ALEXANDRA HENRY is a multilingual creative producer and director with over 12 years of international experience. Her passion for art, music, and languages is showcased through her photography, music videos and documentary project featuring female street artists from all over the world. Based in New York City , she was born in Alexandria , Virginia and raised in New Mexico . Traveling the world, including London, Istanbul, Los Angeles, Barcelona, Paris, Buenos Aires, her creative work explores architecture, graffiti, and densely populated areas. “ For the past three and a half years I’ve been documenting female graffiti and street artists to capture their collective voice and experiences within the global street art movement- a place where women have received little recognition for their contributions ,” says Alexandra. The artists featured in STREET HEROINES  are changing our relationship to the urban environment and the way we interact within the public space. Artists interviewed so far include: ABUSA CREW (Chile) ANARKIA (Brazil) ALICE MIZRACHI(NYC) BLN BIKE (Ecuador) DANIELLE MASTRION (Brooklyn) ELLE (NYC) FIO SILVA(Argentina) FUSCA (Mexico) GILF! (Brooklyn) LADY PINK (NYC) LEGS (Los Angeles) LEXI BELLA (Brooklyn) LILI CUCA (Colombia) MAGRELA (Brazil) MARTHA COOPER(Photographer NYC) MISS 163 (The Bronx) MO (Ecuador) NUBE (Puerto Rico) SHIRO (Japan)TOOFLY (NYC / Ecuador) TXAR (Spain) TYSA (Mexico) VANESSA ROSA (Brazil) VERA PRIMAVERA (Ecuador) VERO RIVERA (Puerto Rico) You can find out more information on the documentary website or on its Vimeo page. #grafitti #Documentary #StreetHeroines #streetart #AlexandraHenry

Keeping his balance on a paddle board, muralist SEAN YORO , also known as HULA , draws beautiful paintings while floating on the calm waters. His latest mural depicts a beautiful girl painted on an abandoned shipping dock. Her reflexion on the never-still waters turns it into such a realistic image. The devoted artist and surfer, born in 1989, is originally from Oahu , Hawaii but is currently based in New York City . Influenced by artists of the Renaissance, HULA learned by himself the techniques he uses with his oil paints. In the studio, he works on a variety of different surfaces from broken surfboards to wooden panels.  All his paintings are portraits of women and have a hyperrealistic quality: due to the murals’ position above the water, they reflect perfectly into the waves. For more of HULA ‘s works, follow his Instagram account here . Take a glance at some of his paintings below. #grafitti #Hula #mural #SeanYoro

We talked about and enjoyed iNO ‘s work before, so it’s time to see what he’s been up to lately. The artist was asked to paint a wall on the building of the biggest security company in Greece. This mural shows a human wearing a suit and having a CCTV camera instead of head. Using a bizarre show of analog and digital, the artwork is blaming the recent increase of surveillance that is violating our personal data in the name of law and public safety. #grafitti #iNO #mural #streetart

Adrián Perez Vazquez , best known as Man-O-Matic , is a Spanish graffiti artist based in Huelva , Spain . He started painting at the age of 16, but chose a career in the field of communications due to family pressure. Stepping into the world of grafitti in 2000, he developed a style of his own by drawing free illustrated characters of his invention. Being interviewd by Amsterdam Street Art , Man-O-Matic was questioned about the themes and issues raised by his work. “ There’s a degree of social criticism in my work. The current economic and political situation we are immersed in. I´m sure another world is possible[…]I´d like to rise awareness in people about these social issues. There´s too much noise around from TV and other social media and it´s difficult to focus on real problems. I try to provide people with a different perspective so they can look at the problems from a different point of view. Much of my work is about this, maybe because these are the values I grew up with at home as my mum has been a social worker “, replied the artist. You can follow his work on his Facebook page or on Instagram . #grafitti #ManOMatic #streetart

“The cities are the theater of a battle for space, a battle in which I try to expose my vision of the world, and destroy theirs. My extinguishers, paint and spray cans are my weapons of mass destruction. They may have all the money in the world; they will never win in the streets because we are the streets!” proudly expresses KIDULT on his website . The French artist was never a fan of consumerism and consumer culture, the fashion industry in particular. So what better spot for a new grafitti if not Kanye West ‘s new pop-up shop in Paris, called  The Life of Pablo .  On the facade of Kanye’s store you can clearly read REAL SLAVES , a reference to West ’s track “New Slaves”. The message is clearly aimed at the hundreds of people that will drop by the shop within the 48-hour period that it’s open. KIDULT is the one who tagged Marc Jacobs storefronts in both NYC and Paris (only to have Jacobs turn photos of the work into expensive t-shirts). The grafitti artist has also hit brands like Celine , Louis Vuitton ,  Hermès , and a bunch of others in the past. #grafitti #Kidult #Vandalized #streetart #kanyewest

MIKE DARGAS was born in ’83 in Cologne, Germany. He started painting at a very early age and, thus, he was accepted at an art school as the only child in an adult class and learned different techniques. In his early 20s, Mike becomes famous in the tattoo scene and wins all important awards and grants. Inspired by Dali or Caravaggio, the artist begins to focus on surrealism and realism. His works show people realistically painted in oil on canvas. The precise technique gives, like a photography, a snapshot of the moment. His stunning compositions could fool even the most trained eye. DARGAS confesses: “I try to capture a certain moment, a feeling that I see in my motif. Oil paint allows me to work very detailed and in every new work I try to get closer to the perfect image.” Find out more on MIKE DARGAS works on his Instagram account here . #canvas #MikeDargas #OilPaintings

