Clearly there are an infinite number of more critical things to pay attention to, out there in reality and even here in fb land, but since it is the main communication platform of our time, I must use it to again send out a massive amount of gratitude and thanks to a vast number of people. So here goes it! It’s been an unreal year of paint!!! Absolutely I am the luckiest dude. To all the people who contributed their time and effort to aligning stars, you have my unlimited gratitude and unending thanks. First and foremost, Heather Barnes, Beatrice Olive Barnes Roe & Lil Wayne (cat person) – the bestest team ever! Next summer instead of small hidden tokens of affection in the walls, I’m doing a giant mural of the family! Also, Julie Roe & Jesse Roe best parents / grandparents ever!!! in no particular order here are the projects, locations & people….. Motorola Mobility - Entrance hallway Location: Chicago Ave. & Sangamon St. People: Chicago Gensler - Carlos Martinez, Todd Heiser, Jess Gracey, Helen Hopton, Mireye Bond, Bernie Woytek, Allie Trachsel / Skender - John Wilder My summer of sleep deprivation walls was feeling like a complete fluke and out of the blue I get the call. Working on commission similar to the scope of the big 1871 wall was incredibly re-energizing. Thanks to Gensler team for giving me another opportunity and thanks to the security team for letting me blast all the MF Doom U.S. Maple Ariel Pink mixes. . . skender gensler/offices/chicago Gensler Office Chicago - Location: 11 E Madison St - Entrance lounge People: Carlos Martinez, Todd Heiser, Jessica Gracey, Sheilah Carroll, Pamela Johnson, Sheryl Redman, Amelia Tabeling, Nina Charnotskaia, Melissa Mayer, Brian Vitale, Vanessa Churchill, Lindsey Feola, Daniel Krause, Helen Hopton, Mireye Bond, Bernie Woytek, Allie Trachsel Without Gensler and Chicago Artist Coalition I would be stuck in my garage creating paintings to entertain my cat. Truly indebted for the opportunities and support! This one showed me the true power of the triple point pushpin holding technique! Crystal Tech Fund Entrance Hallway Location: Washington D.C. - Crystal City People: Gensler Washington D.C. Hansoo Kim, Laura Latham, Sigal, Disruption Corporation, Paul Singh, Brooke Salkoff & Dana Duncan, Micheline Diakité and Scott from Sigal, Vornado - Mitchell Schear, Reid Weppler, Michael Weiss, Michelle Coleman, Katie Johnson, sigal disruption.vc gensler/offices/washington-d-c vno My first commission away from the loving arms of Chicago. Being a bit scared taking the airplane all by myself to a place called Crystal City, I literally bumped into DMX and his entourage at Reagan Airport, which made me feel like a rap star once again salvaging some confidence. So many people to acknowledge! Super thanks to Vornado for the opportunity and for providing me with insanely out of my league luxury accommodations twice! Laura and Hansoo at Gensler are the best, giving me a ton of room to experiment in the space. Thanks to Sigal for extremely smooth logistics. Huge thanks to Paul Singh, Brooke Salkoff, Dana Duncan and his Crystal Tech and Disruption Corporation teams for letting me be a small part of their vision! D.C. rocks! Savvy Coif Address: 2869 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618 People: Avondale Neighborhood Association - Yessy Valera, Emily Taylor It was feeling like there was no way to repeat the summer of 2013, but Savvy Coif got me going! Super shout outs to Emily Taylor for pushing the beautification of Avondale and Yessy Valera for letting me attempt to bring the flavour to Milwaukee Ave! Kedzie & Belmont Location: 90/94 East side of the Kedzie underpass between Belmont and Avondale People: Alderman Deb Mell + Staff, Alderman Rey Colon + Staff, Avondale Neighborhood Association - Emily Taylor, Tony Sparrow, Cyd Smillie, IDOT, Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, All the residents of Avondale especially the actual locals. Completely indebted to all the people above for making this huge wall a reality! It was/is a beast, what an epic challenge!! Very grateful for the opportunity to once again work on such a massive scale. Very much looking forward to getting into the details this coming spring! Thanks again to Emily Taylor for all the logistics, Tony Sparrow for the guidance and advice and Syd Smillie for the prep support! 