South Street Electrical Boxes
One of our longest running projects is inviting artists to paint the electrical boxes along South Street.
Yannick Lowery
(severe.paper.com / IG @severe.paper)
Box Location: 2nd & South
Yannick Lowery is a native of New York City and currently resides in Philadelphia, PA. Claiming both cities as cultural and creative influences, he cites the rich diversity of their visual art histories as fuel for his own practice. Yannick’s work is also informed by historical texts, African literature, feral urban gardens, kite-flying, and pandemic-induced inward journeys.
Nazeer Sabree
(IG @nazeersabree)
Box Location: 2nd & South
Nazeer Sabree is a contemporary African American artist from Philadelphia. From painting, digital art, illustration and local mural projects around the city, Nazeer’s work is generally and most notably focused on depicting the beauty and also the real life struggles of every day life and black culture.
Yannick Lowery
(severe.paper.com / IG @severe.paper)
Box Location: 6th & South (NE)
Yannick Lowery is a native of New York City and currently resides in Philadelphia, PA. Claiming both cities as cultural and creative influences, he cites the rich diversity of their visual art histories as fuel for his own practice. Yannick’s work is also informed by historical texts, African literature, feral urban gardens, kite-flying, and pandemic-induced inward journeys.
Maggie Martin
(IG maggiemmartin)
Box Location: 5th & South
Maggie Martin is an artist and designer located in Philadelphia, PA. She received her BFA in Art Education from Arcadia University and currently works as a freelancer. She enjoys working with other small businesses to bring their logo and branding to life. As well as logos, Maggie runs her own Etsy shop where she sells prints, apparel, pins, earrings, and other accessories. As an artist, Maggie appreciates all the beauty and inspiration she finds from living in Philadelphia, where the arts are greatly appreciated.
RH Doaz
(rhdoaz.com / IG @rhdoaz)
Box Location: 6th & South St
RH Doaz is a contemporary painter, illustrator, and muralist. Drawing much inspiration from within the nostalgia of Hungarian textile patterns, the natural world, and hand illustrated books of his youth, Doaz creates paintings which are whimsical yet stoic in imagery and composition. His paintings are characterized by his bold colors and patterned line work. At first glance, his birds and other subject matter often seem friendly but upon closer inspection have an underlying seriousness.
Rain
(www.raindemetri.com / IG @raindemitree)
Box Location: 7th and South
Rain creates works inspired by "rubber hose" animation, animals and the surreal. She favors using ballpoint pens, acrylic, gouache, clay and software applications to make humorous and ghoulish monsters. Much of her work is also derived from traditional art, dark art concepts and caricature techniques. She explores whimsical and grotesque themes influenced by behaviors in nature and the imagination. Through her absurd and imaginary beasts, Rain seeks to create works that disrupt the definition of beauty and celebrate lowbrow art.
Nicole Saltzer
(www.nicolesaltzer.com / IG @nicolesaltzer)
Box Location: 6th and South
Kyle Confehr & Nicole Nikolich
IG @kyle_confehr & @lace_in_the_moon
Box Location: 3rd & South St
Kyle is an ambidextrous artist, designer and friend based out of Philadelphia, PA. His work blurs the lines between art and graffiti by weaving nostalgia, humor, and personal experience into densely ornate pieces. Kyle’s work can be seen around Philadelphia at the Philadelphia International Airport, Neighborhood Ramen, The Fillmore and HoneyGrow to name a few.
Nicole Nikolich is the creative force and laborer of love behind Lace In The Moon. She grew up in Northern Virginia and received her BFA in Fashion from Virginia Commonwealth University before moving to Philadelphia in 2016. Despite experimenting with numerous artistic outlets throughout her life, Nicole never felt married to a medium until her hands met a crochet hook. During the particularly cold and dreary winter of 2017, Nicole taught herself how to crochet by watching YouTube tutorials nonstop. After weeks of learning, she found that crochet combined her love of texture with her love of color in a beautifully amorphic way.
