Belgium born, Caratoes, is an illustrator and street artist residing in Hong Kong. She started drawing as a child and later studied biochemistry and game design which comes through in her unique and internationally recognized artwork. Caratoes says, “I moved to Amsterdam immediately upon graduating from university in Game Design. I so wanted to explore

Reid Jenkins, Scott Hillis and Sovoth Chan make up the Ink Werkz Crew. Sovoth and Reid spend their days creating works of art at their tatoo shop, and help paint murals with Scott in the off time. Scott’s mural work can be seen at the Bloom Art Center and the 5600 block as well as

Jade Rivera was born in Peru and grew up in the district of Chorrillos. He started becoming interested in art at eleven years old, and studied at the Pre National School of Fine Arts by age 17. Jade Rivera depicts his designs in thoughtful ways highlighting some of his cultural experiences. His work can be

Chilean artist, Dasic Fernandez, began by painting the streets of his hometown, Rancagua, with graffiti and ended up in New York City. He is on the who’s who of graffiti artists, and internationally recognized as one of the “Street Artists You Should Know”. Bold and vivid coloring make the beautiful forms that Dasic paints really

Michael Reeder displays realism using different themes that frequently illustrate ego and identity in portraiture. Born in 1982 in Dallas, Texas, Reeder grew up with heavy influences from the local street and skate culture. He was painting and drawing from a young age, and was drawn to the underground street art scene. Above all, he was

Ali Vasquez was born in Los Angeles, and made her way to St Pete where she studies at Creative Clay. Her El Salvadorian roots show in her beautifully colorful imagery. Ali Vasquez partnered with Todd Frain for her first large scale mural, consequently Todd really helped bring Ali’s creative characters to life on her biggest ‘canvas’

Pantónio grew up in the Azores islands off the coast of Portugal, and has painted his flowing murals all around the world. “I am proud to paint Le Pont Des Arts in Paris, a symbol of romanticism… My creative process was not easy, but truthful, personal, and focused on more than the visual impact, I

World renowned multi-media illustrator and designer, Alex Pardee, has worked in many industries from comics to apparel and film. After failing to break into the art world through traditional avenues, he started to realize the immediate impact he could attain by leveraging the internet. Pardee says, “I just wanted people to see it in hopes of getting