For over two decades, BROKE ONE has played an integral role in the Bay Area graffiti landscape.
His stickers, throws, pieces and wheat pastes adorn everything from poles to walls.
Broke’s work inspires residents and outsiders to question the discourse of public versus private space, as well as find humor among the day-to-day patterns we all feel confined by.
Full Color, 64 Pages, $16
Special Delivery 2011 was a mural exhibit that filled a 6,000 square foot warehouse in South East Portland. It showcased over 40 artists who have put in a lot of work on the streets of Oakland, San Francisco and the greater Bay Area of California.
Many of the artists whom will be participating in this years Special Delivery Mural Exhibit (Optimist, GATS, Upfuk, Attica, Broke, Nart, Dead Eyes, etc.) will be showcasing prints and works on canvas at F4C Gallery (Famous Four Colors) for ONE NIGHT ONLY to raise funds for paint.
DON’T BLOW UP THE SPOT
Please don’t tag the venue or the immediate surroundings the night of the event. Thank you to all the writers that always show respect and help us socially enforce this guideline so that we can keep getting invited back to throw awesome events for you guys.
Come hang out at this classy free art show on the water front in Emeryville.
About OPTIMIST
Optimist grew up in Oakland California and started doing graffiti at an early age.
Inspired by the dozens of graffiti legends painting in Oakland in the 90’s, he couldn’t help but become addicted to Graffiti. After visiting the SF MOMA during a Gerhard Richter exhibit in 2002 he decided to try his hand at painting with a brush instead of a spray paint can in an attempt to mimic the skills of Richter. This led to another addiction to painting.
Optimist went to University of California Berkley and received a degree in Conceptual Information Arts and painting in 2005. After Graduation he rented out a small studio in San Francisco and began painting, blending photo realism and collage and techniques learned from graffiti into his own unique style. He spent most of the day painting in the studio working on new ideas and visual metaphors for his fine art and at night painting freight trains or the city streets in an attempt to keep a balance between the two.
In 2007 he moved to Taipei Taiwan.
The move to Taipei was a self experiment in an attempt to see what kind of effects moving to a completely new and strange environment would have on his Art and self expression. This new body of work is the result of that experiment, and intense collage of images and statements describing the ever changing landscape of Taipei as well as the social and economic metamorphosis that is taking place. Optimist’s paintings depict the shift that is occurring in Taipei because of the influence of capitolism and materialism of the western world.
In 2009 he moved back to Oakland and continues to make art daily and graffiti nightly.
– 18 by 24 Inches
– Two Color Serigraph
– Archival Bristol Paper
– Reflective Metalic Silver
– Small Edition of 10
– Signed and Numbered
– Will be shipped safely in a hard cardboard tube
Drawn before the car accident, printed the day of the accident and signed after.
Ras Terms was very recently involved in a car accident. The car he was in along with his partner was struck by a speeding car that was evading the police. The right side of his body is completely swollen. Terms is a full time artist and thus receives no benefits or insurance. You are the only community there is to help him pay for his medical bills and to assist him while he is not able to work.
Ras Terms was born and raised in Miami. As part of the BSK and FS crews he was a pivotal figure in the Miami graffiti scene. Terms is a gifted illustrator and painter who has provided many images for the Rastafarian community. Since his arrival in the Bay Area he has established himself as a character graffiti artist and has lent his talents to serve the community.
– Around 10 x 10 Inches
– Mixed Media
– Stretched 1/2 inch deep canvas stapled on the back
Ras Terms was very recently involved in a car accident. The car he was in along with his partner was struck by a speeding car that was evading the police. The right side of his body is completely swollen. Terms is a full time artist and thus receives no benefits or insurance. You are the only community there is to help him pay for his medical bills and to assist him while he is not able to work.
Ras Terms was born and raised in Miami. As part of the BSK and FS crews he was a pivotal figure in the Miami graffiti scene. Terms is a gifted illustrator and painter who has provided many images for the Rastafarian community. Since his arrival in the Bay Area he has established himself as a character graffiti artist and has lent his talents to serve the community.
I just flicked this Ras Terms truck next to Souley Vegan in Oakland and thought it would be a good excuse to repost the plea to help Terms.
Ras Terms was very recently involved in a car accident. The car he was in along with his partner was struck by a speeding car that was evading the police. The right side of his body is completely swollen. Terms is a full time artist and thus receives no benefits or insurance. You are the only community there is to help him pay for his medical bills and to assist him while he is not able to work.
Ras Terms was born and raised in Miami. As part of the BSK and FS crews he was a pivotal figure in the Miami graffiti scene. Terms is a gifted illustrator and painter who has provided many images for the Rastafarian community. Since his arrival in the Bay Area he has established himself as a character graffiti artist and has lent his talents to serve the community.
Ras Terms was very recently involved in a car accident. The car he was in along with his partner was struck by a speeding car that was evading the police. The right side of his body is completely swollen. Terms is a full time artist and thus receives no benefits or insurance. You are the only community there is to help him pay for his medical bills and to assist him while he is not able to work.
Ras Terms was born and raised in Miami. As part of the BSK and FS crews he was a pivotal figure in the Miami graffiti scene. Terms is a gifted illustrator and painter who has provided many images for the Rastafarian community. Since his arrival in the Bay Area he has established himself as a character graffiti artist and has lent his talents to serve the community.