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| birth_name = Joaquin Lamar
| birth_name = Jason Lamar Hailey
| birth_date = 1979
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| birth_place = [[Oceanside, California]]
| birth_place = [[Oceanside, California]]
| nationality = [[american]]
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| field = [[murals]], [[spray paint art]], [[live painting]], [[teacher]]
| field = [[murals]], [[spray paint art]], [[live painting]], [[teacher]]
| training = self taught
| training = Self-taught
| movement = [[spray paint]] fine art, [[color therapy]]
| movement = [[spray paint]] fine art, [[color therapy]]
| awards = Featured Artist, Best of the Bay, Best Public Mural (for The Merit Building, Minneapolis), "TNT" Thursday Night Throwback, Best Show of the Year (at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego), Award from City of Vista for contribution to beautifying public space, Chula Vista Award
| awards = Featured Artist, Best of the Bay, Best Public Mural (for The Merit Building, Minneapolis), "TNT" Thursday Night Throwback, Best Show of the Year (at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego), Award from City of Vista for contribution to beautifying public space, Chula Vista Award
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'''Chor Boogie''' (born '''Joaquin Lamar ''') is an American [[spray paint art]]ist based in [[San Francisco, California]].
'''Chor Boogie''' (born '''Jason Lamar Hailey ''') is an American [[spray paint art]]ist based in [[San Francisco, California]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
[[File:Seasons detail.jpg|thumb|Detail from the Sherman Avenue Seasons mural in Washington, D.C.]]
[[File:Seasons detail.jpg|thumb|Detail from the Sherman Avenue Seasons mural in Washington, D.C.]]
Chor Boogie was born Joaquin Lamar in [[Oceanside, California]] in 1979. He was introduced to art in general at the age of five by a teacher in grade school, after which he decided he wanted to be an artist when he grew up.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.chorboogie.com/bio|title=bio|author=Chor Boogie}}</ref> He first used spray paint at age 10, chose the name "Chore" for himself (later dropped the "e") to describe his enjoyment of art from a professional standpoint. , and did not receive formal art training, because spray paint was discouraged as [[art]].<ref name="sfbg"/>
Chor Boogie was born Jason Lamar Hailey in [[Oceanside, California]] in 1979. He grew up in a military family there and in nearby [[Vista, California|Vista]].<ref name="ut"/><ref name="sfbg"/> He was introduced to art in general at the age of five by a teacher in grade school, after which he decided he wanted to be an artist when he grew up.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.chorboogie.com/bio|title=bio|author=Chor Boogie}}</ref> He first used spray paint at age 10, chose the name "Chore" for himself at age 11 (later dropped the "e") to describe his enjoyment of art from a professional standpoint. He dropped out of high school, and did not receive formal art training, because spray paint was discouraged as [[art]].<ref name="sfbg"/>


He later began to volunteer as the director of mural projects for Writers Block, a San Diego group that created art with high school students.<ref name="sfbg"/> He curated shows at the [[San Diego Museum of Art]] and the city's [[children's museum]].<ref name="sfbg"/>
He later began to volunteer as the director of mural projects for Writers Block, a San Diego group that created art with high school students.<ref name="sfbg"/> He curated shows at the [[San Diego Museum of Art]] and the city's [[children's museum]].<ref name="sfbg"/>


He moved to San Francisco in 2007 to pursue a full-time art career, moving into Start Soma Studios with another artist, Vulcan.<ref name="sfbg"/><ref name=bio/> From there his career has been rising rapidly.
At a live painting show he met Apex, an artist who introduced him to the spray paint art culture in San Francisco. He moved to San Francisco in 2007 to pursue a full-time art career, moving into Start Soma Studios with another artist, Vulcan.<ref name="sfbg"/><ref name=bio/> From there his career has been rising rapidly.


