Category Archives: New York City

IITC has 7th and Final Show of the Year in Brooklyn Gallery

IITC, or Inspiration In the Cut, is an art collaborative made up of several women artists from the Bronx.  Demi Vera, Sunny Vazquez, Krystal Pinto and Aniysa Alexander come together every couple of months to produce original and eclectic art shows.

From top left going clockwise: Demi, Aniysa, Krystal, Sunny
From top left going clockwise: Demi, Aniysa, Krystal, Sunny

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This Week’s NYC Art News

  • Animal New York provides a behind-the-scenes exclusive on “Project Robots” new art show in Bushwick, Brooklyn  [Animal New York]
  • 12ozProphet reveals new winter hat designs by Lower East Side streetwear brand, ONLY NY [12ozProphet]
  • Frank 151 introduces Stikstok, their newest art contributor from Stockholm who is notable for drawing classic mob movie scenes using only pen and paper [Frank 151]
  • Pop International Gallery announces Andy Warhol exhibit to be on display until January 10th, 2015 [Pop International]
  • Art F City allows clients to pre-order prints and calender from their own “Nude Artists as Pandas” collection [Art F City]

Adrian Bermeo, Attacking Art From Every Angle

Adrian Lee Bermeo, 24, is an emerging young artist from the Jackson Heights neighborhood in Queens. He began to immerse himself in the arts at the tender age of 3, stating that his first pieces of works were drawings of characters such as Tom and Jerry.

After being heavily influenced by Hip Hop, jazz, and funk, he began to showcase his art through various mediums. One of these mediums is apparel design. Presently, Bermeo is the sole owner, creator, and main artist of his clothing company, SnipCiti. Starting in February as an idea, by April it was an official trademark.

Displayed below are a few of his designs, which he says is inspired by his own New-York based photography.

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UR NEW YORK—Street-Art’s favorite Collective

By: Jona Jaupi

 

Ur's in-house studio. Photo by: Jona Jaupi
Ur’s in-house studio. Photo by: Jona Jaupi

“It was different, it was rebellious, I mean it was everything.” Fernando Romero, 36, said, on the art of graffiti, as he lit his Marlboro Red cigarette. “It was a special breed back then, almost an organic cultivation,” Mike Baca, 30, interjected. Although their teen-age years as vandals were not easy, today, those endeavors have taken Baca (aka 2ESAE) and Romero (aka Ski) to great lengths.

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