrisRWK’s world was often completely flooded with the imagery and ideas presented by his television, his comic books, and the music and movies of the time. Immersed in these various mediums, ChrisRWK began to store the images brought forward though these everyday experiences in what he refers to as a "mental journal". This journal was a haven of his thoughts that he could refer back to whenever necessary. ChrisRWK’s paintings frequently cite past conceptions of popular culture embedded in his psyche's cache. This use of intertextuality also serves to offer a comfort or familiarity of sorts to the viewer.

ChrisRWK’s works frequently reveal everyday musings and people one would pass on the street without looking or thinking about twice. These images also aid ChrisRWK in the creation of a visual language comprised of his own iconographic imagery. Through the repetition of this imagery, ChrisRWK strives to familiarize his viewers with the language he has constructed. ChrisRWK believes that the notions within his pieces serve as a backbone to the many stories created by the onlooker when he or she is viewing the work.

In 2001 ChrisRWK set in motion RobotsWillKill.com. Robots Will Kill is an arts site dedicated to community and exposure for artists/media often disregarded by the mainstream art world. Rather than featuring his own work exclusively, he opened it up to allow the possibility for it to become whatever it evolved into being. ChrisRWK has used this interaction and collaboration with artists to help develop his artwork in new ways.

Over the years ChrisRWK’s imagery has become quickly identifiable and familiar to many people. He is trying to evoke more stories in people's minds everyday.

Justin Gilzene, better known as CLUB BUM, is a Contemporary Visual Artist who incorporates the use of Acrylic Paint and handcrafted sculptures to create texture within his work. CLUB BUM uses Pop culture and Historical references as a consistent theme throughout the work. His Culinary Arts Degree mixed with 8 years of teaching Art for the Department of Education, has influenced him to incorporate the science of Culinary into his ART.

“The origin around my misconception Art style is about mastering the art of self control & detachment 💫 The textured distortion which I build up/sculpt with thick acrylic paint. Represents how much society distorts our love, intelligence, power, grace, dominance, elegance.. the list goes on. Even dealing with ourselves we have so many emotions & experiences, and having to balance it all out. Nonetheless, throughout all of that we still remain intact within ourselves and culture and turn out beautifully.”

- CLUB BUM

Fernando Carlo, Jr., born in 1968 in New York City, is widely known as Cope 2 in the art world. A self-taught artist, he has left an indelible mark on graffiti and street art culture, dedicating over four decades to his craft. Cope 2's paintings have graced solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums across the United States and internationally.

Originating as one of New York City's most prolific graffiti artists, Cope 2 began tagging his name in the South Bronx in 1978. His journey involved painting his signature "cope2" on NYC subways and Bronx streets, contributing to graffiti productions and murals throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Even today, he continues to receive international acclaim for his distinctive, authentic, and raw artistic style.

In recent years, Cope 2 has been commissioned by prestigious entities such as Time Magazine, Converse, and Adidas. His influence extends into the virtual realm, with appearances in video games like Mark Eckos: Getting Up and Rockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto IV.

Currently, Cope 2 can be found in the studio, channeling his raw energy into abstract expressionist masterpieces. His artwork seamlessly blends trademark bubble letters and tags on canvases, showcasing a fusion of street culture, mainstream appeal, and the art world.

Ghanian artist Dankyi Mensah studied at the celebrated Ghanatta College of Art and Design in 2001 in Accra, alongside Amoako Boafo, Otis Quiacoe, and Emmanuel Taku, who collectively embody the vanguard of a new generation of West African painters. His series 'Kumerica' explores the concept of cultural hybridization and seek to document the development of the contemporary urban, social, and political landscape in Ghana through colorful, figurative portraiture. Kumerica––a term often associated with the music scene––revolves around the encounter between the local culture of Kumasi, a Ghanian city in the Ashanti region, and American urban culture. It goes beyond lifestyle, which includes the forging of a new identity, the changing of street names, and the adoption of a new flag.

