St. Croix, USVI

Originally from the UK, Cracked Ink has been part of the New Zealand street art scene ever since he made the move down under 10 years ago. Cracked Inks quirky, character-based art is bold and eye-catching, whether it be an art piece from a gallery or a mural in the street. Predominantly an aerosol artist, Cracked Ink also utilizes other creative avenues which include, sketching, painting and sculpting which have been some of his favourite mediums to work in over the past few years.

Youri Cansell aka Mantra is a consummate artist and naturalist. While equally adept at painting humans as animals, Mantra is especially fascinated by entomology, the world of insects. Mining memories of his childhood garden in France, he now paints exquisite murals, often of moths and butterflies, on urban surfaces where these ephemeral beings are seldom seen in the wild.

With acute sensitivity to his surroundings, Mantra works to create organic relationships between his subjects and their environments. His renderings of infinitely varied species are always spectacularly beautiful and scientifically accurate to the last detail. Poignantly he usually depicts these creatures as lifeless specimens displayed in an exhibit case, a heartbreaking comment on lost biodiversity.

"For Jamaican visual artist Taj Francis, his interest in art came in stages, starting from when he was a young child. He has since cultivated a diversified interest in expression through illustration. The multifaceted Edna Manley College of Visual Arts graduate’s artwork has been featured in several local and international art exhibitions and creates pieces that explore the subtle nuances of human behavior and identity, with a concentration in African ancestry.

Francis enjoys the versatile nature of illustration. His work centers nature, ethereal elements, and technology — informing the visual style of many of his pieces. He believes the juxtaposition of these details act as a vehicle to carry the message of subtle human experiences, in an almost dream-like form. His artistic style was by no means developed in a vacuum. It has been cultivated by constant iteration and inspiration from a variety of people and sources. "

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"Kai’ili Kaulukukui was born on the Big Island of Hawaii, and inspired by Hawaii’s natural beauty, abundant ocean life, and rich native culture, began drawing at an early age. He was a BFA candidate at the University of Hawaii Windward campus where he studied under Snowden Hodges who has a deep base in classical techniques of oil painting. Simultaneously, he was trained in oil by apprenticing with Dennis Morton. Later, he transferred to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Kai currently works as a painter and muralist in Honolulu, out of Lana Lane Studios in Kaka’ako and more recently has been acting as the Ground Operations Manager for PangeaSeed Foundation's Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans program.

He has been immersed in shark culture, imagery and information that has sparked his imagination. Based on his research, lately Kai’s works illustrate compromised sharks and aquatic environments. His paintings and murals tackle marine life, often sharks with a loose and flowing approach complimented with drips cascading down the work."

"Georgia Hill is an Australian artist, specialising in type based artworks that combine bold, black and white textures and lettering within experimental compositions.

Since studying Visual Communications at the University of Technology, Sydney, Hill's instantly recognisable aesthetic has developed from exhibition based illustrations to striking works for private commissions, client-based projects and murals which are read in terms of connections, time, place and community.

Over the past three years Hill's large scale mural works have come to inform an exploration not just of personal reflection through lettering based artworks, but also how structures, along with our natural environments, are home to and vital in allowing these experiences to exist and develop from one physical context to another. "

Originally from the UK, Cracked Ink has been part of the New Zealand street art scene ever since he made the move down under 10 years ago. Cracked Inks quirky, character-based art is bold and eye-catching, whether it be an art piece from a gallery or a mural in the street. Predominantly an aerosol artist, Cracked Ink also utilizes other creative avenues which include, sketching, painting and sculpting which have been some of his favourite mediums to work in over the past few years.

Caitlin is a freelance illustrator and mural painter based in Toronto, Canada.

She has created visuals for various non-profit and community organizations whose main focus is on food and agriculture and has spent time working in urban gardens and organic farms across Canada. Her work is inspired by plant lore and personal stories, exploring moments of self-reflection and growth.

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Dragon76 is a Japanese street artist who lives in New York, United States. Technique: Dragon76 creates spectacular murals with its unique style full of vitality and passion. His work touches the soul, reflecting on “the coexistence” of opposites such as past and future, stillness and motion, evil and justice.

"Kelly Spencer is a freelance graphic artist based in central Wellington, NZ, with a tendency to travel, and is best known for her meticulously hand crafted lettering.

Kelly’s creative style is characterized by a bold use of colour, curvaceous forms, and clean lines. A multidisciplinary approach allows her to design across a wide variety of media and enjoy the freedom to produce work both in-studio and out In the world, adorning surfaces large and small with her colourful forms. Her work to date spans sign painting, murals/street art, illustration, apparel graphics, festival & gig branding, identity design and more.."