SMUG ONE is an Australian born, Glasgow based street artist. He creates well defined characters full of life, love and laughter, his achievements being transformed into realistic and awesome murals. In an interview for the LSD Magazine , SMUG confirms that he started out as a child by skating, listening to hip hop music and writing his name on the walls. For his photo realistic murals, he says that he’s always carrying a photo in his hands, even if not everything we see is taken striaght from that photo. He always adds lines and colors to make it even more beautiful to the eye. SMUG just finished his latest mural on a former power station in the centre of Melbourne’s business district. We can spot the artist’s grandparents in his signature photo. It is a very realistic mural and it took a bit longer to complete with the wet and wild weather conditions. Get a glimpse at SMUG ‘s Instagram profile here . #mural #Smug #streetart

Meet and greet BOGDAN CAZACINCU , a Romanian artist who studies at the Arts University, Department of Mural Art. He considers himself to be a visual artist, trying to combine urban things in a natural order. The artist’s latest exhibit took place on the 1st of June in Bucharest , Romania, where other artists gathered to present an homage to the peaceful and joyfull world of children and their childhood years. The items presented approached themes like bedtime stories and fairytales characters, childhood games and lots of colors! Thus, the adults were introduced in the magical world of children. The portraits, the structures and the installations were designed by Bogdan Cazacincu  and they approach the psychological side of childhood age by cheerful and colorfull accents. #BogdanCazanciu #MuralArt #RomanianArtist

I found sartrowski randomly on the interwebs and after taking a look at his drawings I figured I’d just tell him I really like them all, instead of liking *all* of his pics. He was super lovely, so not long after that I’d already commissioned him for a design, which ended up permanently on my skin and one of my favorite tattoos (even tho it says “bad idea” right on the damn thing). Here are a couple of dumb questions I asked him and a bunch of his work, so you can fall in love with them like I did and spam the shit out of his Instagram account with likes & comments. Hello, sartrowski! sartro : hey, guys! Let’s start with who you are and where you are from. sartro : i’m just really, really tired. haven’t much of an idea of where i’m from, but i can tell you where i can be found these days. bucharest, romania. everything is rad here. so rad. How did you start doing these illustrations? sartro: well i’m no good at dancing, so i had to do something somewhat pretty. tien, regarde. How would you describe your style? sartro : non. Where do you get your inspiration from? sartro : i’d like to say failed romance and the feminine abyss, but i mostly steal from people who know what they’re doing. i hide it as well as i can. oh, and failed romance too. and the feminine abyss. If commissioned, is there something you’d refuse to draw? sartro : no. i’d love to do things people would later regret having tattooed. Tell us a little bit about the lovely poems you use on every illustration you post. sartro : i think they’re just words that rhyme. sometimes they’re sad. So, what’s next for your art? What’s the next step? sartro : i’m currently setting up shop. small time, half dime tattoos for bored people. i’m working on opening an online shop as well for merch and some tees. this isn’t art. it’s lines on white backgrounds, you know. i just want to make this world a worse place. addidas. What’s your favorite illustration you ever made? sartro : oh, i’d love to tell you, guys, but i don’t like it anymonroes. Thank you babe! You’re definitely one artist to keep an eye on! You can find sartrowski here:  Instagram and here:  Facebook All Images & Design © sartrowski. #illustrator #sartrowski #design #commision #welldressedvandals #linework #Illustration #blackwork #tattooartist

The Italian artist JORIT AGOCH started painting at the age of 13 with a spraycan in his native city Quarto , north of Naples . The Italian newspaper, La Republica , says that  “The artistic activity of Jorit is unique because he carries out graffiti and paintings on canvas at a very high technical level […] He considers the human face the most characterising part of humanity, almost like a totem to venerate. That is why he has concentrated on painting human faces with all their peculiarities.” JORIT creates stunning hyperreal portraits on canvas or walls. His work has the same texture as a photograph – the only difference is the aerosol paint he uses. The Italian artist’s style is a very clean and realistic one. He’s done many international exhibitions including   London , Berlin , Sidney , Dar Es Salam , Tilburg and museums. #GraffitiMurals #JoritAgoch #streetart

Croatian artist, DINO TOMIC , started as a tattoo artist in Norway , but now he’s experimenting with new forms and materials, the latest being kitchen salt. Who would’ve thought, right? Even if it sounds simple, his “salt art” reveals its true meaning and beauty when inverting the colors. This means: he arranges the small grains of salt on a black canvas and then when editing the photos, he inverts the colors and the real impressive image is brought to light. Check out those beautiful and different pieces of art in the pictures below. Courtesy of BoredPanda . #DinoTomic #Invertedart #mandala

KATY ANN GILMORE   is a visual artist living and working in L.A., California. The fact that she has a BA in Mathematics and Art and an MFA in Visual Art make us understand her latest murals: a combination of thousands of tiny little triangles draw together to form beautiful mathematical concepts through an artistic eye. GILMORE’s work was inspired by a curiosity for how 2D grids would look when deformed in all directions, and how the inconstancy of empty space around physical objects affects our perception of solidity. As she mentions in her bio, she is currently heavily influenced by topography and the relationship between 2D, perpendicular planes and their distortions into 3D space. Take a look at some of her great work below: #KATYANNGILMORE #Mathematics #VisualArt