In October, 2010 Chor Boogie's “The Eyes of the Berlin Wall”, sold for 500,000 euro making history for the street art genre. The story was first published on Curbs & Stoops by artist/curator Jeffrey Pena who wrote "The piece is important as a social monument. Chor Boogie's cannon for making "The Eyes of the Berlin Wall." is comparable to the "eyes on the street" theories propagated by urbanist and writer Jane Jacobs. "The buildings on a street equipped to handle strangers and to insure the safety of both residents and strangers, must be oriented to the street. They cannot turn their backs or blank sides on it and leave it blind." writes Jacobs in "The Death and Life of Great American Cities". It is also important as a comparison of the value of art. That is, Chor's piece costed half the price of the price for the entire wall restoration in 2009, one million euro. It introduces the beautiful idea that in our social order, art is above preservation."
In October, 2010 Chor Boogie's “The Eyes of the Berlin Wall”, sold for 500,000 euro making history for the street art genre. The story was first published on Curbs & Stoops by artist/curator Jeffrey Pena who wrote "The piece is important as a social monument. Chor Boogie's cannon for making "The Eyes of the Berlin Wall." is comparable to the "eyes on the street" theories propagated by urbanist and writer Jane Jacobs. "The buildings on a street equipped to handle strangers and to insure the safety of both residents and strangers, must be oriented to the street. They cannot turn their backs or blank sides on it and leave it blind." writes Jacobs in "The Death and Life of Great American Cities". It is also important as a comparison of the value of art. That is, Chor's piece costed half the price of the price for the entire wall restoration in 2009, one million euro. It introduces the beautiful idea that in our social order, art is above preservation."
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His first major commission was a rock wall he painted in his early teens for a series of motivational speeches by [[Anthony Robbins]].<ref name="sfbg"/> He since had [[public art]] projects commissioned in [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] (a mural at The New Children's Museum, as well as the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080504/news_1a04museum.html|publisher=San Diego Union-Tribune|title=A star is (re)born|author=Robert L. Pincus|date=2008-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080821/news_1cz21murals.html|publisher=San Diego Union-Tribune|title=From blank to beautiful on boulevard|author=Jennifer Vigil|date=2008-08-21}}</ref> [[Beijing, China]] (for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]])<ref name="ktvu">{{cite news|publisher=KTVU|url=http://www.ktvu.com/news/20482217/detail.html|title=SF Artist Painting Washington, D.C. Red|author=Megan Hughes|date=2009-08-20}}</ref> [[Vista, California]]<ref name="ut">{{cite news|publisher=San Diego Union Tribune|title=Vista adds murals to Sprinter line|author=Joe Tash|date=2009-12-25|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/25/vista-adds-murals-sprinter-line/}}</ref> and [[Melbourne, Australia]].<ref name="flavor"/> He designed and worked with volunteers to paint "Edgewood at the Edge of the World", a {{convert|500|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} mural in the [[Edgewood, Washington, D.C.|Edgewood]] neighborhood of [[Northeast, Washington, D.C.]].<ref name="ktvu"/><ref>{{cite news|publisher=Washington Post|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/panorama/2009/08/21/PA2009082101768.html|date=2009-08-21|title=From Edgewood to the Edge of the World | first1=Interactive | last1=Panorama | accessdate=2010-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=Washington Post|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-20670888.html|title=Collective Vision|date=2009-08-23}}</ref> He has held shows in [[Mexico City]], [[Brazil]], and [[Dubai]], traveled with musicians for [[live painting]], and has painted a number of spray paint portraits of celebrities including Hugh Hefner, Jay-Z, ODB, and Rage Against the Machine.<ref name="sfbg">{{cite news|publisher=San Francisco Bay Guardian|url=http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=9652&catid=4&volume_id=452&issue_id=467&volume_num=44&issue_num=15|title=Painting his own way|author=Sam Devine|date=2010-01-13}}</ref><ref name="ktvu"/> His works are in several corporate collections, including [[Google]] and [[Zazzle]],
His first major commission was a rock wall he painted in his early teens for a series of motivational speeches by [[Anthony Robbins]].<ref name="sfbg"/> He since had [[public art]] projects commissioned in [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] (a mural at The New Children's Museum, as well as the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080504/news_1a04museum.html|publisher=San Diego Union-Tribune|title=A star is (re)born|author=Robert L. Pincus|date=2008-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080821/news_1cz21murals.html|publisher=San Diego Union-Tribune|title=From blank to beautiful on boulevard|author=Jennifer Vigil|date=2008-08-21}}</ref> [[Beijing, China]] (for the [[2008 Summer Olympics]])<ref name="ktvu">{{cite news|publisher=KTVU|url=http://www.ktvu.com/news/20482217/detail.html|title=SF Artist Painting Washington, D.C. Red|author=Megan Hughes|date=2009-08-20}}</ref> [[Vista, California]]<ref name="ut">{{cite news|publisher=San Diego Union Tribune|title=Vista adds murals to Sprinter line|author=Joe Tash|date=2009-12-25|url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/25/vista-adds-murals-sprinter-line/}}</ref> and [[Melbourne, Australia]].<ref name="flavor"/> He designed and worked with volunteers to paint "Edgewood at the Edge of the World", a {{convert|500|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} mural in the [[Edgewood, Washington, D.C.|Edgewood]] neighborhood of [[Northeast, Washington, D.C.]].<ref name="ktvu"/><ref>{{cite news|publisher=Washington Post|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/panorama/2009/08/21/PA2009082101768.html|date=2009-08-21|title=From Edgewood to the Edge of the World | first1=Interactive | last1=Panorama | accessdate=2010-04-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=Washington Post|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-20670888.html|title=Collective Vision|date=2009-08-23}}</ref> He has held shows in [[Mexico City]], [[Brazil]], and [[Dubai]], traveled with musicians for [[live painting]], and has painted a number of spray paint portraits of celebrities including Hugh Hefner, Jay-Z, ODB, and Rage Against the Machine.<ref name="sfbg">{{cite news|publisher=San Francisco Bay Guardian|url=http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=9652&catid=4&volume_id=452&issue_id=467&volume_num=44&issue_num=15|title=Painting his own way|author=Sam Devine|date=2010-01-13}}</ref><ref name="ktvu"/> His works are in several corporate collections, including [[Google]] and [[Zazzle]],