The artist addresses this cultural shift by depicting subjects dressed in an American-influenced street style posed against a background of traditional Ghanaian fabric patterns, ultimately reexamining what the Kumerican phenomena means within the contemporary social landscape of Ghana. The black bodies juxtaposed with these vivid backgrounds claim a kind of counter-current to the white standards of beauty. “My artistic vocabulary pushes me to explore and celebrate Blackness in contrast to how Blacks have been portrayed in history. It appears to me that capturing the black skin in purple and blue hues conveys a sense of multiplicity of what it means to be black. Blackness is not monolithic.” Mensah also plays with the substance of the acrylic paint, manipulating it to give variable dimensions such as texture to the hair of his subjects which adds an element of life.

Another hallmark of his work is the rendering of his subject's strong brown eyes and their very particular gaze that challenges and engages viewers. Highlighting the idea of beauty in relation to the black experience, Mensah plays with the use of color, patterns, and texture as means to express emotion, reflect on tradition and globalization, and document the everchanging urban life in Ghana. These works offer a glimpse into his world, highlighting this prominent shift in culture and identity taking place in West Africa.

Born in Jersey. Lives in Brooklyn.

Lady Pink was born in Ecuador, raised in NYC, and currently resides in the countryside north of the city. In 1979 she started writing graffiti and soon became well known as the only female capable of competing with the boys in the graffiti subculture. Pink painted subway trains from the years 1979-1985 and in 1982 had a starring role in the motion picture "Wild Style". That role and her other significant contributions to graffiti have made her a cult figure in the hip-hop subculture.

She began exhibiting paintings in galleries while still in high school, and at the age of 21 had her first solo show at the Moore College of Art. As a leading participant in the rise of graffiti-based art, Lady Pink's canvases have entered important art collections such as those of the Whitney Museum, the MET in New York City, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Art in Boston and the MoMA. She has not only established herself in the fine arts world, but also the fashion world. Collaborating with Louis Vuitton, Supreme, and Lancôme, her paintings are highly prized by collectors.

Today, Lady Pink continues to create new paintings on canvas that express her unique personal vision. She also shares her 40 years of experience with teens by holding mural workshops and actively lecturing to college students throughout the world.

Jonathan "Meres One" Cohen was born 1973 in the South Bronx and raised in Queens, New York. Cohen's interest in visual art spans the entirety of his life, but it wasn't until 1987 that Meres One discovered graffiti art and began expressing himself through tags in the streets, graduating to piecing together larger works by 1990 and the birth of his trademark lightbulb, "The Bright Idea."

Using aerosol art as his primary vehicle for expression, Meres One has taken his multi-layered, technically sound, color laden visions from local to global arenas, from street walls to galleries, from head nodding next to the boombox to facilitating and appearing in countless music videos. He is recognized for his work by news publications such as the New York Times, The Huffington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as providing notable contributions to major motion film works such as "Now You See Me" and "Brown Sugar" and television programs including The Today Show, Fuse TV, Project Runway, and an ESPN US Open, Fox "5 after Empire" segment.

Aside from traveling all over the United States to paint, Meres One's work can be found in Holland, the United Kingdom Switzerland, Canada, France,Holland, and Germany. He has contributed to numerous street art showcases including the Meeting of Styles in New York, Montreal, Chicago, The city of Rotterdam even commissioned Meres and a hand picked select group of elite artists, Meres being the lone aerosol artist involved in the project, to spend a month in Holland creating 2 murals, each spanning about 4 stories in size.

From Fortune 500 companies like Louis Vuitton, Nikon, Nespresso, Fiat and Facebook, Google, Samsung, Smartcar, and NYCFC to becoming the first graffiti artist hired by a Wine domain from France, to garnering the support and acknowledgement for his selfless efforts at 5 Pointz from the world's most infamous "street vandal" Banksy, Meres One is the pinnacle of visual elevation. A graffiti writer draws his name; Meres One elevates art with a prescient sense of constant innovation and a contagious child-like excitement.

