Jeff Henriquez

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is inspired by the streets, peoples lives, experiences and pain. I see the whole painting in my head and work through it letting it evolve as i go. And although all of my work is very personal, people can feel what i do when they see my paintings. My peice for M3, Hyper as a heart attack, nobody smilin, is a juxtaposition of a hip hop classic and post-modern enterpretation.

BIO

Jeff Henriquez is an artist with many styles ranging from photo realism, grafitti, to abstract. He has exhibited in Chicago, Detroit, Boston, DC, Atlanta and Saint Petersburg, Florida where he currently lives. Since 2000 he's built his reputation as a painter with strong works in realism like "Mere fruit", "Kiana", and "Urban Monk". While in DC he began experimenting with abstract portraits and live painting as the resident artist at "The Sanctuary" doing live paintings every week for the public. He went on to show his "pixelated" abstract portaits at the Museum of Contemporary Art in 2003. In 2006 in Boston he exhibited a stellar series of works at La Casa de la Cultura, in a huge event titled "Roam". Today he continues to produce private works, gallery shows, commercial and academic projects.