33rdward.org reycolon.org avondaleneighborhoodassoc tonysparrow artsalive45 St. Gregs Gym Windows Location: 5518 N. Ashland - West side of Ashland just south of Bryn Mawr People: Fr. Paul Wachdorf, Good News Only, Elizabeth Shank An example of extraordinary patience exhibited by the Parish giving me just over a year and half to deal will all the logistics of installation and the time to work on the painting itself. So many hurdles, roadblocks and setbacks this one may have been a minor miracle! Big ups to Dan Sullivan for connecting me to the super pro contractor Robert Paque and again to Elizabeth Shank for getting the ball rolling! stgregory.net gnonly Clark & Olive Location: 5621 N. Clark, Chicago IL People: Brian Bonanno the man with the plan, Farah Essa and the Lake Shore Schools, Ciro One, Piato Pronto including Mike the unofficial Mayor of North Andersonville and his team, Andersonville Chamber of Commerce Another project that was almost two years in the making, thanks to the tireless efforts of Brian Bonnano who it seems is single handedly making Andersonville the place to be. The city should work on cloning him for every neighborhood! This was another one of those walls where I had all the paint, all the gear ready to go and I’m about to put paint on the brick and it gets called off at the last second. Brian went into Android communication overload to make it happen. So lucky to be able to work in the neighborhood on another massive wall. Having baby Beatrice be able to point out another daddy painting is priceless! Also big thanks to the Piato Pronto and Chiro One workers for the support and ridiculously close to perfect sandwiches! andersonville.org chiroone.net/location/illinois/andersonville piattoprontochicago facebook/pages/Piatto-Pronto/720976687932093?rf=206950062675298 yelp/biz/piatto-pronto-chicago andersonville.org Rogers Park sculpture garden Location: Jarvis and Greenview People: Joseph Deschene, Cecilia Salinas, Alderman Joe Moore, We Are Fatherless Super fun chance to try out my wannabe evolution into 3Dimensional sculpture work, once again re-using collaborative print work from the Rockford based We Are Fatherless print collective! Big thanks to Joseph for assisting in the installation, Cecilia and Alderman Moore for continuing to support art projects in the 49th Ward. ward49 maynestage rpvmhome wearefatherless 16th & Halsted Location: North East Corner of Halsted and 16th Street People: Alderman Solis, Lauren Pacheco, Erik Harris This one was down to the wire weather wise! Could not have happened without the ultimate assistant Erik Harris who kept me going. Super fortunate for the chance to take on such an amazing large-scale spot. Definitely ran out of time but very much looking forward to putting more work in this spring. Thanks again to Alderman Solis for supporting public arts and to Lauren Pacheco for being a relentless arts advocate! Also thanks to crossfit commitment for the water! ward25 chicagourbanartsociety facebook/crossfitcommitment Le Meridien Chicago Oakbrook Lobby + 9th floor canvas Location: 2100 Spring Rd, Oak Brook, IL 60523 People: Shaun O’laughlin - Wirsherman Partners, wischermannpartners/team.php Trey Sarten - starwoodhotels Simon Fricker & Katie Davis + Le Meridien Chicago Staff, lemeridienoakbrook PHR - Judy John and John Rosa, phrincnet.ipage/ Julie Frank design director Le Meridien, artspace/magazine/interviews_features/interview_le_meridien_designer_julie_frank - lemeridien Carolina Jayaram & Cortney Lederer formerly of Chicago Artists Coalition chicagoartistscoalition.org unitedstatesartists.org/user/cjayaram Debbi King - carrolladams/projects.shtml Lianne Wiker & Ellen Molina - heronpr Nathan Greenhalgh & Bert Ganzon from Hotels Magazine - hotelsmag Very fortunate to be a part of this project, definitely my biggest commission to date. Unending thanks to the teams from Chicago Artist Coalition and Gensler Architects for putting me on. Extreme gratitude to Shaun O’Laughlin and Julie Frank for taking the major leap of faith by giving me the freedom to get creative on the entrance wall. The ultimate contractors from Plante’s Hotel Renovation Judy, John and John making it a smooth gig! Simon, Katie and the entire Le Meridien staff for being most hospitable! Also shouts out to Nathan Greenhalgh & Bert Ganzon from Hotels Magazine for keeping my head out of the