Born on a family farm in upstate New York, Justin Suarez is an artist who brings together the rural and the urban. Celebrating wildlife, he paints flora and fauna flawlessly over concrete and brick. […]
Born on a family farm in upstate New York, Justin Suarez is an artist who brings together the rural and the urban. Celebrating wildlife, he paints flora and fauna flawlessly over concrete and brick. The animals he paints come to life as the viewer is drawn into the world of the painting. With over 15 years experience, he has painted murals across the US, and his work has been exhibited around the world. Justin Suarez brings the intensity of a raptor to his artistic endeavors, as well as his work as valued handler of birds of prey at Wild Wings Animal Sanctuary outside Rochester, NY, he is able to capture the majesty of the natural world through his explosive graphics and remarkable technique. He also works well with humans, with a rich history of collaborating with other artists on a vast array of murals. He is responsible, punctual, a master of logistics and a born team player.
RECENT MURALS/ EVENTS
2015
– Wall Therapy 2015
– Rochester, NY – Soho House Murals -Chicago, IL
– Centrifuge Public Art Project -Staten Island, NY
– Welling Court Mural Project -Queens, NY
– Moonrise Festival -Baltimore, MD
– The Bushwick Collective -Brooklyn, NY
– Get Upstate -Ithaca, NY 2014
– Centrifuge Public Arts Project
-Miami, FL
-Manhattan, NY
-Art Basel 2014
-Miami, FL
2014 cont’
-Savage Habbit Mural Project
-Jersey City, NJ
-Dodworth St. Mural Project
-Brooklyn, NY
-Essencia Collective
-Toronto, Ontario, Canada
-The Bushwick Collective
-Brooklyn, NY -BBoy BBQ 2014
-Rochester, NY -The Hudson Project
-Saugerties, NY
-Welling Court Mural Project
-Queens,
NY SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2015 -One Art Space, Attack the Block: Street Art in America
-Manhattan, NY
2014 -Low Brow Artique, Brooklyn Zoo (solo show)
-Brooklyn, NY
2013 -Gallery 1988 Venice, The Humorist
-Los Angeles, CA
2012 -Gallery 1988 Melrose, A Tribute to Judd Apatow
-Los Angeles, CA
2008 -Art Whino, Stencil
-National Harbor, MD
2007 -Albany International Airport, Natural Selection
-Albany, NY
2006 -Yvez Laroche L’Autre Galerie; Street Camp
-Montreal, Quebec
2005 -Melbourne Stencil Festival
-Melbourne, Australia
2004 -MASS MOCA, The Interventionists
– North Adams, MA
