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Free For All Walls

<p>Drew Hytt is a Commercial Director and Cinematographer based in Windsor, Ontario Canada. He’s an avid local art supporter and his production company HYTT FILMS is the official media sponsor of Free for All Walls Festival. He is a proud member of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers and for over 15 years, Drew has created engaging video content for some of the worlds largest brands. Clients include Ford, VICE, Unreal Engine, Live Nation, Native Instruments, Thermofisher and more. His work has generated over 150 Million organic viral video views.</p>


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Drew Hytt

<p><span aria-hidden="true">Think Global Act Local. Brainstorming / Idea Man &amp; Software Developer<br />
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Ryan Eyres

<p>Billie McLaughlin is a Canadian conceptual artist, teacher and mother who was born and raised in Windsor-Essex. Her work uses sculpture, installation and performance art to explore the act of “play” as a crucial element to human development and quality of life. She strives to challenge ideas around gender and identity. Her research focuses on better understanding childhood development, neurodiversity, nature verses nurture, the power of play, imposed gender constructs and understanding her own queer identity. McLaughlin seeks out and transforms materials that have been deemed no longer useful. She is interested in encouraging conversations about self identity and the feelings that surround the concept of “otherness” while inviting the viewer to step back into the imaginative world of childhood. McLaughlin&#8217;s latest body of work is a performance series where she builds large structures, made of found materials, in public spaces. </p>


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Billie McLaughlin

<p>Like many reputed artists, Alex Bask Hostomsky has a fascinating backstory. Hostomsky fled communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s with his family as a child and spent his formative years growing up in sunny Florida. In fact, Hostomsky’s family actually escaped Czechoslovakia illegally and sought refuge in a refugee camp in Austria.</p>
<p>Even as a child Hostomsky took an early interest in graffiti as an art form, so it’s no surprise that he grew up to be one of the United State’s most popular graffiti artists. However, Hostomsky’s road to success had its fair share of challenges and as a teenager, Hostmosky was a young delinquent who was ordered to perform community service at the Salvador Dali Museum.</p>
<p>Whilst working at the Salvador Dali Museum, one of Hostomsky’s friends was fatally shot and Hostomsky decided that he may be able to forge a better path for himself by becoming an artist. As he already had a keen interest in graffiti art, Hostomsky quickly began work on creating a career for himself as a professional street artist.</p>


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BASK

<p>I am a painter, designer and graffiti artist from Florida, now based in Montreal, Quebec. I am represented by Station16 Gallery.</p>
<p>When I was young&#8230;I watched a lot of T.V. and drank a lot of Kool-Aid. Growing up, I experienced a mix of military and native cultures eventually sending me on a quest to find a visual language that could express the mix of mythologies in my life. In my early teens, I became involved in skateboarding, graffiti and hip-hop culture in general.</p>
<p>I use hand techniques but am influenced by the &#8220;computer-graphics age&#8221;. I often work with a combination of brush and spray-painting.</p>
<p>Some of my inspirations are military insignia, nature, skateboard and tattoo art, old signs, tarot cards, native cultures, &#8220;secret society&#8221; symbolism, Japanese art, propaganda, diagrams, video-games, the 1980&#8217;s and 90&#8217;s at large, science, action movies and vintage advertising &#038; cartoons.</p>


XRAY

<p>Unwell Bunny&#8217;s artist history begins in Adelaide, Australia as a young 16 year old teen spraying walls and train lines. His initial ideas grew from 90&#8217;s graffiti following a mix of both letter and character based aerosol art.<br />
He moved to Melbourne in 2002 and began showing his work in Melbourne galleries. He became active in the Melbourne street art scene leaving paste up and graffiti works through the lanes and suburbs of Melbourne.<br />
He had his first solo exhibition at Per Square Meter in Melbourne was run by LA based duo Dabs Myla at the time. In 2012, he lived in Amsterdam and spent time with London graffiti and Street art heavy weight D&#8221;Face and Parisian pop graffiti icon Tilt. There he painted projects for Amsterdam street artists the London Police. In 2014, he was included in Metro gallery&#8217;s &#8216;international street art exhibition&#8217; with the likes of ELK, Rone, D*Face, Blek le Rat, and Faile earning a place as an emerging international Australian urban based artist.<br />
In early 2015, he had a solo show at Galerie Lacroix in Paris, which continued the theme of figurative abstract painted works based on a subconscious dialog and drawings based on a build-up of popular culture imagery. He is currently working on future projects based both in Australia and internationally focusing on the further investigation into the popular subconscious.</p>


