Iryna Kanishcheva
Street Art Regatta
Murals may be the first image that you think for street art. In fact, the fast-growing art form comes in loads of different shapes and media. Graffiti, poster, sticker, wood blocking, mosaic, yarn bombing, moss art… Artists tried to combine graffiti with architecture, land, plants, cars, and more. Clare Vickery, Founder, and Director of Grace …
The Story Behind Evoca1’s Huge Mural in Erie, PA
Miami-based, Dominican-born street artist Evoca1 recently completed his latest mural in Erie, PA. Erie Arts & Culture facilitated this massive endeavor, which is the latest chapter in their mission to revitalize the urban landscape with fresh public art painted by world-class talent. Evoca1’s photorealistic mural occupies the towering residential complex of Methodist Towers, and depicts one …
A Neglected Part Of Eerie (Pennsylvania) Got A Makeover
The international artist Zedz painted for the first time in the United States transforming a commercial property in downtown Erie, PA into an impressive public artwork, adding to the cultural vibrancy that can be found around the city. This project, organized by the Erie Arts & Culture agency is located at 121 W 12th Street …
SatOne In Erie, Pennsylvania
The organization Erie Arts & Culture and the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority brought in curator Iryna Kanishcheva and the artist Sat One for a project to create an abstract mural that covers the 12,000-square-foot observation deck at Dobbins Landing. Taking a week to complete, Flotsam celebrates and reflects Erie’s bayfront environment. About the Mural Curiosity …
Second Mural in Florida By MTO In Support Of The Yellow Vest Movement
France is consumed by a ferocious and sustained outpouring of social unrest. The tumultuous, intermittently violent protests of the so-called Yellow Vests Movement have shaken the country since they began in November 2018, intensifying in recent weeks. The Yellow Vests reverberate as a primal scream from working-class France at the tax-avoiding, wealth-hogging Parisian glitterati enabled by …
Is The Gap Between Men And Women In Street Art Still Wide?
The debate over how and why men and women are different and what that means for their roles in society is far from settled. According to a Survey by the Pew Research Center. a majority of Americans believe there are definite differences between men and women in terms of how they express their feelings, their physical abilities, their …
Horsepower: A Mural By Daas in Jacksonville, FL
They could be wild mustangs, the three rainbow splashed horses painted running in a mural done in Jacksonville, Florida, by Jacksonville native DAAS. Though Florida is not considered part of the country’s Wild West States, the horses exude that vision of powerfully moving freedom that constitutes ideas of the Western United States. The Florida owned …
New Anamorphic Mural by Peeta Arrives in Downtown Gainesville
A new project organized by Iryna Kanishcheva, former curator of Art United Us, one of the biggest mural projects in the world that took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, and the founder of the first Urban arts program in North Florida, 352walls, celebrated her newest business endeavor, the independent urban art agency GNV URBAN ART LLC …
Writing on the Walls and Banksy’s Haight Street Rat
Would you rather go to see the work of internationally famous anonymous artist Banksy or work of local artists? The best answer is two-in-one. Writing On The Walls: Visual Literacy Through Street Art Culture exhibition is on view in the Jax Makerspace Gallery at the Jacksonville Main Library from Feb. 14 – April 14. The group show …
Axel Void & L.E.O. in St.Petersbourg, FL
“Harmony” is the title of the stunning mural Axel Void and L.E.O. painted in St. Petersburg (Florida) for the third edition of the SHINE festival which took place in October 2017. The concept of this wall is an attempt to understand human behavior and its relationship to power. About The Mural This mural is based on …
Interview with Nicolás Sánchez AlfAlfA
Nicolás Sánchez AlfAlfA (born in Mérida, Venezuela, 1983) is a muralist that specializes in large size paintings and draftsman. He became interested in art at an early age, and later studied Plastic Arts at the University of Caracas. He also attended the National School of Fine Arts in Montevideo. However since 2008, he has focused on urban-street art, painting murals of different sizes. His …
Weird Tales by Waone Interesni Kazki
“Weird Tales” echoes the meaning of the fictitious artistic name Interesni Kazki, for those who understand Ukrainian and familiar with the work of the famous duo. Initially formed by the duo Waone and Aec, Interesni Kazki translates to Interesting Fairy Tales. After over 15 years of collaborative work, the duo split up. Both artists are …