"I don't do graffiti, I am graffiti" - Meres One

Ms. Yellow is a self-taught international artist, muralist, craftswoman, and teaching artist of Mexican descent. Born in Long Beach, California, she has dedicated her time to the creative development and empowerment of community and youth through direct engagement. For 11 years, she has worked closely with schools, community centers, and more to develop workshops, murals, and mentorship for the youth. As a muralist, Ms. Yellow has worked with cities, communities, and galleries to bring colorful murals to the masses. Her work explores themes such as culture, folklore, sisterhood, education, unity, love, and social justice. Her artwork and murals have been displayed in museums, galleries, and streets throughout the United States and worldwide, including in Australia, Egypt, France, Haiti, Japan, Mexico, and Spain.

MIKI MU (aka Michela Muserra – born and raised in Italy) is an illustrator and muralist based in Brooklyn, NY since 2003. She started off as a freelance artist creating comic strips and animated cartoons. Her work has been displayed in galleries throughout Europe and the U.S. and reviewed in art books and art magazines.

In 2015 she released a picture book “If you are happy and you know it clap your hands” published by Caraco Editore, Italy. She currently works mainly as a muralist. Among her clients: Industry City, Beyond at Liberty View, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Union Square Partnership, Carnegie Hall, Full Circle, Wunderman-Thompson and many others.

In September 2017 she was selected as one of the 10 artists for the Sprocket Mural Festival in Harrisburg, PA and had the honor to create a mural for the Broad Street Market, the oldest continuously operating farmers markets in the USA.

She currently collaborates with Thrive Collective, MuralsForGoods and Groundswell, three NYC based non-profit organizations with whom she creates community murals to raise awareness about equality, inclusion, diversity, environment and social justice. In 2022 she founded and curated Bedstuy Walls, a community based mural festival in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

Kelani Fatai is an emerging Nigerian artist.He was born and bred in Mushin, a commercial area in Lagos. At the age of six, he discovered his passion for drawing and has since been working hard to create a niche for himself. After his apprenticeship under two Lagos-based artists, Damilola Opedun and Muyiwa Williams, he was admitted into the prestigious Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos to study art and design in 2014. He eventually graduated from the tertiary institution in 2019 with a Higher National Diploma in painting.

Now involved in a full-time studio practice, Kelani draws his inspiration and creativity from nature and his environment, and inevitably uses them as metaphors in his paintings. A versatile impressionist and realist, his artistic impressions take on form according to the story conjured in his mind. He is, meanwhile, very prolific in oil, acrylic, pastel, water colour, and charcoal mediums.

Kelani, whose works are greatly admired by locally-based renowned art connoisseurs and collectors, has built a diverse portfolio of commissioned pieces, pastel paintings, water colour, oil paintings, charcoal drawings, acrylic paintings, and mixed media works, which attest to the vibrancy of the Lagos art scene.

He has been featured in various group exhibitions both within and outside Nigeria.

Natalia Rak has created large scale paintings since 2011, in the form of beautiful murals, commissioned from all around the world. She has been focusing on female-centric imagery, while using a rich and glowing palette, giving a breath of fresh air to the street art scene she is part of. In 2012 she has received a degree from the Academy of Fine Arts of Łódz, where she further explored Art through its history, as well as discovering the work of clasic and modern illustrators. In studying Natalia's work you can recognize the infuences from folklore tradition and fairy tales.

The colors highlight the spiritual strength of these tales, giving them a surreal touch. Her art has been exhibited through Europe in cities such as Dusseldorf (Germany), Barcelona (Spain), and Strastbourg (France). Also, she has been featured in many group shows from all over the world and have participated in some of the most prestigious street art events, such as POW! WOW! (USA), Art Scape (Sweden), Mural Festival in Montreal (Canada), Blink(USA), Memorie Urbane (Italy). Her standout work for the Folk on the Street festival in Bialystok “Legend of the Giants” was included in the series “Sztuka ulicy – Street Art” issued by the Polish Post.

