ROA (artist)
ROA (born c. 1976)[1] is the pseudonym of a graffiti artist from Ghent, Belgium. He has created works on the streets of cities across Europe, the United States, Australia, Asia and New Zealand.[2]
ROA generally paints wild/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 flesh and/or internal systems within the animals and birds.[2]
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.[4]
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.[5]
In 2010, ROA participated in the Cologne CityLeaks Festival and painted a mural in Ehrenfeld at Senefelderstrasse 5[6]
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.[7]
In January 2014 ROA visited Dunedin in New Zealand and painted a tuatara mural on a building on Bath Street.[8]
References
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- ↑ "ROA at North West Walls (BE)", CityKingZ, 3 July 2014.
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- ↑ "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.
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