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Project Marmalade Curated Artists PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS JBPR have been heavily involved in the Street Art movement since 2001. Working with some of the world’s most prolific and respected artists, we have promoted their work internationally for almost 15 years. From London to LA, New York to Berlin, Tokyo to Dubai we have been heavily involved in the medium’s unstoppable rise from the street to the headlines. We work alongside artists and galleries on public relations, curate exhibitions and festivals, organise commercial commissions and partnerships, and advise on acquisitions and sales. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS JBPR 03 AIKO JAPAN/USA After managing the studio of contemporary art giant Takashi Murakami in the late 90s, Aiko went on to join renowned New York based street art collective FAILE. In 2006 she struck out alone and has exhibited her work in major museums and galleries internationally. Aiko’s work blends traditional Japanese aesthetics with bold pop-art inspired imagery. She has collaborated with Louis Vuitton, Coach, W Hotel, Hello Kitty, and Warner Bros. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS JBPR AIKO 05 BEAU STANTON Beau Stanton is a multi-disciplinary artist, producing paintings, murals, large scale installations, stained glass, and multimedia USA animations. Focusing on meticulous technique and craft, Stanton’s work is heavily informed by historic ornamentation, religious iconography, and classical painting. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS BEAU STANTON 07 BLEK LE RAT FRANCE The Godfather of stencil art, the pioneering French graffiti artist Blek Le Rat counts Banksy among his many admirers. Born in Paris in 1952, Blek began painting stencils of rats around his home city in 1981. His place in the history of the street art form is inarguable. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS BLEK LE RAT 09 C215 FRANCE C215 creates meticulous stencil works. His unique, impressionistic style of working can be seen on streets around the world. In 2008 he featured in Banksy’s Cans Festival In London. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS C215 11 D*FACE UK D*Face is a prolific multimedia street artist who uses spray paint, stickers, posters, and stencils to create pop art inspired murals that have dominated the global street art scene for a decade. A key player in the UK street art scene, D*Face is a huge influence in the movement. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS D*FACE 13 DALEAST CHINA DALeast is China’s most prolific street artist, whose visually arresting, intricate work has been seen not he streets of every continent. Each of his pieces of art is created using paint to look like thousands of metal shards coming together to form beautiful shapes, often animals or humans. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS DALEAST 15 DOLK NORWAY Dolk is Norway’s most famous stencil artist. He explores pop- cultural references in humorous or critical contexts — clearly inspired by Banksy his art has appeared worldwide and he has been commissioned by the Norwegian State to create pieces for major railway stations. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS DOLK 17 EELUS Eelus creates beautiful and haunting stencil works and was part of the Banksy curated seminal street art exhibition, the UK Cans Festival. With a huge and loyal fanbase, his latest print release was a global sell out as soon as it hit the market. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS EELUS 19 HOW NOSM Born in Spain, German in heritage, and currently residing in New York, the influence of these twin brothers spans the GERMANY globe. Their versatile, large scale murals have been seen from Europe to the USA. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS HOW NOSM 21 ICY AND SOT IRAN ICY and SOT are stencil artists from Tabriz, Iran currently resident in New York. The two brothers have been promoting Iranian urban art culture to the world since 2006, featuring in numerous international exhibitions and creating outdoor artworks in Iran, The United States, and Europe. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS ICY AND SOT 23 JOSE PARLA Jose Parla started making art at ten years of age and takes his inspiration from anonymous art found on the walls in the USA numerous cities he has travelled to globally. He grew up largely in Puerto Rico, but then in the ‘80s returned to Miami, where he painted on the city’s walls at night and immersed himself in hip-hop culture ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS JOSE PARLA 25 LONDON POLICE UK The London Police are a British Street Art collective, living in the Netherlands, who have been making themselves known across the walls of Europe since 1998. Their monochromatic line work is both striking and instantly recognisable and commissioned by global brands. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS LONDON POLICE 27 M-CITY POLAND M-city is a graphic artist and muralist. He started making street art in the early 90s and his big contrast, striking murals can be seen on walls and installations around the world. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS M-CITY 29 MAGDA SAYED SPAIN Magda Sayeg is a textile artist who lives and works in Austin, Texas. Credited with being the mother of the yarn bombing movement, her work began as a way to take her knitting out onto the streets, graffiti style. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS MAGDA SAYED 31 NICK WALKER UK Nick Walker is one of the world’s best known street artists, emerging from the infamous and ground-breaking Bristol graffiti scene of the early1980s that spawned Banksy .In 2008, his iconic Moona Lisa canvas sold for over ten times its estimated value at auction at Bonham’s. Stanley Kubrick commissioned Nick to re-create the streets of New York City in his acclaimed film Eyes Wide Shut. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS NICK WALKER 33 NIELS SHOE MEULMAN NETHERLANDS Niels Shoe Meulman has a heritage a one of the graffiti legends of the 1980s. in the 1990s, he revolutionised the art of graffiti writing with the invention of Calligraffiti, fusing graffiti and calligraphy. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS NIELS SHOE MEULMAN 35 OS GEMEOS BRAZIL Os Gêmeos are graffiti artists and identical twin brothers. They started painting graffiti in 1987 and gradually became a main influence in the local scene, helping to define Brazil’s own style. Collaboratiing with Banksy on his 2013 New York residency, Better Out Than In, the twins are currently among the most critically acclaimed and sought after street artists of the 21st century. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS OS GEMEOS 37 PAUL INSECT Paul Insect is an extremely sought after artist who worked alongside artist Banksy at the Cans Festival, the Santa’s UK Ghetto project in Bethlehem. His work featured in the world’s most talked about art show of 2015, Dismaland. Damien Hirst is reported to be a fan of Insect, having purchased the entirety of his 2007 solo show, Bullion. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS PAUL INSECT 39 PURE EVIL Pure Evil is one of the UK’s best loved and most sought after street artists and his unique style has been exhibited UK in galleries worldwide. A prolific artist, his works have been utilised by Royal Doulton on a limited edition range of ceramics. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS PURE EVIL 41 ROA BELGIUM Street artist ROA is a muralist, whose animal based works have gained iconic status across urban environments worldwide. A secretive and prolific worker, his murals can be seen in New York, across Europe and South America. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS ROA 43 RON ENGLISH USA Widely recognised as the Godfather of Street Art, Ron English is arguably one of the most recognisable and prolific artists working today. Ron was instrumental in taking the art-form from the sub-culture to the mainstream cultural reference it is today. Ron coined the term POPAGANDA, to describe his own signature mash-up style of high and low cultural touchstones. Ron English has appeared in TV and film appearing as himself in “Supersize Me” and “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” as well as an episode of the Simpsons, “Exit through the Quik-E-Mart,” playing himself as a member of an all-star street art gang. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS RON ENGLISH 45 RONE AUSTRALIA Famous for his large scale sumptuous paintings of glamorous women, Rone creates his striking works with an astonishing freehand style. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS RONE 47 SHEPARD FAIREY USA Street art giant Shepard Fairey is a street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator and founder of OBEY. He became famous during the 2008 U.S. presidential election for his Barack Obama “Hope” poster. His work is in the collections at The Smithsonian, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. ©JBPR 2015 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL PROJECT MARMALADE CURATED ARTISTS SHEPARD FAIREY 49 TILT FRANCE Tilt is an internationally recognised traditional graffiti artist,whose work has been seen in galleries and in streets as far and wide as the U.S.A, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, China, Canada and in excess of 12 countries throughout Europe.
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