clouds! Sierra Mist Collaborative Mural Location: Billboards throughout the entire Chicagoland area! People: NA collective - Nicolette Coan, Chiara Adin, Dan Haxel, Alex Esguerra Van’s General Store Scott Carlson and Blaise Cepis Artists - Samantha Decarlo - samanthadecarlo Ruben Aguirre - theshiftchange James C Whitworth - thejcw.blogspot Tony Bamber - tonybamber I felt like I was selling out, and I was, but what a cool crew of creative people to hangout and collaborate with. All the storyline and marketing aside it was rad to share some time with all the people involved and icing was being able to meet Graham Elliot and Charles Tillman whose foundation ended up auctioning off the final collaborative painting. This project also reintroduced me to the joy of paint markers! na-collective vansgeneralstore kevineganhayden blaisecepis grahamelliotbistro charlestillman.org sierramist Long Room Part two Location: Irving and Ashland - West side of Longroom bar People: Jason & Clark + Mr. Cyfn PC Again, in the league of super nicest bar owners in the Chi! Not quite done but getting there. Thanks again for the unending patience! facebook/pages/The-Long-Room Merchandise Mart - 12th floor hallway Location: 222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654 People: Vornado Toni McIntosh - Maulik Shah This one is still in the works, but I must give super shouts out to the Chicago Merch Mart and the fine folks at 1871 for letting me create a second piece. Also big shout to Jeff Zimmerman for all the knowledge and advice. vno mmart Quenchers North Facade Location: 2401 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647 People: Earle Johnson, Danny John Massive thanks to Earle for letting me to continue the experiment in scale over time! and to Mr. Danny John on guidance in making the right moves and the 1st person to ever assist in helping me put paint on a wall. quencherssaloon.tumblr quenchers/index.htm danjohn.bandcamp Susan Aurinko once again for letting one of my pieces live in the midst of a serious collection in an amazing home! online.wsj/articles/hot-in-chicago-the-west-loop-neighborhood-1412869988 susanaurinkoinc Location Granville and Winthrop Sun Liquor 1101 W. Granville Edgewater Arts Festival People: Rae Ann Cecrle + Mr. Han Big thanks to Rae Ann Cecrle for all the work she has put into transforming Edgewater with the arts and for letting me be part of the festival! Hansoo Kim Extremely honored that one of the worlds premier designers and architects commissioned me to create a piece for his families home! It took way too long and I’m not sure I like it, but very honored still! Orland Park Public Library 14921 S Ravinia Ave, Orland Park, IL 60462 Not quite sure how they found me or why they wanted me to put work up, but I am grateful for any opportunity to show! Thanks to that handful of particularly interesting patrons for the support and engaging conversation. orlandparklibrary.org Cole’s Bar 2338 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60647 Coleman is a genius no doubt, and his establishment exists in the current center of the hippest Chicago universe. I expect after this wave of hipster saturation his amazing bar and always free music venue will still be the epicenter of good times and good peoples. coleschicago.blogspot Hubbard St. Inn Laura Cartwright - Revolving Collections Gallery Another quick experiment in 3D sculpture painting. Supper thanks to Laura for the continued support and opportunities! rcgart Howard Street Gallery Location 747 N. Howard St. - Evanston Illinois Massive g thanks to Tony and Oscar for letting me get my wacky fake 3D graff wall sculpture a chance to ride! facebook/HowardStreetGallery grimetimemagazine.tumblr Jason Foumberg - Chicago Magazine Thanks for making me feel like an actual art person and including me amongst some heavy hitting Chicago murals. Also thanks for letting me ramble on with some epic answers to basic questions! chicagomag/Chicago-Magazine/August-2014/Art-Alfresco jasonfoumberg Kevin Harden - rad cinematographer who made me look fat but cool kevineganhayden Max Herman - Continued documentation and moral support! maxherman.photoshelter Sean Costin - The chillest cinematographer in the game! Big thanks for taking the time to document this last wave of work! camerainmyhand
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