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Saber

Saber is an American graffiti artist, and painter working in Los Angeles. The Washington Post described him as one of “the best and most respected artists” in his field. Saber is most famous for an exceptionally large piece he did on the concrete bank of the Los Angeles River in 1997. The full color piece took 97 gallons of paint and...

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Greg “Craola” Simkins

Greg Simkins was born in 1975 in Torrance California, just south of Los Angeles. He grew up with a menagerie of animals including a number of rabbits, which often emerge in his paintings.  He began drawing at the early age of three and was inspired by various cartoons and books. Some standout books that still find...

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Kenny Scharf

Kenny Scharf (born in 1958, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) is an American painter who lives in Brooklyn, New York. The artist received his B.F.A in 1980 with a major in painting at the School of Visual Arts located in New York City. Scharf’s works consist of popular culture-based shows with made up science-related backgrounds....

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Buff Monster

Buff Monster made a name for himself by putting up thousands of hand-silkscreened posters across Los Angeles, and other far-away places. His work is characterized by happy characters living in brightly-colored bubbly landscapes. Along with meticulously executed paintings, he has created a wide range of merchandise ranging from prints and stickers, to vinyl toys and...

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Mad Steez

MADSTEEZ is known for his vivid, large-scale, multi-layered paintings, where strange and familiar figures are integrated into abstract landscapes. He has held solo exhibitions in New York City, Los Angeles, and Tokyo as well as group showings in London, Germany, Seattle, Portland, Vancouver, Calgary and Art Basel, Miami. His visual style has attracted clients such as Nike,...

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Clinton Bopp

Artist Clinton Bopp was born and raised in the town of Lower Hutt, New Zealand to an American father and New Zealand mother. Bopp arrived in Los Angeles in 1998 to follow his artistic muse.

Not limited by any definition of an “artist” as such, Clinton Bopp’s work is deeply inspired by people, their cultures, the...

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Hush

HUSH’s origins as a street artist translate to his contemporary work. Inspired by the portrayal of the female form, the artist builds up and deconstructs layers of paint and images as he works. The result is an enigmatic synthesis of anime, pop-infused imagery and graffiti exposing the conflict between power and decay, innocence and sexuality...

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Ekundayo

Honolulu-born Ekundayo (Dayo) is a multi-media artist whose work has gained an international following with its visually stunning, eerie quality and surreal imagery. Through a tumultuous upbringing, personal struggles and hardships, Ekundayo’s one constant has been an unwavering passion for creating art. His work–an undeniably captivating blend of various techniques and genres–haunts viewers with masterful...

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Handiedan

The art of Dutch artist Handiedan involves a complex cut and paste mixture of computer montage and hand cut collages. Intricate and meticulously crafted, the collages represent the gradual accumulation of layers. Over a backdrop of baroque and Victorian Neo-Classicism designs culled from international currencies and stamps, antique sheet music ornaments, playing cards, sigar bands,...

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Nosego

NoseGo is a Philadelphia-based artist with a passion for illustration and media arts. He mixes fine art with a contemporary style to deliver highly energetic work. His designs feature an assemblage of patterns, vibrant colors and characters derived from his imagination and his surrounding environment....

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