Lady Aiko is an internationally renown street artist from Japan. Lady Aiko was born in Tokyo, Japan. The artist attended college at Tokyo Zokei University where she studied filmmaking and graphics design. Lady Aiko went on to earn an M.F.A. from the New School located in New York City.
After college the artist worked with Japan’s version of Andy Warhol, Takashi Murikami.
The artist has also worked with the street legend Banksy, taking pictures of the artist whilst Banksy made unauthorized installations at the Museum of Modern Art located in New York City. She has also worked with the group F.A.I.LE.
Below we check out a show by Aiko that took place at the Standard Hotel located in Los Angeles, California:
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Below a great interview with Lady Aiko plus a studio visit!:
Although the artist Banksy calls street art a movement featuring few females some other great female street artists include Faith 47, Swoon, Maya Hayuk, and Miss Van.
Jim Lee is an American artist working in an abstract style. The artist attended Hope College located in Holland, Michigan earning a B.A. degree. Lee went on to earn a M.F.A. from the University of Delaware located in Newark.
Lee often uses irregular shaped canvases. Not only are they irregular from the front, but often the artist uses extra wood to make the piece push out from the wall.
Lee uses many mediums in his pieces including oils, acrylics, spray paint, enamel, rubber, aluminum, latex paint, wood, staples, and fabric.
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The artist is now based out of Brooklyn, New York.
Lee likes to focus on how a painting “lives” in its environment. How the work takes up space and fits into its surroundings. My favorite works of the artist are those pieces that use geometric based shapes with an irregular shaped canvas.
Another unique aspect is that Lee’s process often puts the painting surface through some sort of damage. This could be tearing or slicing the surface, then repairing it by sewing. For Jim Lee the work is the fun of the process!
Peter Tunney is an American Pop artist renown for his creative use of text. Tunney works as a painter, photographer, installation, and collage artist. Tunney had great success with a series that specialized in skulls.
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Below we view the artist in his studio:
Tunney worked as an investment banker on Wall Street.
Below an interview with Peter Tunney:
The artist is based out of New York City and Miami, Florida.
Tunney shows a wonderful sense of creativity in his use of text. Some of my favorite artists working with text include Mel Bochner, Steven Powers, and Robert Cottingham.
Mary Frank is a contemporary American artist renown for her painting, printmaking, photography, and work with ceramics. Mary Frank was born in London, England in the year 1933. Her family relocated to the United States after World War 2. Frank’s work often uses the figure and landscape as her subject matter.
Her mother was a visual artist from United States named Eleanore Lockspieser and her father was an art critic and musicologist from England named Edward Lockspeiser.
Frank studied at the American Art School in New York City. The artist also studied with other notable artists including a famous wood carver named Alfred Van Loan.
Below short documentary on Mary Frank featuring some of her artwork:
Price range information: Most works priced between $2,000 and $20,000.
The artist has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship on two occasions.
Frank is part of many prominent collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Metropolitan Museum of New York City, and the Library of Congress.
If you enjoy Frank’s work be sure and check out my post on a sculptor from Peru named Margarite Checa. Checa works with the female form and uses wood that comes from her native land.
Michael Kessler is an American mixed media artist renown for his abstract and landscape paintings. Michael Kessler was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania in the year 1954.
Kessler studied at Kutztown University located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Whilst in college he also studied at the Whitney Museum of Art located in New York City.
After college he took a job as a bus driver to pay the bills while he toned up his art muscles by painting as much as he could.
In this clip from 2011 we visit the studio of Michael Kessler in Sante Fe, New Mexico:
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Below we visit a wonderful exhibition and brief interview with the artist:
It has been great to watch the evolution of this artist from the earlier part of his career where he painted landscapes, to his wonderful mixed media abstract pieces he creates now.
Although he seldom paints landscapes the artist has retained his landscape color palette. In this style of abstraction and realism I compare him to the painter Richard Diebenkorn.
JM Rizzi is a contemporary American artist whose work is a blend of modernism and Pop art. JM Rizzi was born in Brooklyn, New York in the year 1975. The artist attended college at the School of Visual Arts located in New York City.
Over his artistic career he has painted murals for several hotels and restaurants located around the Manhattan and New York City areas. Below we view JM Rizzi at the the Pod Hotel located in Manhattan:
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In this clip we view a show featuring JMR from 2011.:
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.Â
Hanksy is an American street artist based in New York City. Hanksy works with images that are similar to the famous artist Banksy, but with Tom Hanks’ face on most bodies. On a few occasions the artist has used other well known celebrity icons.
Hanksy enjoys playing with words using puns.
In this clip we view Hanksy’s first exhibition in Los Angeles, California:
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Below we view a wheat paste up made by Hanksy featuring comedian Jim Gaffigan:
Lady Pink is a pioneer for women graffiti and street artists. Lady Pink was born in Ambato, Ecuador in the year 1964. Her work often features subways.
In this clip Lady Pink explains how she got her nickname:
She began making a public rep for herself as a graffiti artist back in 1979. She grew up in Queens, New York.
Below we view a collaborative effort with Lady Pink and some college students:
Lady Pink’s government name is Sandra Fabara.
Lady Pink was part of former MTV! Raps host Fab Five Freddy’s movie Wild Style. This featured up and coming graffiti artist and break dancers from the New York City area. Fab Five Freddy is also an artist who enjoys working with mixed media.
Lady Pink is married to another graffiti artist named Roger Smith.
Price range information: Sorry none available. The artist works in acrylics.
The artist is part of the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Art both located in New York City.
Daniel Arsham is a contemporary American sculptor. Daniel Arsham was born in Cleveland, Ohio in the year 1980. The artist attended Cooper College located in New York City.
The artist even captured the singer Pharrell Williams in a large body cast.
In this clip an interview; and sample of work by Daniel Arsham:
Arsham finds inspiration from architecture. Arsham makes inanimate architecture come to life by making in appear to be blowing in the wind.
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