Chor Boogie collaborated with three other internationally-known artists for the "Paint your Faith" project, a {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=on}} mural at the [[Metropolitan United Church]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Wonder Cafe|title=Paint Your Faith|url=http://www.wondercafe.ca/paint_your_faith}}</ref>
Chor Boogie collaborated with three other internationally-known artists for the "Paint your Faith" project, a {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=on}} mural at the [[Metropolitan United Church]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]].<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Wonder Cafe|title=Paint Your Faith|url=http://www.wondercafe.ca/paint_your_faith}}</ref>


One of his more prominent works, "The Eyes of San Francisco", is a {{convert|100|ft|m|adj=on}} mural commissioned by the [[San Francisco Arts Commission]]'s "Arts in Storefronts" project to improve the city's blighted [[Tenderloin, San Francisco|Tenderloin]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=San Francisco State University X Press|url=http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/014247.html|title=Spraying Over Scars|author=Lindsey Barber|date=2009-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Vandals-impair-public-art-efforts-80768042.html|publisher=San Francisco Examiner|title=Vandals impair public art efforts|author=Mike Aldax|date=2010-01-06}}</ref> While painting that work he was stabbed by thieves trying to steal his tools of communication.<ref name="sfbg"/> Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]] visited Chor Boogie in the hospital, and helped complete the painting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowthe.name/chor_bringingthebeautyback.html|title=Bringing The Beauty Back to Market St!|publisher=KnowtheName}}</ref>
One of his more prominent works, "The Color Therapy of Perception", is a {{convert|100|ft|m|adj=on}} mural commissioned by the [[San Francisco Arts Commission]]'s "Arts in Storefronts" project to improve the city's blighted [[Tenderloin, San Francisco|Tenderloin]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=San Francisco State University X Press|url=http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/014247.html|title=Spraying Over Scars|author=Lindsey Barber|date=2009-12-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Vandals-impair-public-art-efforts-80768042.html|publisher=San Francisco Examiner|title=Vandals impair public art efforts|author=Mike Aldax|date=2010-01-06}}</ref> While painting that work he was stabbed by thieves trying to steal his tools of communication.<ref name="sfbg"/> Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]] visited Chor Boogie in the hospital, and helped complete the painting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowthe.name/chor_bringingthebeautyback.html|title=Bringing The Beauty Back to Market St!|publisher=KnowtheName}}</ref>


