STOREFRONT CONTEST

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Below is a list of the final 10 contestants and their designs

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Both designs and information on the artists are below

Full Name
: Gregg V Emery


Email
: greggvemery@gmail.com


Instagram
: @greggvemery


Your Website / Portfolio
: https://www.greggemery.com/


Artist Statement / CV
: I am two artists that feed and fuel, dance and sing together. I am a sketch artist, always drawing people and giving them away whether on the street, trains, cafes, bars or for shows around the world. The drawings are quick, gestural, trying to capture that fleeting moment of connection. I am also an abstract painter, born from the drawings I have reduced my marks to the bare minimum. Somewhere between a meditation and an athletic event, I seek to distill the moments and colors of the day in my work. They are simple yet layered and complex as well. I am the resident artist for the New York Poetry Brothel (imagine walking into the contemporary equivalent of the Moulin Rouge!). I have been the sketch artist for them for 8 years and have travelled the world with them as well, LA, Chicago, Boston, Austin, Reykjavik, Barcelona and Amsterdam. I also sketch for the Electric Forest in Michigan and once sketched 100 drawings a day for 4 days of the festival. I once painted an 8,000 sq ft pool on Roosevelt Island in New York City, have had my paintings shown in Brussels, Beijing, Miami Art Basel Week and more. My work was featured on the TV show the Last OG and most recently my journey with NFT's was part of a mini doc from the Financial Times.

Full Name
: Victor Rivera


Email
: vmr3.art@gmail.com


Instagram
: VMR.3


Your Website / Portfolio
: www.VMR3.com


Artist Statement / CV
: My idea is based around giving LAAMS their flowers. I look at LAAMS like a Garden of creativity for NY where creatives can come and grow by being surrounded by like minded people. Same way you water your flowers to grow, you can come to LAAMS and water your creativity.

Full Name
: Escada Gordon


Email
: darklordflowershop@gmail.com


Instagram
: @darklord_escada


Your Website / Portfolio
: https://darklordflowershop.bigcartel.com/


Artist Statement / CV
: ESCADA GORDON (Detroit Cartoonist and designer). Creator of “DarkLord Flower Shop”

Full Name
: Tony caves


Email
: tanboysart@yahoo.com


Instagram
: Tony.caves


Your Website / Portfolio
: Tony caves.bigcartel.com

Full Name
: Bella Roulbet


Email
: broulbet@gmail.com


Instagram
: @hellsbells103


Your Website / Portfolio
: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yXeoEiTLJrmoiglhxW_AYg9dbqmd23Ui


Artist Statement / CV
: This one too

Full Name
: Marie-Charlotte


Email
: mariecharlotteart@gmail.com


Instagram
: @mariecharlotteart


Your Website / Portfolio
: Mariecharlotteart.com


Artist Statement / CV
: Marie-Charlotte was born in New York City in 1995 and grew up in London and NYC. Most recently the Dutch-American artist spent months immersing herself in a series inspired by her happy place, Strawberry Fields in Central Park. The collection of works has since been turned into an Art and Music Installation which was featured in Timeout Magazine. She swears by the revitalizing energy of the John Lennon memorial, gravitating towards it ever since her teenage years. The music of the performers paired with Lennon’s lyrics of peace and love and the atmosphere of camaraderie amongst strangers would wash away her melancholy as she stood spellbound by the crisscrossing timelines of the passersby. She also enjoys painting invented figures dubbed “souls” which she channels into corporeality on canvas as well as scenes in the same universe which she calls “soulscapes.” Marie-Charlotte works with oils, acrylic, charcoal, and found objects to create dynamic arrangements with energetic lines and visually arresting colors. She has exhibited in New York City and London and her influences include Remedios Varo, Wassily Kandinsky, René Magritte, Alexander Calder, Hilma af Klint, and Francis Bacon, as well as contemporary artists Cy Twombly, George Condo, and Jennifer Packer.

Full Name
: Britta Alford


Email
: wowokba@gmail.com


Instagram
: @unitedsnation


Your Website / Portfolio
: https://bmalford.wixsite.com/found


Artist Statement / CV
: Britta Alford—also known as “Britta, No Filter” and “UNiTED”–is a queer, nonbinary, multidisciplinary artist, sociopolitical and animal rights activist, writer/poet based in New York City. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, their main goal in their artistic endeavors is liberation of the marginalized, the othered, and the strange. They believe that we must all do our part to fight for climate justice, and listen more to the weathered voices around us—the young embers being snuffed out by Capitalism. "Go vegan. Vote with compassion, and always try your hardest to do what’s best for the People of the world." They specialize in digital and traditional acrylic painting, typography flow design's intersection between poetry and aesthetic. They are the creator of Unity Supply (@unificationality on instagram) which provides a line of handmade wearable sculptures/jewelry, and upcycled 1 of 1 clothing to the public, where percentages of sales are donated to mutual aid funds of people in need. (Note: The QR code leads to a page online that clearly reads the typography of the storefront. The typography is subject to shift around, based on the actual dimensions and sizing of the physical wall--but will remain hugging all of the other elements of the design.)

Full Name
: Zeehan Wazed


Email
: zeehanwazed@gmail.com


Instagram
: zeehanwazed


Your Website / Portfolio
: https://zeehanwazed.com/


Artist Statement / CV
: ARTIST STATEMENT: Life is not linear, I've witnessed the many tangents in my life from dancing, graf, to my studies of perceptual psychology converge to create the work I make today. ZEEHAN WAZED CV b. 1991, Benghazi, Libya. Lives and works in New York. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2019 Reality Show I Solo Exhibition I ABXY Gallery I Manhattan, New York ABXY Beach I Group Exhibition I Haven Montauk I Montauk, New York Neuberger Berman Celebrates Black History Month I Group Exhibition I Neuberger Berman Global Headquarters I Manhattan, New York ULTRA VIOLET I EENY Annual Benefit Auction I Anderson Contemporary I Manhattan, New York Filling in the Blanks Benefit Auction I Glen Arbor Golf Club I Bedford, New York 2018 Momentum I Solo Exhibition I ABXY Gallery I New York City Filling in the Blanks Benefit Auction I Glen Arbor Golf Club I Bedford, New York Salon de Printemps I Group Exhibition I Fabio Scalia I SoHo, New York SAYA Annual Benefit Auction I Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers I Manhattan, New York 2017 NOW WE HERE I Group Exhibition I ABXY Gallery I Lower East Side, New York City Art In Motion I Group Exhibition I Monticello Motor Club I Monticello, New York Filling in the Blanks Benefit Auction I Glen Arbor Golf Club I Bedford, New York SAYA Annual Benefit Auction I Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers I Manhattan, New York 2016 Make Waves I Group Exhibition I Lower East Side, New York City SAYA Annual Benefit Auction I Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers I Manhattan, New York Making Up The Wall I Solo Exhibition I Make-Up Pro I Manhattan, New York 2015 Winter Show I Group Exhibition I Smith Haven Gallery I Long Island, New York

Full Name
: Camila Ullauri


Email
: camilaullauri@gmail.com


Instagram
: @killacamila


Your Website / Portfolio
: https://killacamila.com/


Artist Statement / CV
: I wanted to mix my own style with the authentic LAAMS green color-way. I wanted to emphasize the city and LES subculture by making my figure graffiti-ing LAAMS over the infamous L train.

Full Name
: Lilach Sarit Tenenberg


Email
: lilach@gmx.de


Instagram
: Lachsooo


Your Website / Portfolio
: https://www.instagram.com/lachsalali/?hl=de


Artist Statement / CV
: dream of mine