Escif Wall Stories
escif: street narratives
These wall works by Escif are filled with a graceful and simplified approach that is moving and refreshing. You can tell this street artist lives true to his voice. This is his visual language and lifestyle. The pieces on the older walls are the most pleasant to the eye. Learn more about this street poet at his FLICKR page.
Tsto Tsto
Nicely put collage of body parts...and shoes, ropes and masks. Like this. View more at Changing Lines.
Valerie De Leon & Alfred J. Barerra
wearing vintage vinyl jacket worn as dress and vintage stretch belt, wolford tights. Photography/photo-editing Alfred J. Barerra
VALERIE DE LEON SAILING AWAY...
Source: Indie Queen (Valeries Blog)
Melissa Clarke. Striking.
I LOVE THIS MODEL, MELISSA CLARKE FROM THE UK. JUST WOW. RIGHT?
Funny Tattoo....
Reminds me of Picture Pages...
Natalie Portman poster for THOR
Mubarak stuck in the Matrix.
BREAKING: mubarak IS STUCK IN THE MATRIX.
PHUCKZ NEWS
Kate Moss and Craig McDean.
Very American of you Kate Moss..and Craig McDean. I saw these wonderful set of photos over at TouchPuppet.com
Libya Wars Ep. 2
The rebel
alliance is closing in
on the Empire.
Mean while....
Me in my Place - Meredith
YOUR PLACE,
YOUR PLACE!!
These pictures of Meredith are so awesome. She has some badass tats. This is a photo shoot from Me at My Place. Great website first of all, second of all…the site says Meredith is shy. Had me fooled! To view more check it out!!
Dream about Music. Dream about Bass.
Kiki Valdes - The Miami Studio
KIKI VALDES STUDIO
This was taken around the middle of 2010. Many, many small paintings.
Jessica Slam/Vogue UK May 2008
You Mad...Qaddafy?
Live in your closet.
My Nose Smells Funny
Jack Crossing.
Epic, hands down...Jack Crossing from England is a beast. I can't get enough of this brilliant work! More More More
JACK CROSSING
KIKI VALDES PROJECTS + EVENTS
kiki valdes projects
lexus "darkcasting"
social media campaign
786.315.8369 [email protected] KIKIVALDES.COM
Artist Kiki Valdes was selected including only two other Miami trendsetters to help brand the new Lexus Hybrid. Six major cities were picked for a reality style show/commercial for the car. The premise for the program is for the host comedian Whitney Cummings to drive in the car with each guest. Kiki drives Whitney around Miami’s art district then ending at his art studio. The branding for the car was a younger, hip and green friendly demographic that are educated, enjoy fine foods and are cultured in the arts.
To view more of this campaign visit Dark Side of Green.
COMMISSIONED ART
CNN MIAMI HEADQUARTERS
CNN en Español commissioned Kiki Valdes to create a painting for a private proceeding the company had for their top advertisers at the ViceRoy in Brickell, Miami FL. It’s one of the most important parties CNN has for its Latin American clients. The president of CNN en Español requested that the painting be hung in Miami’s new CNN production studio built in Brickell Key.
KIKI VALDES CREATES ART
LECTURES 600 YOUNG
COLOMBIANS IN MEDELLIN
Medellin’s social media outreach program Medellin Digital invited Kiki Valdes to give a lecture on art and social media. The major confernece was called TagMe. Kiki spoke to 600 young Colombian professionals and university students. He also created a painting for the city of Medellin. The painting now hangs in the Medellin Digital headquarters. The event made headlines in all Colombian major newspapers sparking wider interest in social media for the country. Kiki is good friends with Oscar Morales who organized the 1 Million Voices Against the FARC protests that got worldwide attention. Morales efforts and those of Medellin Digital with TagMe took place around election time made this an important part of Colombia's history.
heineken mural project
commission for
Heineken has a mural series once a year catering to young Hispanic artists. A few years ago Kiki entered a contest to do murals in all major US cities. He was a finalist and Heineken announced the winner. Kiki lost. What they didn’t know was that the painting Kiki submitted had a secret cryptic inscription. He painted “Win” in his submission painting. 2 years later Henekein contacts and commissions him to do a major mural in Miami that is 30 feet high. No contest this time. The mural was in a busy intersection street in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood. The unveiling of the mural collaborated and celebrated with 5 near by bars and restaurants simultaneously. The mural/advertisement was up the entire year.
KIKI VALDES ORGANIZES
EXHIBIT/PARTNERSHIP
WITH RUINART CHAMPAGNE
Kiki Valdes strongly believes in creating strong dialogs with the art community. He calls it cultural diplomacy. He likes to contribute his part to add to the discourse. He organized the exhibit 20(12): Twenty-Twelve at the Miami Art Space. The show featured 12 artists and their ideas of the future. The exhibit had a private soft reception sponsored by Ruinart Champagne. Ruinart commissioned Valdes to make a piece it can auction for a charitable trust. The event had 50 exclusive guests and was featured in Ocean Drive Magazine. Some reviews of the show are below.
some video features on
KIKI VALDES
Here are some short features that can help you further know contemporary artist Kiki Valdes. His work is aggressive, firm, historical and romantic. His paintings tap into age old truths about life and all its complexities. Kiki is often used in campaigns because his work taps into very human feelings and his personality is likeable and inviting into the creative world.
Wow to Bjork
I'm High on Life
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