Jasjyot Singh Hans
(jasjyotjasjyot.com / IG @jasjyotjasjyot)
Box Location: 5th & South (NE)
Jasjyot Singh Hans is an illustrator unendingly inspired by an explosive neon mix of fashion, music and pop culture. He has a constant regard for things past and a voracity for all that is current. He studied animation film design at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad and has an MFA in Illustration Practice from Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore.
His work chronicles around themes of body image, sexuality and self love.
“With TEASERS, I wanted these women to give people another reason to smile, and encourage them to embrace their inner child. I hope it can lighten up your day as you pass by!”
Ryan Psota
(ryanpsota.com / IG @lemonsparklefantasy)
Box Location: 7th & South
Ryan Psota is an illustrator/designer living in Philadelphia, PA.
He received his BFA from the University of the Arts where he studied illustration. His inspirations include urban art, nature, lasers, old man skin, pyramids, ancient scrolls, ornate sweaters, seaweed, and the aurora borealis.
Dewey Saunders
(deweysaunders.com / IG @deweysaunders)
Box Location: Formally 5th & South (NE)
Philly-based visual artist Dewey Saunders received his BFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University. His work is fluid and adaptable -- he does have central themes, and chief among them are hip hop and his unique brand of psychedelia. A great deal of his illustrations are portraits of hip hop artists, and it should come as no surprise if you’re perusing the Instagram feeds of your favorite rappers and find one of his portraits reposted...His particular brand of psychedelia relies on a pastel color palette, and the arrangement of collected images into a friendly composition of bizarre peculiarity. He depicts his surreal take on the world around us in a playful and approachable manner. *
"Public art represents a conversation with the community and many times offers more of a permanency by making the public art a memorable landmark of the neighborhood...
My favorite public art installations are the Toynbee Tiles because they have an element of mystery that reaches people on a different level. They are communicating these wild prophetic statements and are embedded not just all over the streets of Philly but all over the world. "
*bio excerpts were written by Zach Moldof
Dennis McNett
(wolfbat.com / IG @wolfbat)
Box Location: 6th & South on the side of City Blue
Dennis McNett's graphic aesthetic and love for narrative work has been translated in many ways. His work ranges from larger than life Viking ship performances and parades in Philly, resurrecting Nordic giants on West Broadway in Manhattan, Dragon slayings in Oklahoma, masks, installations and sculptures to unique hand-carved wood cut pieces, traditional relief prints, and graphics.
Participating in both the fine art and design worlds, Dennis has been fortunate enough to create series’ for Anti-Hero skateboards, design shoes for Vans, have work fill the windows of Barneys, NY, and participate in the Deitch Artparade. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Juxtapoz magazine, Thrasher and Complex Magazine. He wants to live until he dies. Breathing is good.
Isabelle Lago
(www.isabellelago.com / IG @isabellegorilla)
Box Location: 2nd and South
Isabelle Alford-Lago, better known as Isabelle Gorilla, the artist with an infinity for gorillas that humorously mimic mannerisms and have adopted our activities. Her gorillas drink green juice after yoga class, pose in the buff, ride Vespas, visit farmer's markets and sip coffee as they stroll down the sidewalk. Their chill relaxed demeanors often remind us to loosen up and not take everything so seriously.
Jason Andrew Turner
(www.jasonandrewturner.com / IG @jasonandrewturner)
Box Location: 2nd & South on the side of The Lite Choice
"Most of my early experience with public art stems from graffiti seen around Birmingham Alabama in my teenage years. Brash complicated pieces with letter forms my impressionable mind would struggle to figure out. As I aged and moved around the styles from city to city would change and I was hooked. Once I landed in Philadelphia I saw that tagging was king, with its own style and energy unique to the city.