Natalia excels in a variety of media, from paper and canvas to brick and concrete, building a wide body of work filled with complex symbolism, dierent sort of allegories and profound love for Nature, that helps the observer to evade reality

From a young age, Olasunkanmi cultivated a remarkable ability to translate emotions and thoughts into captivating visual art. Over the years, he dedicated himself to honing his skills by seeking knowledge and guidance from experienced colleagues, which greatly contributed to his proficiency as an artist.

Olasunkanmi's artistic journey commenced with his pursuit of a National Diploma [certificate from Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo, followed by a Higher National Diploma Degree in Painting at the esteemed School of Art and Design in Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria. Fuelled by an unyielding passion for creativity, he devoted most of his time to practicing and refining his painting techniques.

At the heart of Olasunkanmi's artistic vision lies a profound concern for mental health and wellness. His artwork resonates with the struggles and triumphs of individuals facing mental health challenges, aiming to promote self-care and emphasize the importance of overall well-being. Through his art, he fearlessly delves into themes like gender inequality, identity, and self-discovery. Drawing on a rich well of creativity, Olasunkanmi finds his voice by capturing the raw reality behind the surface with a distinctive style of Realism.

His talents have led him to collaborate with numerous brands and showcase his works in various prestigious exhibitions. These include The Crucible Art Collective at Connecticut Street Buffalo, New York, Icandrawafrican, the Affinity Gallery group exhibition in Nigeria, Black wall street gallery group exhibition in New York, Lorin Gallery group exhibition in Los Angeles, Dorothy Circus group exhibition in Rome, Italy, Hal Broll gallery group exhibition in New York, 571 art space group exhibition, Chinese Meeting in China, and ExpoChicago art fair.

With a profound desire to impact the world through his paintings, Olasunkanmi aspires to inspire hope in every individual, transcending barriers of place and color. His art becomes a powerful conduit for meaningful connections and universal understanding.

El Pez (Jose Sabate 1976 - Barcelona Happy Style)

In 1999, he began painting graffiti on the streets and today is considered a revolutionary grafiti writter with his iconic character and logo style and pioneer of street art in Barcelona. He is celebrating 25 Years of Graffiti!

Pez has created iconic smiling characters based on fish motifs. He is well known for his colorful murals brimming with positive vibes and energy.

The name “Pez” comes from the Spanish word “El Pez,” meaning “the fish.”

In recent years, he has exhibited and painted walls in galleries and art fairs in more than 20 countries, including Barcelona, Tokyo, Paris, London, Amsterdam, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Bogotá, Shanghai and Hong Kong to name a few cities. He has also exhibited at France’s top street art auctions.

Pez has appeared in street art documentaries, (Bomb it It, Next: the premier on urban painting...etc) including the film Exit Through the gift shop, directed by Banksy. His work has appeared in prominent street art books. His collaborations with major brands such as Adidas, Reebok, Toyota and Ecko have also attracted attention.

Nowadays Pez has his home-estudio in Chia (Colombia) where he lives with his family and also paints and works with new 2D and 3D sculptures and experimenting with new technologies including Augmented Reality on his new works and adding video mapping on his murals. If you want to now more about El Pez found in the streets.

Andrea von Bujdoss (AKA "Queen Andrea") is a NYC-based fine artist, muralist, graffiti artist, typographer and graphic designer. A die-hard native New Yorker raised in downtown Manhattan, Andrea has been deeply inspired by the urban landscape from an early age. Her style is consistently marked by a bold use of color, design and advanced typography. As a young teen part of a newer generation of early 1990's graffiti writers, she befriended some of the most prolific old school subway graffiti writers and diligently taught herself the complicated artform of graffiti by consistently practicing her letters and eventually developing her own unique style. She earned a BFA in Graphic Design and began a successful career, working for worldwide brands who appreciate her versatile and passionate knowledge of typography, branding and visual communication. Her work has directly impacted graffiti, streetwear and urban culture. Andrea has spent nearly 20 years perfecting her graffiti and typography skillset and she is now one of the most notable female graffiti artists in the world.

