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At the Inaugural BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival in Detroit, Michigan with: Sydney G. James, IMAGINE, Max Sansing, Problak, JUST, Zoë Boston, MARKA27, Wolfe Pack & More

August 25, 2021

The first BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival, an all Black-produced event, took place from July 24th through the 31st in Detroit, Michigan. It was founded by Sydney G. James of Detroit, Thomas “Detour” Evans of Denver and Max Sansing of Chicago in response to their past experiences of participating in mural festivals where there had been a lack of racial diversity among the participating artists and too many expenses incurred by the artists themselves.

Each of the artists participating in the inaugural BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival was provided with a fee for painting, as well as free lodging, meals and transportation. In addition to live mural painting, the inaugural festival hosted artist talks, panel discussions and pop-up exhibitions.

The image featured above was fashioned by Detroit-bred and based visual artist Sydney G. James. Several more murals that surfaced last month at the BLKOUT Walls Mural Festival — all captured by travel and street photographer Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad — follow:

Nepali artist Sneha Shrestha aka IMAGINE

Chicago-based Max Sansing and Roxbury, Boston native Rob Gibbs aka Problak

West Coast born and bred Jamaican-American artist “JUST” Giovannie

Bay Area based artist and singer Zoë Boston

Mexican artist Victor “MARKA27” Quinonez at work

West Coast-based, self-taught artist Rachel Wolfe-Goldsmith aka Wolfe Pack

Photos: Karin du Maire aka Street Art Nomad

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Underground Mural Project in Boston: Hoxxoh, Marka27, Don Rimx, Problak, Cey Adams, Vyal One, Percy Fortini-Wright, Imagine & Upendo

September 12, 2017

This past Saturday, September 9th, Boston’s new urban playground, Underground at Ink Block, officially opened to the pubic. Earlier in the week, eleven acclaimed artists — both local and national — converged on this distinct space, located under the highway between the city’s South Boston and South End neighborhoods. By week’s end, 100,000 square feet of walls were transformed into a visual wonderland. The mural pictured above was painted by Miami-based Hoxxoh. What follows are several more images of artworks — some captured in progress — that have made their way onto Underground at Ink Block.

Marka 27, Don Rimx & Problak

The legendary NYC-based Cey Adams at work

Los Angeles-based Vyal Reyes aka Vyal One

Boston-based Percy Forting-Wright

Boston-based Sneha Shrestha aka Imagine

Los Angeles-based Pen Taylor aka Upendo

Curated by Street Theory Gallery, The Underground Mural Project is powered by Reebok in partnership with National Development.

Photos: Above the Sky, ATS Photography

Note: Hailed in a range of media from WideWalls to the Huffington Post to the New York Times, our Street Art NYC App is now available for Android devices here.

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At BucketFeet in SoHo with Marka27, JC Rivera, Jimmy Sheehan & more

August 9, 2014

Born in 2011, BucketFeet has since connected with over 2000 artists in more than 35 countries to design original footwear. But BucketFeet isn’t just about shoes. It is a celebration of artistic expression across cultures. Here in New York City, a range of artists — from graffiti writers to tattooists to illustrators — not only share their designs on footwear at BucketFeet’s SoHo venue, but exhibit and sell their artworks there, as well. Here is a small sampling what we saw on a recent visit:

Marka27, this past month’s artist-in-residence, whose artwork has also graced our walls for the Juicy Art Festival

Chicago-based JC Rivera

New York-based Jimmy Sheehan

In addition to the works on exhibit, BucketFeet also sells dozens of wonderfully affordable prints both online and in its NYC store at 108 Wooster Street in SoHo.

Photos of artworks by Dani Reyes Mozeson

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Marka27, Don Rimx and Ian Kuali`i in TR3SPASS at the Dumbo Spot

June 30, 2014

Both on the streets and in their studios, ‪Marka27, Don Rimx & Ian Kuali`i fashion extraordinarily rich tantalizing images. An intriguing selection of their largely character-driven mixed-media paintings, prints and more were presented by M27 Designs in the remarkable one-night pop-up exhibit TR3SPASS at the Dumbo Spot this past Friday evening. Here’s a small sampling:

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez

Ian Kuali`i

David “Don Rimx” Sepulveda

Photos of artwork by Sara C. Mozeson and Lois Stavsky

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Magical Murals for Juicy Brooklyn Art Festival: Muro & Txemy, Dasic, Werc, Stinkfish, Ever & Zio Ziegler, Rimx, SON & Ricardo Cabret, Marka27 and more

June 5, 2014

The walls along Meserole and Waterbury in Bushwick and on and near Borinquen Place in Williamsburg have become canvases for an extraordinary array of magical murals. They are among the highlights of the Juicy Brooklyn Art Festival launched by Exit Room. Here’s a sampling:

Spain-based Muro and Txemy

Chilean artist Dasic Fernández

Mexican artist Werc

Bogota-based Stinkfish

Argentinian artist Ever at work with Zio Ziegler

Close-up from huge collaborative mural by Puerto Rican artists Rimx, SON and Ricardo Cabret

Mexican artist Marka27, close-up

The Juicy Brooklyn Art Festival begins today, Thursday June 5, at 270 Meserole Street in Bushwick and continues through Saturday. Keep posted to our Facebook page for images of more magical murals that are surfacing along Meserole and Waterbury.

All photos by Dani Reyes Mozeson — except for Stinkfish by Lois Stavsky

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Rooftop Legends Celebrates Its Sixth Anniversary with: Marka27, Don Rimx, Fever, Part One, Smoke, Toofly, Werds, Dmote, Wane, Aplus, Slave, Dr. Revolt, Ces, KR.One, Pesu, QA, Vers & more

June 4, 2013

The rooftop of the former Seward Park High School on Manhattan’s Lower East Side has evolved into one of NYC’s most enticing graffiti canvases. Following is a sampling of what we saw this past Sunday as Rooftop Legends, curated by New Design High School dean, Jesse Pais, celebrated its sixth anniversary.

Marka27 and Don Rimx