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.
Nate Lowman is a contemporary American artist renown for his subject matter of bullet holes. Nate Lowman was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in the year 1979. Lowman is a prolific painter and printmaker.
Lowman attended New York University located in New York City where he earned a B.F.A.
In this clip we view a great clip from Art Basel Miami:
Lowman is now based out of Manhattan, New York. Below we visit his studio:
Price range information: Lowman works in acrylics, oils, and inks. Prints can be found starting at $10,000. Original works can reach as high as $700,000.
When viewing Lowman’s work I am reminded of Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. His bullet hole works are usually made by a silkscreen printed on an irregular shaped canvas.
Marcus Amerman is a Native American artist renown for his images made of beads. Marcus Amerman was born in Phoenix, Arizona in the year 1959.
The artist earned a B.F.A. from Whitman College located in Walla Walla, Washington. Amerman also attended the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Amerman represents the Choctaw tribe.
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Amerman has also designed apparel.
Amerman is based out of Sante Fe, New Mexico.
The artist sees his work as a blend of Native American culture and Pop Art. He has portrayed celebrities including Janet Jackson. Amerman is the only bead artist to have his work appear in Playboy magazine.
In this clip a brief interview with Marcus Amerman and also First Nations artist Preston Singletary. Both are master level artisans when it comes to working with glass:
The artist has a brother named Roger Amerman, who is also a world renown bead artist.
Stikki Peaches is an amazing street artist and print maker from Montreal, Canada. The artist creates wheatpastes for most of his street art. His work in the studio consists of acrylic paint, silkscreen, and collage.
The artist often uses superheroes and comic strip characters in his work.
Jason Stopa is an American artist who works in a style that fuses Pop and Abstract styles of painting. Jason Stopa was born in the year 1983.
Stopa earned a B.F.A. from Indiana University. He went on to earn a M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute.
In many works the artist is trying to recreate a childhood feeling or imagery. One series the artist completed dealt with visual patterns of old school video games.
The artist is based out of New York City.
In this clip we catch up with the great James Kalm to view an exhibition of works by Jason Stopa:
What I enjoy most about Stopa’s work is that you can see by the results he has fun when he creates art! Which is one of the main reasons for making art.
Gary Taxali is a contemporary artist and illustrator from Toronto, Canada renown for his cartoon style that brings to mind the commercial themed pop art masters of the 1960s such as Lichtenstein and Warhol.
Taxali has a reputation for great fashion sense. Here we check out pocket square art made by Gary Taxali:
Gary Taxali was born in Chandigarh, India in the year 1968. He was raised in Toronto, Canada. Taxali attended the Ontario College of Art.
Below a great interview with Gary Taxali:
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Taxali reminds of American painter Tim Liddy. Liddy paints imaginary game boards and boxes, and his faces and figures have the same retro comic book style.
Carroll Dunham is an American artist renown for his paintings featuring human body parts painted in bold acrylic paint. Carroll Dunhan was born in New Haven, Connecticut in the year 1949. Dunham’s work explores many different genres including realism, surrealism, and Pop.
The artist is a prolific printmaker.
Dunham attended Trinity College located in Hartford, Connecticut.
The artist is married to famed photographer Laurie Simmons. The couple are based out of New York City, and Cornwall, Connecticut.
Dunham is the past recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Art and Guggenheim Foundations.
Price range information: Drawings can be found for $5,000. Prints start at $10,000 up to original oils which can bring $500,000.
In this clip we catch up with our friend James Kalm, and visit a show featuring the work of Carroll Dunham:
What a unique style and easily recognized brand Dunham has created for himself.
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.
Zenita Komad is a contemporary artist from Austria working in a modern style. Zenita Komad was born in Austria in the year 1980. Komad is a painter and photographer.
The artist often adds text or a form of dimensionality to her artwork.
Komad attended the Academy of Fine Art and the University of Applied Art located in Austria.
The artist is based out of Vienna, Austria.
The artist is part of collections in Europe, South Korea, and the United States.
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Below we visit a gallery show from 2008 featuring the work of Zenita Komad. Her installations are very large and playful and remind me of American artist Jeff Koons:
Richard Artschwager was an American painter, sculptor, and furniture designer who participated in many movements over his career including Pop Art, Minimalist Art, Conceptual Art. Richard Artschwager was born in Washington D.C. in the year 1923. His family had emigrated from Europe to the United States.
His family was very educated his father being a botanist and his mother took art and design lessons at the Corcoran School of Art. Artschwager would attend Cornell University located in Ithaca, New York where he studied math and chemistry. His war service in World War Two interrupted his education but the artist would finish with a degree of physics.
Artschwager also created his own simple modernist furniture. He was even commissioned by the Catholic Church to make portable altars that could be used on various types of vessels and ships. Much of his work was done using wood and formica.
In this clip we view the artist at work:
Richard Artschwager passed away in 2013 at the age of 89 years of age.
Price range information: Works range from $5,000 to $1 million dollars. The artist worked often with acrylics, gouache, aluminum, etching, and charcoal.
Here we visit a show that took place at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York City with our dear friend James Kalm:
Artshwager’s work can be found in the Museum of Modern Art located in New York City, and also European Museums including the Tate.
The artist was great at experimenting and finding new ways to express himself. In the 1980s and 1990s the artist took on many studio assistants and was highly productive producing furniture and sculpture work. His work during this period of his life reminds me of contemporary artist Jeff Koons.
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