Category: Canvas

31 Jul

Puerto Rico’s First Lady of Graff

Zori4 (Crews: KD, OBW, MI, TDS) is a true mistress of the graffiti language.

28 Apr

Creative Passion Comes to Life

This was my first live collaboration; uniquely wild. Music, my poetry and Kiki Valdes painting LIVE! I couldn’t focus – I just wanted to watch Kiki.
In his wife beater tee with denim shorts, his athletic body leaned and weaved as he adjusted his glasses, like a mad scientist, while creating a masterpiece, under the watchful [...]

09 Mar

In the Shadows of LA

Since the beginning of hiphop, there has always been a female presence in graffiti including Barbara, Eva and Charmin. Thanks to Lady Pink, women in the element were brought to the forefront in the ʻ80s. Now, in 2005, there is a slow-burning torch growing into a fierce fire within the circle of writers. Siloette, a [...]

27 Aug

TOOFLY To Miss

When it comes to graffiti the women are scarce, yet selective. There is none more versatile as the woman raised in Queens, NYC: Her name is TOOFLY.
TOOFLY’s body of work consists of illustration, fine art painting, collage, graphic design, and fashion. Her ambitious compositions are a combination of stylish female characters, graphic marks, and graffiti [...]

02 Jul

Art Official

From solo exhibitions to the Lorenzo Di Medici Institute of Art in Italy to live drawings of OkayArtists on the Okayplayer Tour to CD package design for jazz band, The Marcus Strickland Quartet, and jazz pianist Robert Glasper, Andrea Chung is just beginning. Her work combines hip-hop and raw emotion – ranging from personal [...]