Mehdi Ghadyanloo is an contemporary Iranian street artist renown his Op Art style. Mehdi Ghadyanloo was born in Karaj, Iran in the year 1981.
Ghadyanloo worked as a farmer before attending college at the University of Tehran where he studied painting. The artist went on to earn a masters degree in animation from Tarbiat Modares University.
Below a wonderful montage of works by the artist including many before and after shots of his painting surface:
Over his career Ghadyanloo has painted more than 100 murals around Tehran. The artist uses street art to make his city beautiful. He adds color to the grays of everyday life. In this clip we view many of the artist’s mural works:
The artist had his first solo exhibition in London, England in 2015.
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Ghadyanloo has a wonderful sense of design. The artist uses a great mix of organic and geometric shapes that really make his work grab the viewer’s eye.
In this clip a great selection of works by Luis Seven Martins:
LM7’s style can be described as John James Audubon with a modernist touch. LM7’s art is a wonderful blend of abstraction and color that show birds in constant motion. Another artist working with the same subject matter in a similar style is the painter Frank Gonzales.
Danielle Mastrion is an American street artist renown for her portrait murals of celebrities. Danielle Mastrion was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Mastrion is pictured in the first image of the gallery.
Mastrion attended the Parson’s School of Design located in New York City.
The artist is currently based out of New York City.
Her artwork has appeared in the magazines Spin and the Rolling Stone.
Jet Martinez is a popular illustrator and muralist who often works with floral and animal imagery. His work is similar to the Amate style of Mexican folk art painting. Animals and birds are painted with bright colors and mix of floral and botanical imagery.
Jet Martinez was born in Mexico. He often paints scenes that represent areas where he grew up. Martinez attended the San Francisco Academy of Art. Martinez is based out of San Francisco.
Below a look at a mural by Jet Martinez featuring flowers:
In this clip a great interview with Jet Martinez. He talks about what inspired him to become an artist:
Watch out for this question on Jeopardy! Who was the first artist in residence at Facebook? Jet Martinez is the answer. He talks about this experience in the second clip.
The first street artist who painted the Facebook headquarters was David Choe. Choe became a multi millionaire since he chose to be paid for his work in stock. Facebook has proven to be very lucrative for some artists!
The story of how Martinez came to be an artist is one that is repeated over and over. People have self doubt and often aren’t exposed to enough art at an early age. Its funny that his “a-ha” or epiphany moment came when he had a teacher whose work wasn’t very good. Martinez then thought if he can teach anyone can be an artist.
Guillaume Bottazzi is a French artist renown for his large scale abstract murals which are located on many industrial buildings throughout the city of Paris, France.
Guillaume Bottazzi was born in the year 1971.
Below a brief glimpse of the artist at work in his studio followed by a gallery show and images from a show:
The artist has completed more than 40 public works over his brief career. He has completed many works in Europe and Japan.
Below a link to the website of Guillaume Bottazzi:
Guillaume Bottazzi is a an amazing artist whose work is based on the layering of paint, wonderful organic shapes, and wide variety of color and patterns. With such unique shapes and brilliant color Bottazzi is a true master of abstract art.
Okudart ,also known as Okuda, is an amazing street artist renown for his unique style of mixing the human face with geometric shapes.
Okudart’s government name is Oscar San Miguel Erice.
The artist attended school in Madrid, Spain at the Complutense University of Madrid.
In this clip we view a piece made for Movember. This is actually November, but has been renamed Movember as men are encouraged to grow facial hair to help bring aware to prostate cancer and other health issues:
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In this clip we view a collaborative work of Rosh333 and Okudart:
What a great style the artist has developed. His work has so many facets of different art movements including realism, abstract, the pattern and decorations movement, and Op- Art.
Btoy is a Spanish street artist renown for her work with the iconic female figures. The artist came to the world of street art after her mother passed away in 2002. Making art was the way she dealt with stress.
In this clip we catch a glimpse of the artist at work on a large mural in Barcelona:
Btoy was born in Barcelona, Spain in the year 1977. Her government name is Anrea Michealsson.
For her composition ideas Btoy is influenced by old pictures of old movie stars of Hollywood, including starlets from the silent era.
The artist enjoys working with new mediums. She works often with acrylic paint, spray paint, and plastics. She often uses photoshop to help form her stencils.
In this clip we view a gallery show by Btoy:
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Btoy reminds me of artists Swoon (American) and Faith47(South African.) All three of these artists do a great job at showing the struggles and faces of the contemporary female figure.
The artist works in many mediums including painting, collage, stencils, markers, and digital art. He is motivated in his own artwork by street art, graffiti, and aboriginal art.
Aryal is part of an art collective called ART LAB Collectives. The company designs murals, t- shirts, and runs their own exhibition circuit.
I enjoy his portraits the most. With its design of a big shape broken into smaller elements of color, I am reminded of the artist Chuck Close.
My first chance to see some street art in person is coming up soon! A show featuring the work of Bask will be taking place at the Black Book Gallery in Denver, Colorado starting May 2nd.
Another artist who paints in a similar style who makes references to the consumer and popular imagery is the artist Greg Miller.
El Mac is an American street artist renown for his realism style and working with the figure. El Mac was born in Los Angeles, California in the year 1980. El Mac is a painter and muralist. He has painted commissioned mural works in the United States, Canada, South Korea, and Europe.
El Mac’s government name is Miles “Mac” MacGregor.
The artist began painting using acrylics in the 1990s. El Mac wrote graffiti and also painted figurative works as he developed his current street art style.
In this clip we visit a commissioned piece from a company called Eventscape, that is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
Sometimes the artist works with Retna on collaborative works.
Below a longer interview with El Mac talking about his artwork and his artistic statement:
El Mac is based out of Los Angeles, California.
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El Mac has a fantastic sense of design. Though his work is grouped with realist artists, I enjoy the parts of his work that are more on the abstract side such as the designs he places in his backgrounds.
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