Public art, legal or not, represents the breath of its location, the force and mindset of its people. This extends to my favorite legal pieces in Philadelphia, sanctioned by mural arts, made by the likes of Miriam Singer in Fishtown and Joe Boruchow in South Philadelphia. To me, these two artists stand out as being some of more recent to have their unique voice as citizens and artists adding to the vibrancy of the landscape they inhabit."
Sophie Roach
(www.sophieroach.com / IG @sophie_roach)
Box Location: 2nd & South
''My obsession with public art (and possibly art in general) started in high school when I stumbled upon a Faile Challenger piece on the drag in Austin. The graphic style was vastly different from the traditional works I had been exposed to in my high school art classes. The fact that it was likely illegal and located on top of a Diesel clothing store showed me that there was more to art than galleries and museums--There were artists out there making stuff because they love to make stuff or in order to have a conversation with the public. The Diesel store is long gone, but I'm happy to report that the Faile piece is still alive and well."
Miriam Singer
(www.miriamsinger.net / IG @miriam_singer)
Box Location: 3rd & South in front of Dobbs
"I have many favorite street art pieces; but my current favorite is the “Cash for Warhol” Billboard at 30th Station by Boston-Based Geoff Hargadon that is also part of the show, “No Questions Asked” at LMNL Gallery. I enjoy the relationship with his signs with the signs we see all the time, "Cash for your Home", I think it is funny, and it successfully questions consumerism and the art market in a humous way (very Andy Warhol )."
Nate Harris
(www.nateharrisdesign.com / IG @procrastonate)
Box Location: 4th & South in front of the Johnny Rockets.
"In 1980, Richard Serra installed a public sculpture (tilted arc) at the federal plaza in NYC which consisted of a 120ft long arced steel slab cutting the space virtually in half. The people who commuted through federal plaza hated it, because now they had to walk around it. The city soon realized that it was a huge mistake and after 4 years, they took it down in the middle of the night, and scrapped it at the metal yard. However, Serra kind of knew all along that it would force people to stop, acknowledge themselves in their surroundings, and have to change their subtle daily life patterns. This idea, to me, is essentially why I love to make public art. People walk the same paths, see the same people, day after day, and if my work is able to disrupt this pattern in any regard, then it will be successful to me."
Sean Xenos
(www.seanxenos.com / IG @sean_xenos)
Box Location: 5th & South in front of the vacant Clear Store
"Public Art becomes something to marvel at when it reaches an apex of interaction with its surroundings. What comes to mind is a series of murals by Steve Powers called A Love Letter For You. The series started popping up along the tracks of the El during my commute to college. Stretching across the textural buildings of West Philadelphia, these typographical marvels peeked around buildings and rooftops and opened like pages in a book. It became a part of my everyday experience. This is why I enjoy street Art. It has true integration from its relationship to the patterns and surface of a wall to the people who pass it everyday."
NDA
(www.ndastreetart.com / IG @ndastreetart)
Box Location: 6th & South in front of City Blue
"I remember when I first moved to NY around 2005 there was a lot of interesting street art going on. I worked in SOHO and would see a bunch of stuff during my commute in. At this point I wasn't really familiar with the scene but one artist in particular, Judith Supine, really stuck out in my mind. The work was unapologetically unpolished and I remember being struck by the idea that street art didn't have to be so slick and design oriented. Later when I got in to outdoor work I made an effort to create work that felt true to my personal style. I think Judith's work was an early influence and reminded me to be true to what I do."
Sean 9 Lugo
(www.sean9lugo.com / IG @sean9lugo)
Box Location: 7th & South in front of Greene Street Consignment
Brown boy representing the duality of both Latin and American culture and experiences through masks that can either misconceive or stereotype perceptions.
Clint Tillman Reid
(www.tillmanproject.com / IG @clintbot0001)
Box Location: 7th & South
"I've been a fan of Espo's Love Letters project for several years, and lately I've been enjoying Kid Hazo's public signage posts. I love the combination of aesthetics and subtlety... public art that makes one stop and reflect, leaving with either a smile or a new question to chew on."