He has designed pieces for display on [[mobile device]]s,<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Business 2.0|title=Home is where the art is|author=Michael V. Copeland|date=2007-06-19|url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/100050993/}}</ref> and painted a room at the famous [[Hotel des Arts]] in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfhoteldesarts.com/pr310.php|publisher=Hotel des Arts|title=Painted Rooms: Chor Boogie and Maya Hayuk}}</ref>
He has designed pieces for display on [[mobile device]]s,<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Business 2.0|title=Home is where the art is|author=Michael V. Copeland|date=2007-06-19|url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2007/06/01/100050993/}}</ref> and painted a room at the famous [[Hotel des Arts]] in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfhoteldesarts.com/pr310.php|publisher=Hotel des Arts|title=Painted Rooms: Chor Boogie and Maya Hayuk}}</ref>

Revision as of 00:56, 9 March 2015

Chor Boogie
Born
Jason Lamar Hailey

1979
Oceanside, California
NationalityAmerican
EducationSelf-taught
Known formurals, spray paint art, live painting, teacher
Movementspray paint fine art, color therapy
AwardsFeatured Artist, Best of the Bay, Best Public Mural (for The Merit Building, Minneapolis), "TNT" Thursday Night Throwback, Best Show of the Year (at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego), Award from City of Vista for contribution to beautifying public space, Chula Vista Award

Chor Boogie (born Jason Lamar Hailey ) is an American spray paint artist based in San Francisco, California.

Biography

File:Seasons detail.jpg
Detail from the Sherman Avenue Seasons mural in Washington, D.C.

Chor Boogie was born Jason Lamar Hailey in Oceanside, California in 1979. He grew up in a military family there and in nearby Vista.[1][2] He was introduced to art in general at the age of five by a teacher in grade school, after which he decided he wanted to be an artist when he grew up.[3] He first used spray paint at age 10, chose the name "Chore" for himself at age 11 (later dropped the "e") to describe his enjoyment of art from a professional standpoint. He dropped out of high school, and did not receive formal art training, because spray paint was discouraged as art.[2]

He later began to volunteer as the director of mural projects for Writers Block, a San Diego group that created art with high school students.[2] He curated shows at the San Diego Museum of Art and the city's children's museum.[2]

At a live painting show he met Apex, an artist who introduced him to the spray paint art culture in San Francisco. He moved to San Francisco in 2007 to pursue a full-time art career, moving into Start Soma Studios with another artist, Vulcan.[2][3] From there his career has been rising rapidly.

In October, 2010 Chor Boogie's “The Eyes of the Berlin Wall”, sold for 500,000 euro making history for the street art genre. The story was first published on Curbs & Stoops by artist/curator Jeffrey Pena who wrote "The piece is important as a social monument. Chor Boogie's cannon for making "The Eyes of the Berlin Wall." is comparable to the "eyes on the street" theories propagated by urbanist and writer Jane Jacobs. "The buildings on a street equipped to handle strangers and to insure the safety of both residents and strangers, must be oriented to the street. They cannot turn their backs or blank sides on it and leave it blind." writes Jacobs in "The Death and Life of Great American Cities". It is also important as a comparison of the value of art. That is, Chor's piece costed half the price of the price for the entire wall restoration in 2009, one million euro. It introduces the beautiful idea that in our social order, art is above preservation."