The excitement, color, diversity and crazy energy of city life, and especially graffiti, is where Andrea finds her creative inspiration. Renegade cutting-edge artforms, brash sub-cultures and lifestyles that have sprang forth from an ever-changing urban metropolis give her the visual stimulus, the guts, and the urge to create and innovate. Her artistic style is influenced by an endless appreciation of typography, as well as themes of urban life, hip hop lyrics, the advertising age, pop culture, geometry, symbolism, signpainter lettering and super bright color palettes. Andrea's newest paintings are intricate and intense explorations of geometry, color and form which create fantastical, bright worlds of abstraction. Back in the streets, Andrea has developed a reputation for her oversized typography murals. She has been featured in major art shows, solo shows, magazines, books, fashion lines, brand collaborations and has curated and exhibited in numerous art shows around the world.

RH Doaz is a contemporary painter, illustrator, and muralist residing in New Jersey. Drawing much inspiration from within the nostalgia of the Hungarian folk textile patterns, the natural world, and hand illustrated books of his youth, Doaz creates paintings which are whimsical yet stoic in imagery and composition.

His style has been called urban folk, mixing elements of graffiti with traditional folk art. Doaz’s work often explores the calming effects of pattern work contrasted with the emotional response to bold and colorful palettes. At first glance, his birds and other subject matter often seem friendly but upon closer inspection have an underlying seriousness. His characters are a reflection of the aesthetic of imperfection in life that is not often contemplated.

Doaz graduated with a degree in art from Defiance College in Ohio and has since exhibited solo and group shows in galleries in New York and New Jersey as well as painted murals all over the New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania area.

His unique blend of folk art and street art storytelling have been seen on the walls of the tri-state area for over two decades now.

Riiisa Boogie, is one half of the dynamic duo boogieREZ. Boogie is a Japanese Ameri- can artist who crafts detailed imaginarythrough textile, nature, portraits, flowing abstractions and uniquely creative characters. Her body of work taps into the flow of the streets, nature and the vibrations of dance and culture. Her creative spirit blends the technical mastery of traditional Japanese prints with urban imagery, materials and locations.

She is an illustrator, painter, maker and a muralist who truly lives life to the fullest. She can’t stop, won’t stop creating! She works on a wide range of projects in a number of mediums. Recently, she has been deeply involved in using ply-wood to bring her illustrations to life. Her imagination and love of nature and design has led her to create many organically inspired pieces.

She believes visual art is an extremely vital component of life. She is always experimenting with different processes and pushing the boundaries. Her deep need to help others is rooted in her work.

Sowatey currently works in Accra. The artist combines the tendencies of expressionist and abstractionist movements. Most of the inspiration for the artist's paintings comes from Black lives, attitudes toward the world, common interests, and a sense of unity.

The content of the paintings is greatly influenced by the artist's difficult childhood and family history, which have led to a desire to portray women and children in optimistic circumstances.

Most often, paintings are executed using acrylic and oil paint, with distinct textures added using wooden brushes.

Sowatey is greatly inspired by the famous teachers Ablade Glover and Amoaco Boaf. In 2019, Sowatey's works were exhibited at the Omanye House Gallery in Accra.

ShePosse was born from a desire to amplify the voices of fellow female street artists. As I observed a gender divide within the community, I felt compelled to create art that would inspire conversation and dialogue on the importance of gender equality and female empowerment. My sticker and paste-up art is a reflection of this passion, a visual representation of the power of art to spark meaningful conversations and challenge the status quo.

ShePosse's ultimate goal is to encourage and support others who identify as female to have the courage and freedom to create for the streets. By collectively creating art in public spaces, we can make our voices heard, louder and clearer than ever before, and celebrate diversity while calling for greater representation and inclusivity in the street art community.

marc friedhofer, better known as snap or snapkracker is a philadelphia based artist and photographer. his early roots stem from working in the music industry as a photographer. the early teenage years were spent in nyc touring with hardcore bands and was one of the founding members of the multi media syndicate mass appeal.

the archives include shooting the cover for the hit song, “i want to be a billionaire'', featuring bruno mars which has gone triple platinum. featured photographer in such magazines as, stress, the source, blaze, xxl and many more.currently he is working as a multimedia artist and his works can be found in galleries throughout the country. you can contact at snapkracker@gmail.com

Steve Olson’s work confronts and undermines the way society constructs and imposes a traditional hierarchy of cultural values and meanings by critiquing contemporary society and our relationship with it. The artwork explores power and the way economic and social forces exert that power by shaping the identities of individuals and culture. Questioning the nature and extent of our freedom his art challenges our acquiescence to authority and conventional thought.

