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Roa painted a mural in El Barrio, [[East Bronx]], [[New York City]] for the MonumentArt Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jaime-rojo-steven-harrington/monumentart-new-murals-si_b_8334784.html|title='Monument Art' Murals Sing Of El Barrio in 2015|last=Harrington|first=Jaime Rojo & Steven|date=2015-10-21|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-20}}</ref> The mural is located in Lexington Gardens on 108th Street and Lexington Avenue.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://gothamist.com/2015/10/08/street_art_rock_stars_harlem.php|title=11 Internationally-Known Street Artists Are Painting In East Harlem & The Bronx|work=Gothamist|access-date=2017-03-20|language=en-US}}</ref> Typical of Roa's work, the black and white composition features several animals. The work was commissioned to celebrate the neighborhood's culture, history, and imagination.<ref |
Roa painted a mural in El Barrio, [[East Bronx]], [[New York City]] for the MonumentArt Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jaime-rojo-steven-harrington/monumentart-new-murals-si_b_8334784.html|title='Monument Art' Murals Sing Of El Barrio in 2015|last=Harrington|first=Jaime Rojo & Steven|date=2015-10-21|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-20}}</ref> The mural is located in Lexington Gardens on 108th Street and Lexington Avenue.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://gothamist.com/2015/10/08/street_art_rock_stars_harlem.php|title=11 Internationally-Known Street Artists Are Painting In East Harlem & The Bronx|work=Gothamist|access-date=2017-03-20|language=en-US}}</ref> Typical of Roa's work, the black and white composition features several animals. The work was commissioned to celebrate the neighborhood's culture, history, and imagination.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Revision as of 03:18, 20 March 2017
ROA (born c. 1976)[1] is a graffiti and street artist from Ghent, Belgium. Internationally, he has created works on the streets of cities across Europe, the United States, Australia, Asia and New Zealand.[2]
ROA generally paints wild or urban animals and birds that are native to the area being painted.[3] ROA usually uses a minimal color pallet, such as black, white, but also creates works using vibrant colours depicting the flesh or internal systems within the animals and birds.[2]
Notable works by continent
Africa
In 2014, ROA contributed with several mural paintings in the Djerbahood project on the Tunisian island Djerba.[4]
Europe
In 2011 ROA came to particular notice in the UK when Hackney council threatened to paint over one of his paintings, a 3.5m high rabbit. The rabbit had been legally painted on the wall of The Premises Studios in Hackney Road, London.[1] A campaign was launched to keep the mural, by the building's owners and local residents, forcing the council to change its mind.[5] While exhibiting works at Perth's Form Gallery, ROA was commissioned by the City of Fremantle to leave his mark on Fremantle, in about 12 hours ROA created a 25-metre (82 ft) mural of a Numbat which he chose because it is a local endangered species.[6]
In 2010, ROA participated in the Cologne CityLeaks Festival and painted a mural in Ehrenfeld at Senefelderstrasse 5[7]
In August 2012 ROA took part in the See No Evil street art festival in Bristol, England, creating a two-storey high fox on the side of a building.[8]
North America
Roa painted a mural in El Barrio, East Bronx, New York City for the MonumentArt Festival.[9] The mural is located in Lexington Gardens on 108th Street and Lexington Avenue.[10] Typical of Roa's work, the black and white composition features several animals. The work was commissioned to celebrate the neighborhood's culture, history, and imagination.[10]
Oceania
In January 2014 ROA visited Dunedin in New Zealand and painted a tuatara mural on a building on Bath Street.[11]
References
- ^ a b Gabbatt, Adam (25 October 2010). "ROA's graffiti rabbit faces removal by Hackney council". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ a b "Roa @ Galerie Itinerrance". Graffiti Art Magazine. Paris. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- ^ "ROA at North West Walls (BE)", CityKingZ, 3 July 2014.
- ^ Ben Cheikh, Mehdi (2015). Djerbahood : le musée de street art à ciel ouvert. Albin Michel.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Coleman, Jasmine (10 November 2010). "Council u-turn in row over ROA graffiti rabbit in Hackney Road". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
- ^ Catanzaro, Joseph (31 October 2011). "Artist springs mural surprise on Freo". The West Australian. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ Groffman, Adam (17 March 2014). "Street Art by ROA in Cologne's Ehrenfeld Neighborhood". Travels of Adam.
- ^ "Bristol's street art bonanza: See No Evil 2012 – in pictures". Guardian.co.uk. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ Harrington, Jaime Rojo & Steven (2015-10-21). "'Monument Art' Murals Sing Of El Barrio in 2015". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ^ a b "11 Internationally-Known Street Artists Are Painting In East Harlem & The Bronx". Gothamist. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ^ "ROA New Mural - Dunedin, New Zealand", Street Art News, 24 January 2014.
External links
- Vincent Morgan, ROA interview, Fatcap, 27 September 2010.
- Freire Barnes, "ROA interview: 'Every wall has its own history'", Time Out, 19 June 2014.
- "An Afternoon with Roa, Street Artist", Spitalfields Life, 17 February 2011.
- "ROA, Artist", Facebook - unofficial fan page.
Media related to ROA at Wikimedia Commons