Works and style

File:Seasons mural view.jpg
The Sherman Avenue Seasons mural in Washington, D.C.

Chor Boogie lists as influences Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Rembrandt, Klimt, Van Gogh, and Salvador Dalí, along with spray paint "mentors" Phase2, Vulcan, Riff 170

Chor Boogie paints exclusively with spray paint, in sizes ranging from miniatures (such as a 2010 range of 2-by-2-inch "boogie birds")[4] to building-sized murals.[5] He refers to his colorful style and its intended spiritual and emotional impact on viewers as "color therapy".[1][2][6]

His first major commission was a rock wall he painted in his early teens for a series of motivational speeches by Anthony Robbins.[2] He since had public art projects commissioned in San Diego (a mural at The New Children's Museum, as well as the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art),[7][8] Beijing, China (for the 2008 Summer Olympics)[9] Vista, California[1] and Melbourne, Australia.[5] He designed and worked with volunteers to paint "Edgewood at the Edge of the World", a 500-foot-long (150 m) mural in the Edgewood neighborhood of Northeast, Washington, D.C..[9][10][11] He has held shows in Mexico City, Brazil, and Dubai, traveled with musicians for live painting, and has painted a number of spray paint portraits of celebrities including Hugh Hefner, Jay-Z, ODB, and Rage Against the Machine.[2][9] His works are in several corporate collections, including Google and Zazzle,

Chor Boogie collaborated with three other internationally-known artists for the "Paint your Faith" project, a 60-foot (18 m) mural at the Metropolitan United Church in Toronto, Ontario.[12]

One of his more prominent works, "The Color Therapy of Perception", is a 100-foot (30 m) mural commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission's "Arts in Storefronts" project to improve the city's blighted Tenderloin neighborhood.[13][14] While painting that work he was stabbed by thieves trying to steal his tools of communication.[2] Mayor Gavin Newsom visited Chor Boogie in the hospital, and helped complete the painting.[15]

He has designed pieces for display on mobile devices,[16] and painted a room at the famous Hotel des Arts in San Francisco.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b c Joe Tash (2009-12-25). "Vista adds murals to Sprinter line". San Diego Union Tribune.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Sam Devine (2010-01-13). "Painting his own way". San Francisco Bay Guardian.
  3. ^ a b Chor Boogie. "bio".
  4. ^ "Air Castle Gallery presents... "Boogie Birds"- small works by Chor Boogie". Current TV.
  5. ^ a b "Chor Boogie". Flavorpill. 2008-10-14.
  6. ^ Shalwah Evans (2008-12-07). "SLIDESHOW: The Fine Art of Spray Painting". Mission Local.
  7. ^ Robert L. Pincus (2008-05-04). "A star is (re)born". San Diego Union-Tribune.
  8. ^ Jennifer Vigil (2008-08-21). "From blank to beautiful on boulevard". San Diego Union-Tribune.
  9. ^ a b c Megan Hughes (2009-08-20). "SF Artist Painting Washington, D.C. Red". KTVU.
  10. ^ Panorama, Interactive (2009-08-21). "From Edgewood to the Edge of the World". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  11. ^ "Collective Vision". Washington Post. 2009-08-23.
  12. ^ "Paint Your Faith". Wonder Cafe.
  13. ^ Lindsey Barber (2009-12-21). "Spraying Over Scars". San Francisco State University X Press.
  14. ^ Mike Aldax (2010-01-06). "Vandals impair public art efforts". San Francisco Examiner.
  15. ^ "Bringing The Beauty Back to Market St!". KnowtheName.
  16. ^ Michael V. Copeland (2007-06-19). "Home is where the art is". Business 2.0.
  17. ^ "Painted Rooms: Chor Boogie and Maya Hayuk". Hotel des Arts.

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