Bold imagery, layered texture, deconstructed material and a playful relationship between art, language and meaning infuses his thoughtful assembles, paintings and sculptures with a dimension beyond their visual impact.

SuperStop is a self-taught, multidisciplinary artist, graphic designer, artistic director, illustrator and painter. His style is distinguished by a delicate line, both figurative and spontaneous. His works depict scenes that aim to simply evoke timeless sensations and emotions.

His artistic journey spans more than twenty years, beginning in his childhood where he expressed his creativity through comics. As a teenager and young adult, he explored mural art by creating murals. Currently, SuperStop focuses on studio work, favoring the support of canvas.

Superstop has participated in many urban arts festivals and regularly exhibits internationally.

Maria" TOOFLY" Castillo was born in Ecuador and raised in New York City. She is recognized for her hard and fluid style. Inspired by graffiti, Hip Hop Culture and the ills of growing up in New York City.

One of the very few women in the early 90's to step into a male dominated scene and make her mark. She helped pave the way for others, especially other women who followed in her footsteps who wanted to feel safe painting. She is a graphic designer, entrepreneur, and founder of the @LadiesLoveProject collective.

Toofly’s works have been published in various books like; Graffiti Women, Outdoor Gallery, and Street Art by Women - 50+ most essential influential contemporary artists. She is featured in the Street Heroines film, and her works have showcased with Deitch Projects, Wynwood Walls, and Bronx Museum of Art.

Timm Blandin (b.1987) is a painter who lives and works in Haute-Savoie, in eastern France. He entered a school of applied arts in 2007, where he studied Graphic Design, graduating in 2012.

The growing digital environment is developing his interest in computer-aided design. For him, it's a key tool for composing, mixing and harmonizing creations from a variety of techniques. His return to painting is motivated by a need to materialize a creation, to return to the time of action versus the time of calculation inherent in the digital universe.

Passionate about photography and drawing before the discovery of software, Blandin naturally gravitated towards figurative expression. He works on canvas and paper with acrylic paint and carries out his research by mixing oil pastel, pencil or felt-tip pen.

The interplay of light and shadow is an important part of his work. His palette is vibrant and dreamlike, divorced from the mimetic role of color. He combines flat tints, transparency and overlay to structure his compositions. Shapes are simplified and geometric, with strong lines. Chromatic intensity is accentuated. The graphic treatment of his works reveals a digitization of painting.

He mainly paints landscapes or scenes from everyday life. Blandin's world is colorful, immersive and contemplative, suspended in time between dream and reality. With a keen eye for detail, he reveals the hidden charm of the mundane, reminding us that beauty can be found in the simplest things. Through his art, he invites us to awaken our senses and appreciate the wonders of our everyday lives.

Susana De Leon, now known as TIMOI, stands as a conceptual artist whose name has become synonymous with motley characters adorned with mesmerizing wide eyes. While many have attempted To replicate their style, it is the profound narratives and distinctive aesthetic that set TIMOI creations apart from the rest. TIMOI not only expresses her artistic prowess but also advocates passionately for Mental Health and tackles social issues as an activist. TIMOI is an acronym for Trapped In My Own Imagination. Born in Guatemala City and raised in Los Angeles since the age of ten, TIMOI became a graffiti practitioner at the age of fifteen in 1995.

TIMOI is known as one of the few early female graffiti artists in LA. Still very active today, TIMOI has been published in many publications including the LA Weekly and has shown her art all over Los Angeles as well as Miami, San Francisco, New York, and Guatemala her native country.

