I chose muralist Indie184 for my Wikipedia project. I chose Indie because I want to make sure that the graffiti visual art medium is also represented in academia. Her art has been commissioned by large companies like MAC cosmetics, Activision for the video game Grand Theft Auto IV, Apple for Beats 1 radio, Lionsgate film, among others. She is the Chief Artistic Officer for cosmetics company Rimmel London. Her art has been exhibited at El Museo del Barrio in NYC, Völklingen Ironworks Museum in Saarbrücken Germany, and Museo de Bellas Artes De Murcia in Spain.
Indie is of Dominican descent born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico in 1980. Indie was raised in New York City. Her father died when she was five years old causing her family to move around the various NYC Burroughs. She was raised by a single mother with four siblings. She went to college to study marketing, but dropped out because she felt that she didn’t fit in. Indie has three children and credits her mother and partner with supporting her to peruse her passion.
Indie’s current art is mixed medium meaning blending aspects of canvas art, graphic design, and spray can graffiti art. Indie hopes to portray feelings of flamboyance, feminism, and happiness by incorporating chicana actresses, big bold letters, rainbow colors, and uses traditionally feminine icons like hearts and unicorns. These are exemplified in her two pieces above, “Don’t Get it Twisted,” and “Own Your Power.”
Indie began “graf” in Washington Heights, an NYC Burrough. She draws inspiration from other graffiti artists like SEEN, LEE, WEST, SERVE and COPE2. She states that it was often difficult to get taken seriously by her peers because she is a woman and had to push harder to stand out. She recalls surprised looks from passerby’s and other artists alike while she was out creating murals. Her graffiti murals can be found in multiple cities ranging from South Bronx to Paris.
References:
https://www.indie184.com/about
https://remezcla.com/culture/indie-184-graffiti-artist-nyc-profile/
https://www.widewalls.ch/artists/indie184
https://www.artsy.net/artist/indie184/works-for-sale
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