UNWELL BUNNY

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<p class="wp-elements-a080e06cd5210d4cca84c6b7437c326c has-text-align-justify has-link-color has-small-font-size">Rime, a.k.a Jersey Joe, is an American artist of the Graffiti school, born in Brooklyn in 1979, working worldwide.</p>
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<p class="has-small-font-size">Rime goes about his paintings like a diary, an illustration of his quotidian quest for the essential. His recent works invite us to introspection, or as he puts it: “Looking into this painting is looking into the mirror of imagination, a mirror of you.” A sheer concentration of energy, Rime’s universe mixes colors, movement and light sources to which the artist has affixed his own lexicon composed of creatures from a universe of cartoons, symbols and multiple details.</p>
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<p class="has-small-font-size">Heavily inspired by the cartoon world, Rime’s style brashly mixes color with plentiful details and with constantly moving forms. In his lurid compositions, the artist (a.k.a. Jersey Joe) unleashes a sort of violence checked by his mastery of strokes and the varieties of his lines and brush strokes. He adds in his own personal vocabulary of imaginary animal symbols and characters, placed in the canvas like hieroglyphics or stylized writing. His two-dimensional paintings seem to leap from the very wall thanks to his moving lines and his structure-building forms, and to the light flowing from his compositions. Full of details, figures and symbols, each work helps the viewer discern time and again previously unsuspected historical fragments. As with a song of which the meaning suddenly emerges, Rime’s works must be viewed and mastered with time.</p>
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RIME

<p>hi!</p>
<p>I am canadian artist who succeeds at making a living using my skill of painting large hyper-realistic murals.</p>
<p>If you are looking to hire an artist to paint a mural you need not look further; aaaaand, I am very capable of leading teams for massive projects, giving workshops, private lessons, and graphic illustration &amp; design.</p>
<p>I have 22 years experience painting art on large-scale, outdoor surfaces. I have worked with local, Provincial, Federal &amp; International clients. I work closely with clients to interpret any mandate quickly, effectively, and inexpensively. I believe in enhancing people’s daily interaction with their environment by contributing to public art for them to enjoy, breaking up the mundane. Some of my art has depth and weight in the image while some are just purely visual pleasure. Most have both and that is the key to making good art.</p>
<p>Always open, always prepared, always ready!</p>


OMEN

<p>Breaking surfaces, seeking depths – layer by layer. Driven by an insatiable curiosity, NYCHOS<br />
creates art in order to examine a question that has always been with him: How deep can you go?<br />
NYCHOS is an alter ego, created by a kid who grew up amidst a clash of cultures: A world, where<br />
Austrian Tradition and its Hunting Culture meets Eighties Pop Culture, Comic and Television. The<br />
visual input from back then still contributes to the output of the adult.</p>
<p>By the means of anatomy, NYCHOS investigates the living species across different contexts and<br />
different media. His favorite tool is the spray can, his favorite surface is large. Questioning contrasts,<br />
he unifies looseness and accuracy. Severity and irony. The inner and the outer world. The dark and<br />
the bright. And most importantly, life and death. Within his oeuvre, one embraces the other. All<br />
becomes one.</p>
<p>NYCHOS creates art from deep within his soul. Deeply rooted in Graffiti and shaped by the visual<br />
inputs of his early years, his work comprises murals, fine art, illustrations, sculptures and animations.<br />
NYCHOS is the founder of Rabbit Eye Movement, co-founder of THE WEIRD and member of the<br />
LORDS crew. His artworks have been exhibited worldwide and his large-scale murals give character<br />
to cities all across the globe. He currently lives and works both in Vienna, Austria and Los Angeles,<br />
California.</p>


NYCHOS

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<p class="font_7"><span class="color_34">Noségo is a Philadelphia based artist with a passion for combining fine art with contemporary styling. Through a marriage of dynamic patterns and vibrant colors, he creates whimsical environments with characters created from a place of playful imagination and the natural world. Deriving from infinite inspiration, that is, we are inspired therefore we can and should inspire others, themes of boundlessness run as a common motif throughout his work. This can be found through the interminable subjects he puzzles together through constant addition. Knowing that there’s perfection in the imperfect, he believes his work always has space for more in the constant pursuit of inspiration.</span></p>
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NOSEGO

