Toofly, Artist :: 120 Seconds
In 2007, Toofly realized that her passion is not just painting but bringing people together which inspired her to form the female collaborative arts movement, Younity.
In 2007, Toofly realized that her passion is not just painting but bringing people together which inspired her to form the female collaborative arts movement, Younity.
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About Toofly: Toofly’s journey into the world of art began with her commute to public school from her Corona, Queens neighborhood. Her trips were filled with adventurous sketches as she immersed herself in the myriad of graffiti tags, fill-ins, and outlines viewed on almost every deconstructive surface along the way. It was precisely the rebellious artistic spirit of the 90's street graffiti movement that drove Toofly to join its subculture ranks. Highly influenced by the calligraphy and illustration skills of some exceptional writers at the time, a teenage Toofly aspired to become the female version of what she most admired. She began to develop her own knack for “hand styles” and her unique Toofly characters. Her work soon blossomed on various graffiti black books, allowing her skills to be recognized by writers across the five boroughs.
By the time Toofly entered the School of Visual Arts (SVA), she had introduced her character to the walls of New York. At SVA, she applied her artistic skills to illustration and graphic design coursework. Finding inspiration in the New York urban landscape, this artist in the making began to juxtapose her "around the way girl" character against multi layered street imagery for various print and public art projects. Toofly's constant and active role in the hip hop community allowed her to remain true to her roots, as she continued to draw raw feelings from the ever-changing and spontaneous public art world around her.
Toofly's art and design work have appeared in various books, video, and magazines such as Graffiti Women, Burning New York, Current TV, MTV Tr3, Trace, Mass Appeal, Juxtapoz, URB, and Honey. You can find Toofly's public streets works on various walls throughout Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Brooklyn.
Toofly's Links: tooflynyc.com theyounity.com myspace.com/tooflynyc
Poster Boy, Artist + Vigilante :: 120 Seconds
Poster Boy explains the vision behind this persona, the importance of regaining control of your environment and generating change through creative expression.
NYC artist + vigilante, Poster Boy explains the vision behind this persona, the importance of regaining control of your environment and generating change through creative expression.
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About Poster Boy: Poster Boy is an anonymous New York City based street artist whose only utensil is a razor. He is known for satiric collage-like works created by cutting out sections of the self-adhesive advertisement posters in the platforms of New York City subway stations, and pasting them back in different positions. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Poster Boy also refers to a ‘Poster Boy movement‘ where other people produce similar unsigned work in the New York City subways imitating this original artist. For more of Poster Boy's art: flickr.com/posterboynyc
NeoCons: neo-con.net
Ellis Gallagher aka © Ellis G., Visual Artist :: 120 Seconds
Brooklyn based shadow artist Ellis Gallagher aka © Ellis G. airs his thoughts on common sense, respect, the NYC Police Department and clarifies the differences between “street art” and “graffiti.”
Brooklyn based shadow artist Ellis Gallagher aka © Ellis G. airs his thoughts on common sense, respect, the NYC Police Department and clarifies the differences between “street art” and “graffiti.”
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About Ellis G:
Ellis Gallagher is a native New Yorker. As the graffiti writer formally known as "NET," his work can be found in the five boroughs and environs, The Brooklyn Front Gallery, in Autograf: New York City's Graffiti Writers by Peter Sutherland (Powerhouse Books 2004), as well as in numerous newspapers, magazines, on television and in films. Currently a street artist known as Ellis G., Gallagher's work has appeared in Time Out NY, the NY Daily News, Trampoline House Gallery, as well as on NY 1 and The WB 11. Gallagher will publish his first book "Adhesives," the ultimate compendium of graffiti, graphic design and street art stickers in fall 2006 with Miss Rosen Editions for Powerhouse Books.
For more info on Ellis G check out: myspace.com/ellis_gee