Kalejaye Olusegun Tosin is a self-taught contemporary visual artist from Abuja, Nigeria. From his early childhood, Tosin had a keen interest in drawing portraits. Needless to say, this is where his artistic profession stemmed from. Tosin uses his art as an instrument to convey his ideas and impressions about modern society and the everyday Black experience. His art genre, widely ingrained in storytelling, representation, identity and historical documentation, is intended to incite emotion in his viewers as the required catalyst. It initiates mere social conversations, to ultra-practical actions and liberates one’s consciousness.

His works, which were displayed in a range of exhibitions globally, including a group exhibition titled ‘SELF ADDRESSED’, in Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, curated by Kehinde Wiley in Los Angeles, United States, are largely executed in mixed media – oil, oil pastel and charcoal on canvas.

Luis Zimad Lamboy: was born in the South Bronx in 1965. In the late 1970's, he began his career as a graffiti and street artist, which has heavily influenced his style and global brand. He attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC between 1988 and 1990 where he studied textile Surface designing after being awarding a scholarship. As a self taught artist, he began to combine his skills with formal training in design to develop the unique and contemporary styles he is best known for today.

His first show was in 1984 at Fashion Moda, a gallery best known for first showcasing graffiti art in New York City. Since then, he has showed and sold his work globally including exhibitions in the United States, Russia, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Amsterdam, Philippines, Vietnam, Ecuador, Panama and Netherlands. His clients include many major brands such as Nike, MTV, Modello, Corona, Red Bull, Lions Gate Films, Jacob & Co. and State Farm as well as many private clients and celebrities. He has appeared in dozens of documentaries and has been interviewed and invited to participate in shows and projects all over the world.

His influences come from Salvador Dali, Jean Michele Basquiat and Jeff Koons. Luis Lamboy sees art as a living timeless force. He lives and breathes art and sees it in everything from architecture to nature. His works incorporate his experiences and histories often forgotten lessons, which he hopes will educate and inspire people all over the world for generations to come.

Hailing from the heart of The Bronx, New York, Zane is not just an artist; he is a self-taught visionary who has turned the streets into his canvas. Growing up surrounded by the vibrant energy and rich culture of his borough, Zane's artistic journey is a testament to the raw talent that emerges from the city's concrete jungle. Inspired by the dynamic energy of his surroundings, Zane's work seamlessly fuses the grit of graffiti with the precision of realism. His art serves as a visual chronicle of his experiences, capturing the essence of The Bronx and infusing it with a rebellious yet captivating aesthetic.

Zane's remarkable career reached new heights with a groundbreaking collaboration with Nike, where he lent his artistic vision to design and release a limited-edition shoe that resonated with enthusiasts worldwide. This collaboration marked the beginning of Zane's foray into the world of fashion, as other prominent clothing brands sought his unique perspective to breathe life into their collections. Elevating his craft beyond personal expression, Zane has become a prominent figure in the art scene, showcasing his work in multiple exhibitions across the boroughs of The Bronx, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, notably at prestigious galleries in the Bowery district.

His exhibitions serve as a testament to his ability to transcend traditional boundaries, captivating audiences with his eclectic blend of realism and graffiti-inspired elements. Each piece tells a story, echoing the rhythm of the city and reflecting Zane's distinctive narrative. Venturing beyond the confines of traditional art spaces, Zane has left an indelible mark on the city's landscape with his larger-than-life murals. New York City has become his canvas, with Zane's creations adorning walls and buildings, turning the city into an immersive gallery for all to experience. His murals are not just paintings; they are a dialogue between the artist and the community, a visual representation of the stories embedded in the street.

As Zane continues to evolve as an artist, his boundless creativity and commitment to self-expression serve as an inspiration to aspiring artists and enthusiasts alike. From the gritty streets of The Bronx to collaborations with global brands and exhibitions in prestigious galleries, Zane's artistic journey is a testament to the transformative power of passion and dedication in the world of contemporary art.