<p>Descended from a line of acclaimed artists, Dave &#8220;Persue&#8221; Ross continues family tradition and is recognized by his colleagues and peers as a true artistic pioneer. In the late 80&#8217;s, Persue (pronounced &#8216;per-SWAY&#8217;), found himself irresistibly drawn to the world of graffiti.</p>
<p>With an energetic, illustrative style, his technical ability and poise as a young writer quickly earned him the respect of his contemporaries throughout the world. Between 1991 and 2010, Persue transcended boundaries both on and off the street by bridging the gap between underground and mainstream culture in the skateboarding industry. With an impressive design resume that pre-dates almost any example of street aesthetics being paired with skateboarding, his influence is woven seamelessly into the fabric of modern day youth culture.</p>
<p>In 2010 Persue shifted his focus from corporate work to his own projects. He eventually brought his endeavors full circle by relocating to New York City in 2014, returning his family&#8217;s brand called &#8220;Home&#8221; to its roots, which reach into New York City&#8217;s past as far back as the 60&#8217;s. His background as a graphic artist, designer and muralist affords him a natural transition into the fine art sphere as his aesthetic continues to evolve. Persue now produces his latest work as a bi-coastal artist, based in New York City.</p>


PERSUE

<p class="">My name is Nekoes and I am from San Diego, California, currently residing in Florida. I paint and create artwork inspired by skateboarding, graffiti culture, music, and human behaviors. On occasion I also build and design furniture.</p>
<p class="">I build and create with reclaimed and newly purchased wood materials. Sometimes while creating, a painting can become a sculpture or even a piece of furniture. I look forward to the happy accidents and unexpected inspiration while creating. Infinite possibilities on the outcome of each creation is what keeps me engaged and continuously working</p>


NEKOES

KWEST

<p>Fighting for our rights is existential. Just as in a family, each individual’s views and opinions stem from their own personal identity and experiences which, in turn, define boundaries. Each identity presents itself differently through dress codes, body language, and speech patterns, amongst other which signal adherence to a particular opinion, group, or subculture. Their outward appearance, and accompanying sense of belonging can be a relatively effective tool of emancipation, empowering individuals to attract public attention to specific issues, either as a symptom of, or protest against, current socio-political problems, and forms of injustice or discrimination relative to different places and cultures. Despite negative perceptions of them, among those who have claimed their freedom of expression and chosen to protest in the street some, as history shows, have been successful in forging negotiations. For me, depicting scenes of riot is a way to explore and record social and political changes in forms that the written word and cameras cannot. It is an alternative way to engage in, and show how people experience and express their anger, disagreement and despair. I choose to work with the same materials, and often in the same way, as protesters themselves, using spraycans, paint, stencils, cardboard, and wood, transforming not only mass media news into alternative images to expose its human side for impact and consideration, but also to experience and reflect the reality of the street, the very essence of street art.</p>


Just One

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<p>While Elliott was born in Montreal, he spent his formative years living in Saint Vincent. Elliott helped his mother recreate costumes for the local carnival with which his father was heavily involved. Upon his family&#8217;s return to Canada, Elliott was introduced to street art while studying at the Etobicoke School of the Arts. His high school&#8217;s guidance counsellor directed him to Sheridan College&#8217;s program in Animation and affirmed for the young artist the possibilities of a career in the arts.</p>


elicserelliott

<p>San Diego based artist, Christopher Konecki loves writing about himself in the 3rd person.</p>
<p>Konecki is self-taught and constantly experimenting. He is known for completing large scale aerosol murals, fine artwork including paintings and miniature sculptures, as well as various public and private site specific installations. Konecki&#8217;s work is explorative of social consciousness, generally irreverent, and focused on subjects that are both serious and absurd. His use of found and &#8216;repurposed&#8217; objects in his work advocates the reassessment of typical ideals of function and beauty. Elements of nature often collide with harsh urban landscapes and elements of street art and graffiti, symbolizing the ongoing struggle between the harmonious coexistence of these two competing monumental forces.</p>
<p>In the last five years of his professional art career, Konecki has exhibited in galleries throughout Southern California. His expanded work includes participation in international mural festivals in New Zealand, Canada, and Mexico. In 2015, Konecki completed the largest mural in San Diego covering 9,500 sqft of the 7-story parking structure at 707 Broadway. Konecki is responsible for the curation of tentpole events in the San Diego art scene such as Warehouse 1425 and the ongoing curation of the event space SILO in Makers Quarter which has resulted in nearly 100 murals. Konecki also co-founded Cohort Collective with a small group of well-known dedicated artists that continue to produce live art events and exhibitions in San Diego and beyond. Alongside non-profit organizations Pangeaseed Foundation and Surfrider Foundation, Cohort Collective co-curated Sea Walls: Murals for Oceans San Diego 2016 creating over 20 large scale public artworks that promoted various pressing environmental concerns. Konecki’s installation work may be viewed in numerous establishments, including Oxford Social Club at the Pendry Hotel San Diego, The Container Yard DTLA, Waypoint Public Restaurants, Park and Rec, Silo in Makers Quarter, Hub Marketplace, Form15 and the Arts Center of San Diego.</p>


CHRIS KONECKI

<p>Australian born artist Ben Frost is known for his kaleidoscopic Pop Art, mash-up paintings that take inspiration from areas as diverse as graffiti, collage, photorealism and sign-writing.</p>
<p>He has been exhibiting throughout the world for the last 12 years and has been involved in his own share of controversy. In 2000, he faked his own death for an exhibition suitably titled ‘Ben Frost is Dead’ which made national news in Australia. His painting ‘White Children Playing’ caused a stir for its graphic depiction of children using drugs and a masked and disgruntled assailant slashed one of the paintings in his exhibition at the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane. Police also tried to remove one of his collaborative artworks in an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney because of its graphic nature. He also began and continues to run the Australian street art website ‘Stupid Krap’ and started the yearly paste-up festival Paste-Modernism, which is the largest of its kind in the world.</p>


BEN FROST

ANTHONY LISTER

<p><b>Tavar Zawacki</b> formerly known as &#8216;ABOVE&#8217; (born 1981) is an American <a title="Abstract art" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_art">abstract artist</a> living and working in <a title="Lisbon" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, Portugal.<sup id="cite_ref-BIO_1-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavar_Zawacki#cite_note-BIO-1">[1]</a></sup> For twenty years (1996–2016) Tavar Zawacki created and signed all of his artworks with his <a title="Street artist" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_artist">street artist</a> pseudonym, &#8216;ABOVE&#8217;.<sup id="cite_ref-p_155_2-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavar_Zawacki#cite_note-p_155-2">[2]</a></sup> Tavar was born and raised in California until the age of 19, at which time, Zawacki bought a one-way flight from California to Paris, France, bringing with him a backpack full of art supplies, all the money in his bank account (US$1,500), and a &#8216;rise above your fears&#8217; approach to starting his art career.<sup id="cite_ref-BIO_1-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavar_Zawacki#cite_note-BIO-1">[1]</a></sup> Starting in Paris in 2000, Tavar transitioned from painting traditional letter style <a title="Graffiti" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti">graffiti</a> of A-B-O-V-E, to his &#8216;Above arrow&#8217; icon that represented his optimistic mentality to &#8216;rise above fears, challenges, and anything holding you back from your goals.&#8217;<sup id="cite_ref-BIO_1-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavar_Zawacki#cite_note-BIO-1">[1]</a></sup> During a 20-year period, the artworks of ABOVE could be seen in over 100 cities spanning 50 countries around the world.</p>


ABOVE (Tavar Zawacki)

<p>Daniel Bombardier, also know as DENIAL, is a Canadian pop/mural artist whose aerosol and stencil artworks critique contemporary politics, capitalism, consumerism and the human condition. His artistic career began in 1999 during his involvement in the graffiti and street art movement. His studio is based in the border city of Windsor, Ontario, Canada next to Detroit, Michigan and he spends much of the year travelling, painting murals, and exhibiting throughout North America and internationally. DENIAL is known for his prolific guerrilla-marketing campaign, which takes public aim at ideas involving social-justice, pop-culture, and massmedia. With over 500,000 of his adhesive logos displayed in public places around the world, the DENIAL PROJECT has become a conceptual piece of marketing absurdism. Daniel is also the founder of FREE FOR ALL WALLS in Windsor, Canada which started in 2012. To date Daniel has curated and co-ordinated over 50 murals in the local community!</p>
